Infant Classes

[Lola]

Has anyone signed up or gone to any classes with their LO? There are a lot of options in our area (Kindermusik, Waterbabies, Little gym, and a few other infant/parent classes). Im planning on signing up for the water class, but am thinking about a few others. 

How have they gone for you?

[bullybutt]

I would love to be able to do this if I had the time off during the day. I plan on taking my eldest to swim classes next month. I want to put DD in them also, but I can't afford both of them and I'm not sure if ex will cover the cost for her to go. When I was laid off from work a couple years ago, I took DS to the library's story time and it was fun for us. And free!

[Deleted]

I want to do water babies I think that would be fun. I haven't signed up for any classes yet though.

[ladytiffany24]

I def want to do some sort of swim class/water babies. And I'd love to do kindermusik as well! What I'm finding though in my area is that a lot of these classes are during the week. Not easy for working mamas to participate! Just need to do more research to find some things we can do on the weekends or evenings.

[lea]

We will probably sign up for Kindermusik, but I may wait until the fall when DS1 is in school for longer hours and doesn't have to come with us. There's not much else in our town for babies, unfortunately.

[Lola]

Feb 24, 2015 9:38:27 GMT -5 ladytiffany24 said:

I def want to do some sort of swim class/water babies. And I'd love to do kindermusik as well! What I'm finding though in my area is that a lot of these classes are during the week. Not easy for working mamas to participate! Just need to do more research to find some things we can do on the weekends or evenings.

I am having the same problem. The swim class is on sat or sun, so I can make it to that. DH is home during the week, but he is hesistant to take DS because he doesnt want to be the only dad there.

[bullybutt]

Feb 24, 2015 10:02:30 GMT -5 Lola said:

Feb 24, 2015 9:38:27 GMT -5 ladytiffany24 said:

I def want to do some sort of swim class/water babies. And I'd love to do kindermusik as well! What I'm finding though in my area is that a lot of these classes are during the week. Not easy for working mamas to participate! Just need to do more research to find some things we can do on the weekends or evenings.

I am having the same problem. The swim class is on sat or sun, so I can make it to that. DH is home during the week, but he is hesistant to take DS because he doesnt want to be the only dad there.

The classes that my son has been to has been pretty even in the mom/dad ratio.  Ex took DS during his last lesson session.

[Lola]

Feb 24, 2015 10:40:06 GMT -5 @zerozeroone said:

I plan on signing DS up for swimming lessons when they open registration in May but that's about it so far. Lola, DH stays home with DS and also doesn't want to be the only dad there. He has social anxiety too.

I'm hoping when my mom retires in June she can do a class with DS so he can be around other babies.

If only you were near me, they could go together! Its so hard to find stay at home dad groups. My BIL is going to go with him to a week day class, which is nice for now.

[lablover13]

We start water babies on march 7th. It is offered through our local parks and rec on Saturday mornings. I think I paid around $75 for 8 weeks of classes. I am super excited to get DD in the pool! She loves bath time and my parents have a swimming pool that we will be frequenting this summer!

[bullybutt]

Has anyone researched Infant Swim Rescue classes? www.infantswimoklahoma.com/about.html
This video gives me major anxiety and the brink of tears.

[lucanjo14]

May look into a gymnastics class since DS is into everything and likes to explore. Swim class would be fun too but A) I have no desire to get in a bathing suit right now, and B) we belong to a pool during the summer so may just wait until then.
My schedule is different each week so I'll be looking for a weekend class too.

[isolemnlyswear]

We do a swim class once a week and she absolutely loves it.

[honeybee434]

Feb 24, 2015 10:56:28 GMT -5 bullybutt said:

Has anyone researched Infant Swim Rescue classes? www.infantswimoklahoma.com/about.html
This video gives me major anxiety and the brink of tears.

One of my coworkers put at least one of his kids in a class like this super early. I think at the 6 month mark. He had a pool and wanted them to be able learn this just in case. This was years ago, and Its never been brought up again so I'm not sure how it worked or If they continued to do it with their other children

[honeybee434]

I looked into Kindermusik but the only Saturday class is like a 40 minute drive, so not worth it for me IMO.

The YMCA closest to our house does swim lessons on Saturdays, so I just need to wait until a month opens up that is good for us and the spots don't fill up too fast for.

[bullybutt]

Feb 24, 2015 11:42:25 GMT -5 honeybee434 said:

Feb 24, 2015 10:56:28 GMT -5 bullybutt said:

Has anyone researched Infant Swim Rescue classes? www.infantswimoklahoma.com/about.html
This video gives me major anxiety and the brink of tears.

One of my coworkers put at least one of his kids in a class like this super early. I think at the 6 month mark. He had a pool and wanted them to be able learn this just in case. This was years ago, and Its never been brought up again so I'm not sure how it worked or If they continued to do it with their other children

We don't have a pool but we go to the community pool many times during the summer.  I don't know if it's better to invest in a class like this or the willy nilly swim classes that are taught by the Y or local swim place.  I guess it would be better to teach my eldest to SWIM instead of survival float.  The mommy and me classes just don't seem to do that though.

[liziz]

We've been doing swim lessons since about October. We go once a week (tonight) and it's really mostly about safety, and having fun in the water. It's expensive, though. It helps us that we have friends in the class, so we typically go out to dinner after and make an evening of it.

This week, we do "safety week" where they go in the pool with a onesie and socks over their swimsuit, and the teacher simulates what it would be like if they "accidentally went swimming without their parents". They go under, and she has them come up on their backs, and helps them to the side of the pool and find their parents. Next week, they swim through a hula hoop 3 feet under water. It's amazing!

Our local adult ed place (associated with our local junior college) has baby classes that are really good. I did one while I was on leave still, but it was during the day, so not a good fit for working parents. We sang songs, but also talked about infant development, etc. The same teacher does one that is just the songs.

[hrgwu2006]

We are on week 3 of swim lessons. My LO loves the water and enjoys splashing around. I want her to be very familiar with it since both grandparents have pools. She seems to enjoy it. I think the earlier you start with swimming the better. There were some 18 month olds there that kept screaming and crying they were so scared.

[littlemissmarla]

Feb 24, 2015 12:12:19 GMT -5 liziz said:

We've been doing swim lessons since about October. We go once a week (tonight) and it's really mostly about safety, and having fun in the water. It's expensive, though. It helps us that we have friends in the class, so we typically go out to dinner after and make an evening of it.

This week, we do "safety week" where they go in the pool with a onesie and socks over their swimsuit, and the teacher simulates what it would be like if they "accidentally went swimming without their parents". They go under, and she has them come up on their backs, and helps them to the side of the pool and find their parents. Next week, they swim through a hula hoop 3 feet under water. It's amazing!

Our local adult ed place (associated with our local junior college) has baby classes that are really good. I did one while I was on leave still, but it was during the day, so not a good fit for working parents. We sang songs, but also talked about infant development, etc. The same teacher does one that is just the songs.

I saw a special on TV about teaching infants to swim and they can actually save themselves if they fall into a pool! It was so amazing! Love that you have your LO in this!


I was planning on taking DD to open gym or a puppet show (They have tons of activities in a nearby city) but DH wanted to be there for her first time... so we're waiting until we can go together. 

[huggabunch]

We go to swim class every Wednesday. She really likes it. We go to the British Swim School

[dawnfire]

I want to do swim classes with LO, but I will have to find them for on the weekends. And they'll have to be something DH is comfortable going to since I work every 3rd Saturday. Doing stuff like that as a working mom is definitely hard! I'm a little annoyed that I work at a library that offers infant storytime, but I can never bring my own infant. Even though I've tried to tell my manager he'd make a great prop! (And wouldn't it be great if he could get a little baby paycheck for 30 mins of work each week...he could contribute to his own college fund!)

[surfmama106]

I've been taking DD to swim classes since she was 6 weeks old! It was free up to 6m and now we play $120 for 8 classes which I think is super expensive, but I love the time with her and its been so fun to see how she's enjoying discovering the pool!!

[GrrArgh]

I do little gym with dd1 and probably will with aviv too. It is right around the corner from where we live. We eat the cost since she isn't around other kids a lot and she loves it, the cost kinda forces us to always go too.

I want to do some music stuff with them but it is all on the other side of town so maybe when they are older and it isn't such a project to get them out of the house.

We did swimming last summer and I think we will again. They have semi private lessons for when you have two kids close in age so I think that will be fun with the two of them.