Help me 'Love My Baby'

No longer the best · March 2014

So I'm taking this free 'parenting' class called "Love My Baby". The idea of it is great, we have one on one time with our babies, sing, play, learn new songs then have group talk about certain things like language, development and how we cope as Mom's. The teachers come around and take pictures of you interacting with baby and will give us a scrapbook at the end.

Sounds great right? But the teachers (especially the old one) are very judgy. I feel like a crap Mom. My son is very mobile and wants nothing more than to crawl around the room and visit all the other babies. The teacher keeps telling me (and some of the other Mom's who have the same issue) to 'get his attention he should be focused only on you'! And then make passive aggressive comments about how we aren't trying hard enough to capture our babies attention.

SOOO what is your go to song/action/thing to do to make your baby happy/smile/look at you? No props are allowed apparently.

No longer the best · March 2014

Wow sorry that was long. I guess I needed a bit of a vent!

megandchase · March 2014

Honestly, I wouldn't go anymore. I'd say screw you and sing and play at home in a non judging environment!

WasNotWas · March 2014

I'm only offering you advice to get a good scrapbook! The ladies can KMA

Click your tongue, speak in an accent (like an exaggerated French accent), clap your hands, bounce on your knee

No longer the best · March 2014

Well I like going because I like the other Mom's and they don't like the teacher either. We are going to be writing up an evaluation and sending it in to the program director!

Thanks for your support ladies! And @wasnotwas that is one of the things I was looking forward to! It doesn't help that my kid is such a ham for the camera he always turns and poses when she comes around!!

Mufflerlove · March 2014

I'm attempting to take my DD to a infant massage class. All of the other babies lie there being massaged and Penelope wanders everywhere all oiled up and half naked trying to climb on the other babies lol. There is no keeping her still. I would quit the class if the teachers don't understand babies are babies.

No longer the best · March 2014

@mufflerlove at the OEYC? I wanted to sign up for that but they had a cut off of x amount of months and a wait list. Which was probably for the best anyways since M hates it!

But I can picture P crawling around all oiled up! Hilarious!!

No longer the best · March 2014

@CL8badB he doesn't really try to copy me which is one of the things they talk about! Should I be worried? I think this class is bad for me!

No longer the best · March 2014

That's a great idea @GiggleJiggle !!

cafecreme · March 2014

Seriously, DD has the same issue. She's so friendly and is an explorer, so she's always crawling around the room, and "saying hi" to all the other moms and babies. I feel like she's happy, and being social is a good thing at this age. I normally either 1. call her back *in high pitched voice* "C, come to mommy!" Or, any of these 3 songs will work: frere jacques, twinkle twinkle or itsy bitsy spider. I've been singing those to her everyday since she was born. She gets really giddy when I sing them, and comes crawling back to me.

If you feel crappy after the class, stop doing it. You might be missing out on some photos and money, but is it worth your happiness/mood?

No longer the best · March 2014

I think I will steal the idea from GiggleJiggle!! Monday is our last class I would say over half of us all know each other (from a previous class that was great) and have older mobile babies so I will organize a 'baby protest'. We will sit on our half of the room and just let them go! Babies gone wild!!!

BC&LM · March 2014

-tickles
-"I'm gonna get you"
-any songs that have motions ("Itsy Bitsy Spider," "Head and Shoulders," "Where Is Thumbkin," etc.)

ETA: Peek a boo

cynthia2007 · March 2014

"I'm gonna get you" followed by tickles.
If you're happy and you know it- loves watching me clap and slowly learning to do it
Kissing her feet
Fake, dramatic sneezing

needanustart · March 2014

Taking off my top always works. It's gets males of all ages attention every time!
But honestly I would just ignore the teachers then. G would have never payed attention to me, he used to use story hour at the library as time to pick pocket other mom's purses. Lo on the other hand would crawl back inside of me if it meant we could stay close forever. They should know all babies do different things!

TheTamedShrew · March 2014

What the...? This woman should not be teaching the class.

Your baby is naturally going to be interested in all the new people and the action around him.

This is a class, no? not a one-on-one session. Why would they have a problem with your child wanting to socialize with other babies or focus on the novelty of the environment if they want to have multiple babies and mothers in a class? Why is the socialization not incorporated in the "love my baby" theme?

I guess I just don't get the concept of the class. I get one-on-one time with Nora all day long, so if I get the chance to have her around other children in a group setting, then I am thrilled to see her have the opportunity to interact with other babies.

Mufflerlove · March 2014

@No longer the best said:
@mufflerlove at the OEYC? I wanted to sign up for that but they had a cut off of x amount of months and a wait list. Which was probably for the best anyways since M hates it!

But I can picture P crawling around all oiled up! Hilarious!!

It's at a local public school actually. I'm not sure who does it. The age range is to a year but all the other babies are less than 6 months. It's like a work out trying to keep up with her while she's oily and my hands are oily lol I wish I had have found it when she was younger!

No longer the best · March 2014

Yeah it's a completely unreasonable concept to have my baby only focus on me in a room full of so much cool stuff/people/babies.

Also just to make matters worse this class is from 130 to 330 right when he would take his afternoon nap!

Cricket81 · March 2014

Whoa! A 2 hour class where they are supposed to focus on just you?!? I take my LO to baby story time at the library and he can barely hold it together for the 30 minutes of that!

BunnyLove416 · March 2014

Yea I'd stop going to a class that made me feel bad and I'd take all the other moms who didn't like it with me, you said it's free right? So no downside! I'd also probably be asked to leave because I wouldn't be able to hold my tongue....

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