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BIG WHINGE FROM ME! (sorry)
Havn't wrote anything for a while. My last topic was about taking my little one to a mother and baby group. We went and he loved it. It was nice but the people there do it voluntary, so EVERYTHING was up to them to sort out, bless em... but this meant of course if I started coming regulary I would have to get in there setting everything up and cleaning etc...
To be honest I didnt really want to "work" whilst being in a mother and baby group??! Do you have to watch everyone elses child in mother and baby groups?? I'm very keen to watch my own, they told me they'd be watching my little one if I was with another child??I felt like saying..BUT I WANT TO WATCH MY OWN LITTLE ONE!! I'm all confused ? Am I being selfish? Should I be doing this work in baby groups? I was under the impression these groups are a relaxing place for mums to meet and babys to play and you watch and be with your own?
Sorry its been a long read....One more question.... What are the benefits of swimming with your baby? Is it healthy for baby and me? I'm still breast feeding about 5 times a day. xx
To be honest I didnt really want to "work" whilst being in a mother and baby group??! Do you have to watch everyone elses child in mother and baby groups?? I'm very keen to watch my own, they told me they'd be watching my little one if I was with another child??I felt like saying..BUT I WANT TO WATCH MY OWN LITTLE ONE!! I'm all confused ? Am I being selfish? Should I be doing this work in baby groups? I was under the impression these groups are a relaxing place for mums to meet and babys to play and you watch and be with your own?
Sorry its been a long read....One more question.... What are the benefits of swimming with your baby? Is it healthy for baby and me? I'm still breast feeding about 5 times a day. xx
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i go swimming with my baby every week and i can talk about it all day!!!! but i do pay for private water babies swimming lessons well worth every penny and i sacrifice other things for this expense/ at 11 monyhs she is being thrown into water and can scramble up and hold on to bar. she can also swim under water , i would never have confidence to let ny baby swim under water had i not been to these lessons.
Swimming is a great idea - we have been taking Neve since she was about 4 months and she loves it - really tires her out as well which is a relief sometimes!
Princess I am the same as you - I moved back to my home town at the end of August but have been away for so long that I have had to start again - really hard work sometimes!
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Hilary x
Our mother and baby group isn't really like that so maybe look for another instead? Saying that we're lucky as the only one near me is lovely and I'm not sure it would be worth the treck to find another if it wasn't lovely.
We started Waterbabies on Sunday and he LOVED it! I would totally agree with westbrom1 about the worth the expense. Think ours wan't that well organised last week but the lesson itself was great and the prospect of him being able to swim under water and be water confident is so important.
Here he is trying to drink the pool dry!!