Chase and I had our very first Mommy and Me Class last Thursday! We signed up at the Little Flower Montesorri School down the street and now are commited to once a week until mid August. I must say I was a little skeptical but it was fun and the other moms are really nice. (Not to mention it's nice for me to get out and have adult conversations during the day even if it is about babies.)
The first half of the class the babies sit or scoot around and play with toys as the moms sit and chat. There was a little ballpit in the middle of the mat which Chase enjoyed. He also seemed a little smitten with a little girl that has a twin brother. At one point he was next to her in the ballpit and kept trying to touch her then looked like he might accidently smack her so I pulled him away from her in fear of embarrassment of having "that" kid. (I can already tell my little CP is going to be a rough boy when he can walk not to mention he's bigger than all the babies in the class.) The next half of the class was songs and props. First, they brought out baby looking workout balls and you put the baby on it and roll their tummies on it. No idea why? Chase seemed okay with this. I, on the other hand, was getting a workout since my 20 pound baby is not the lightest little guy. While the songs were playing, Chase made the weirdest faces like he thought he was way too cool for them. Ten minutes into the songs and he clearly lost interest. It was very hard to get him to focus but every now and then he would watch the teacher and the other babies in awe. Most of the time he was more interested in bouncing up and down in my arms. Then we put all the babies close to the center in a circle with their heads touching each other and the teacher pulled out a parachute. (You remember these from elementery school, they have handles on the ends and you all sit in a circle.) Well, all the moms stood up and grabbed a handle and waved it up and down. Again, Chase had a look of confusion and at one point I thought he might cry but luckily he did not. There was one little 4 1/2 month old who did cry and two little 7 month olds who ended up getting tangled together and started freaking out and screaming. Then the teacher took the parachute and blew bubbles all around the babies.
All in all, I think Chase enjoyed it and after his second class, he seemed in much better spirits about the whole thing. We even got to make Daddy his first Father's Day present--a picture frame with Chase's footprint.
