[isfa]

Has anyone else noticed that there are no weekend parent/baby classes for anything? For instance, mom & baby yoga or group music classes. Or if there are, they're twice as expensive? None of the parks & rec or early childhood classes here are on the weekend or even early evening. It's so frustrating! I guess I have to wait until dd is a little older. I've found one or two toddler classes that meet on Saturday. But seriously... even daycare sent home a sheet about great community ed classes for parent/baby, and when I looked them up, they're all during the work week!

 

[Alyantavid]

Same here. Everything's during the week in the morning. Which is impossible for me.

 

[Carita]

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Originally Posted by Alyantavid Same here. Everything's during the week in the morning. Which is impossible for me.

yup - i hear you! what has helped me is to just make regular old play dates during the weekends. I've had lots of luck on my local moms board finding AP moms. i also joinde a church and have options there. I wish I had time to go have playdates with all my sons friends from DC - but there is only so much time!

during the week I find there are a few evening classes - i have taken a swim class mommy and me that my university offers. Soemone ran a baby massage class in the evenings. also my yoga instructor said she would do an evening class if there enough interest - so its just a matter of getting enough people together.

lastly - I can't be picky. I will have to make the drive to the other end of town sometimes to find something going on. Fortunately right now there are tons of outdoor weekend festivals with kid-friendly things so there will be lots more choices!

 

[Ellien C]

You know, here's the thing. I figured my kid got all of that stuff IN daycare. And I certainly get enough socialization and adult stimulation at work. On the weekends, I came to the conclusion that we really don't NEED to do anything but hang out and BE with each other on the weekend. I don't need a 7th day to put on shoes, strap the kid in the car and DRIVE anywhere. We do that 6 days a week with church. We get one whole day to lie around, take baths, farble and not meet any kind of schedule. I did do a few classes and we enjoyed them, but it also one more thing to our schedule. Now festivals and outdoor concerts I can totally go for because you take them or leave, come and go as needed or skip when your exhausted.

Just a thought to re-think the whole mommy and me and playdate thing. My mom was employed outside the home when I grew up and we didn't have playdates or mommy and me classes. We just hung out.

 

[purplepaperclip]

YES! It is so frustrating. My dd is with a babysitter so she doesn't have that interaction with other lil knee huggers. I don't really have any friends with toddlers her age. I just wish there was something for working parents.

It is bad enough I feel guilt about not being at home, now I get to feel like I'm depriving her of all the fun activities kids of SAHMs get to do...

 

[tangozulu]

Do you have a YMCA nearby? They often have activities on Saturdays, and cost is reasonable.

 

[shayinme]

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Originally Posted by Ellien C You know, here's the thing. I figured my kid got all of that stuff IN daycare. And I certainly get enough socialization and adult stimulation at work. On the weekends, I came to the conclusion that we really don't NEED to do anything but hang out and BE with each other on the weekend. I don't need a 7th day to put on shoes, strap the kid in the car and DRIVE anywhere. We do that 6 days a week with church. We get one whole day to lie around, take baths, farble and not meet any kind of schedule. I did do a few classes and we enjoyed them, but it also one more thing to our schedule. Now festivals and outdoor concerts I can totally go for because you take them or leave, come and go as needed or skip when your exhausted. Just a thought to re-think the whole mommy and me and playdate thing. My was employed outside the home when I grew up and we didn't have playdates or mommy and me classes. We just hung out.

This is pretty much the conclusion I have come too, I actually sort of like doing nothing. Our Sat is pretty much library visit for books and soon when the farmers market opens up we will head to that.

 

[isfa]

DD's daycare provides alot of these activities and opportunities for her to interract with other kids obviously, but *I* want to have a chance to do this kind of structured group play with her. I want to see her interacting with other kids and everything else. I'm also kind of shy, so the idea of just finding an unstructured playgroup seems stressful compared to doing a class. Not necessarily looking for answers here, just venting my frustration over this minor annoyance.