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i think that's a little young for gym class because they are not mobile yet. the gym classes around here are super expensive, so i didn't enroll charlie until he was around 9 months old and crawling/cruising. we enrolled both charlie and olive in a music class when they were 6 months. i think that's a great class to start with for babies!

So I took LO to the Little Gym (next class up though) a couple months ago. I think it was the 10-19 mos. class. Honestly, since he wasn't walking yet, there wasn't much he could do but crawl around like a maniac. And they were trying to get them to sing songs and bang instruments when really all the kids wanted to do was explore. So I decided to hold off for now -- just thought it was a little pricey right now, especially since ours doesn't have any sort of open gym.

They should offer a free class. Go and see what you think. But also check out whether your library has a baby bookworm class or whether there's Kindermusik or something and compare. Our library program is absolutely free, and they still get to run around and sing songs and stuff. And that includes young babies, too.

You're totally right... At that age, it's good for mom and baby... But mostly mom, IMO! I was in the same position as you with my firstborn, with not a lot of mom friends at the time... So I did enroll DD in a gym/music class at 4 months. It was called Developmental Movement. It was a lot of singing, dancing, stories, scarves, tummy time and bubbles.

@Mrs. Yoyo: I just looked on their website and ti does say there's a free intro class? Maybe it's new.
ETA: oops not all locations; that's lame!

Thanks for this post! M will be 4months soon so I probably should look into something like this maybe on the weekends! She does go to daycare so she already has that interaction. But I would love to meet other moms!