Taking baby to post natal yoga/pilates

[SylvesterTheCat]

I'm thinking of taking up some classes now that DC is three months. But I'd be surprised if DC just lay there quietly next to me while I do the exercises. I'd be embarrassed to be the noisiest in the group but surely other babies will cry if they're not given full attention too? How does this work?

The postnatal yoga class I went to was very chilled. We did short stints of yoga for the mums, mixed with music & movement for the babies. During the "proper" yoga bits you were meant to put the baby down on the mat but sometimes they just didn't want that, so you work around it. Most baby classes will feature at least one baby who sleeps in their car seat the whole time, one who feeds for most of the class, another one who won't stop crying, at least one poonami, and everything in between! You just get on with it, it's much less intense than other exercise classes, and everyone's in the same boat.

Thank you sockqueen. I guess I wouldn't mind if I ended up entertaining DD throughout and if worst came to worst we could just leave.

I quite liked it when my baby cried in class...meant I had to pick him up and have a rest from the exercising

At our yoga classes they had people walking around and if your baby started crying you could ask them to walk your baby around so you could carry on.
It was great. A highlight of my mat leave!

You can leave if you think your baby won't settle any other way, but don't worry about disrupting the class. Any sane postnatal teacher knows it won't be a completely serene session!

Give it a try OP, sounds a lovely idea. I wasn’t practising yoga when my children were babies, so wish I had, I know it would have helped me in so many levels.

I go to a yoga group for people with reduced mobility, most of the group have MS like me, so we have lots of interruptions during our practice that none of us worry about, it has made such a difference to my life I would recommend yoga to anyone.

Thank you so much everyone. I think I just have to jump in the deep end and be willing to admit defeat if I become too self conscious