Am I the only Mum to not take a 6 month old to baby groups?

[Stillmonday]

He's only 6 months and we do a lot of play at home, I just don't fancy the idea of a baby / play group but everyone I speak to keeps asking me if I've joined any yet.

Am I the only person to not go??

My DC are long grown up now, but I certainly would rather have stuck pins in my eyes that go to baby/toddler groups. Did take them occasionally to a soft play in the local village hall, but to play with them there, not joined any other parents chatting etc.

I barely took my daughter to them. we went every now and then but now that she's 21months we go a bit more often. Not every week though and to be fair I haven't been in over a month

They're more for the Mums than the kids imo.
You do you.

Oh my post sounds very dismissive and was not meant to be. Groups can be great for people, both parents and their DC, they just weren’t my thing IYSWIM

Nope. 3 kids, no groups. No regrets.

I took my 10 month old to his first one last week, and felt so guilty when I saw he was genuinely enjoying it! His was shrieking in delight, laughing and clapping the whole time. No reason for not taking him sooner, other than I didn’t want to! All have stopped now for the summer, but I’ll be taking him to one regularly in September.

No, I don't. Nothing against them though, just happy dog walking with pushchair!
Tried baby sensory at around four months but he just screamed. We go to 'swimming lessons' weekly, but that's all.

I never could as ds was a bit of a horror of a high needs baby. Plus, as he was up at 4am/4.30am every morning it was his naptime by the time the baby groups started. AND most of ours bar two had waiting lists. So I JUST EXISTED ON MY OWN FOR THE NEXT 2 YEARS

I hated them. However, when all the mums on the playground already knew each other, I wished I'd been more persistent. I managed one a week. So dull. So, bloody baby focussed

Gosh, capslock fail. Sorry, didn't mean to shout!

I tried with my eldest who is now 13. I hated it. So cliquey and an excuse to have others watch their children while they chat and gossip away.

Never bothered with my 10 year old but my mil and sil have been bugging me to go with the youngest. He is 2 and I've no intention of going. Painfully shy and it's my worst nightmare. I see no need to go to any group and do not see the benefit to either of us.

WTF do you people who don't do groups do all day? All my friends were working and I was bored AF from 8-6 when dh was out of the house. Groups were my salvation!

I do a lot of classes with my 5mo DD, but that's mostly because I hate days in the house and I like to be busy and get out and do something every day bar the usual dog walking, etc. I prefer more structured stuff though to just sitting around and chatting groups, so we do stuff like baby sign language, swimming, rhyme time at library, etc.

Good god no, both DC had to make do socialising with friends children until they were 3 and able to be left at playgroup. Then it was a drop and run so I didn’t have to engage.
I couldn’t imagine anything worse than sitting with a load of other people talking about baby poop and how it’s obvious their little darling is going to be a high achiever.

I didn't take mine to baby groups at 6 months because I was working. My DP who was at home with her didn't either but due to having an older half-sibling she was randomly around lots of other kids who played with her. (She did go swimming and to a music class)

What we noticed is that things we found difficulty in getting her to do and she would cry doing, when she saw other children doing them she would just copy them. For example she refused to sit up and would prefer to lie down. Soon as she saw other kids sitting up or kneeling, she sat up.

She then started at child minder at 9 months old for 3 days a week where she mixes with a minimum of 2 other children daily of different ages. We have noticed she quickly learns new things plus happily plays with others or on her own.

Six month old here, no groups. Partly because I also have a four year old who would have to come too. I did baby massage and baby sensory with her and loathed it. Not keen to repeat the experience.

I did because I couldn’t bear not having anyone to talk to who could talk back from 8am till 6pm every day.
Some folk are happy on their own and tbh now ds is older I am too but in the baby months I was feeling a bit unsure and needed company.

I hated baby groups, and barely went to any, apart from twin group which was monthly. I felt like a freak in other baby groups, being stared at becuase I was bottle feeding two at once didn’t help, and I’d not sought help for my pnd at that point either.

Mine are 17 months old now, and I’m just starting to go back to twin group, and am considering a baby group weekly once I’ve found one I like.

WTF do you people who don't do groups do all day? All my friends were working and I was bored AF from 8-6

WOrked my arse off entertaining and looking after a high needs baby who didn't play with toys and who only napped for 30 mins at a time which I had to use to pump. Tried to maintain a house. Tried to stay alive.

Nope! I didn’t take either of mine and I was never bored!

I didn't with DS1. At 6 months he slept so much! He would be going back down for a nap and sleep right through any groups.

I think groups are there for parents more than kids. We started going later when DS2 was born and I needed to get out of the house to 'exercise' DS1, especially on rainy days. He could run around whilst I fed DS2. He (and I) didn't get the luxury of long maps at home! He slept whenever and wherever he could.

I’m confused. Why do people say “we didn’t do groups, but we did swimming and a whatever class”?
We did swimming classes, that’s what I mean when I say we did classes/groups. We did library drop ins, swimming and I did a buggyfit type thing but baby swimming was our main one.

Nope got a 6 month old I don’t go to groups and don’t intend to

I've got a 6 month old and I'd be bored shitless if I didn't get out the house to the odd group. They're definitely more for the mums but it's great for my DD as we don't have other babies in the family and I want her to be socialised before I throw her to the wolves at nursery.

They are twee as fuck, singing the welcome song, singing and clapping along to the nursery rhymes and the baby signing but DD seems to enjoy it and she gets to slobber on toys she doesn't have at home.