I Don’t Get Baby Sensory

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And I’m not sure my baby does either

We spent twenty minutes thanking the sun for shining on us and the corn for feeding us, and everyone else seemed to know all the sign language.

I don’t actually like corn so I didn’t particularly want to thank it, but the other mums seemed to really be appreciative of the corn and the other things in the song. The only sign I got to grips with was waving.

My baby didn’t give a toss anyway and spent most of the class staring at a bottle of hand sanitiser.

Then we waved some scarves over our baby’s faces, while the instructor danced around blowing bubbles to ‘Morning Has Broken’

My morning was broken at 4am anyway by my crap sleeper of a baby, 10am is practically afternoon for us.

I am new to the area so I tried to be jolly and talk to the other mums but they weren’t interested, I don’t know if it’s because I didn’t thank the corn.

I wore my Tears For Fears t-shirt with a sequinned blazer which might have been an odd choice but I thought, sequins are sensory aren’t they? The instructor asked if I was off to an 80’s party and I said no, I’m on my way back from one.

We will finish the course because I paid £65, so it’ll be like that time I got drunk and signed up to Zumba classes and made myself keep going even though I hated every minute of it and was rubbish and was asked to stand at the back by the fire exit.

Is there something I’m missing, are all baby sensory classes like that? Do I need to learn all the sign language?

I’m not overly bothered from a friendship point of view because we go to a music class too in a different area which is held in a pub and the parents are really friendly at that one. The baby also loves to shake a maraca like Bez, so I think he prefers it too.

I found Baby Sensory a bit boring. But friends that went to a neighbouring class with another leader loved it. Hello to the Sun is one of those annoying songs you can't get out of your head.

My regret is Water Babies. I spent a bloody fortune just because my NCT class went and I liked the coffee and chat after class. Really should have waited until DD was older.

I really loved Hartbeeps (not as big as Baby Sensory I don't think). The songs in the newborn class were beautiful, and my DD absolutely loved the class for sitting babies. It was such good fun I was sad to stop when work got in the way.

I loved baby sensory with my son. My mother in law looked after my 2 year old and it was a chance for me and my baby to enjoy together. I didn’t do it with my first child. I did however, do Tiny Talk with them both which I loved for the signing and songs it gave me. I did meet a friend at Tiny Talk but we’ve lost touch since being back at work. I also went to Bumps and Babies and made several friends who I am still friends with now. My baby is now 10! Bumps and Babies was a sit and chat with your baby type group. So I suppose you are more likely to make friends there. It was only £2 a week and I got tea and biscuits, although that didn’t help with my baby weight.

I forgot about the 'markets' they have though, those really pissed me off. Getting hussled to buy overpriced toys/boots/photos/precious memories instead of getting the class content that we've paid for. God they must have made some money on those classes for doing not alot.

That said, my class leader was great and gave me a lot of support with my high maintenance non sleeping baby!

I think it matters. I know it all seems meaningless, but when my son had issues at school because he had sensory integration problems, I regretted not doing more when he was younger.

By the way, everyone has sensory issues and this is not a problem until it becomes a problem:) so just try to enjoy it, go with the flow and have less regrets.

I wish you'd been in my baby sensory class, OP. DC1 is now 12 so those days are long behind me thank feck. When I see her and her pals, I honestly can't tell who's been thanking the corn and having fevvers in their faces and who hasn't.

If your baby isn't getting anything out of it then it's not a good class. Baby sensory can be fantastic for lo but it depends on quality of instructor. I'd be expecting lights, fabrics, water, bubbles, shakers, balls, lava bottles, sand, gloop, massage.

Like everything in life, we all learn differently. And at different stages. The posters making out OP is tantamount to negligent by not wanting to pay £12 to a franchise to thank the corn either own a franchise or have been hoodwinked by the corn, I think.

Sensory things happen all day to most of us. If the performance sensory doesn't work for you, it is entirely possible to be sensory quietly at home!

My DS1 repeatedly poo-ed all through baby massage. I had to reconcile that it wasn't a class for us. Doesn't mean I never laid hands on him again though! He's sitting right up next to me now and he's 11. (Admittedly he'd move if any of his friends might see him!)

What I’m learning from this thread is that there are lots of different types of sensory. Mine is literally just singing, wafting scarves and bubbles with different themes weekly. I’m not sure quite what the beneficial element to this is 😂

Loved your post! Never heard of baby sensory (thank God!)

Oh god baby sensory! There was a wait list for the nearest one to me, which I signed up for.

I signed up to everything to be honest. NCT, then once I had DD - Baby Massage, local new baby coffee morning thing, Hartbeeps, Moo Music, Monkey Music, Baby Sensory, Sing with baby at the library, mummy fit class and swimming.

Anything to fill the days and get out and about. But mainly to try and make mum friends. None of it worked. Wherever I went people already seemed to know each other and I never got past the chit chat stage or even to. I remember taking DD for a walk once and seeing a whole gathering of mums and babies having a grand old time on some sort of organised picnic and never felt so lonely in my life

One of the worst was baby sensory, the class was fine and some of the stuff they put on was lovely but it was a large group of rather cliquey mums who come free play time avoided me like the plague. My very last class before going back to work and a new mum joins who is lovely and friendly and talks to me! Ah well.

The best were the local coffee morning because it was for new parents and we were all rather quiet and sleep deprived, Moo Music because it was really fun and the instructor was lovely, and the mummy fit class because I could do my work out and fuck off without talking to anyone - I was way past caring at that point

I don't remember thanking the corn. We said hello to it and loved it for feeding us. Just like elsewhere we sing to black sheep and ask about their wool, or to a twinkling star while we wonder what it is.

I don't know, what did people expect from a song written for a baby class? Tears for Fears?

Op this made me cry with laughter, did baby sensory with my first. Signed up to do an outside baby sensory class with my 3 month old next week. January, pishing rain, cold. What was I thinking?

I loved Baby Sensory. I took my eldest more than 10 years ago and I still remember the song and the actions. Then took my youngest to toddler sense, he loved it there.

I'm taking my 2nd baby to baby sensory i remember the sign language from when I took my first -my baby loves it and starts waving as soon as the music starts she's too old for the next term now and spends most of the class walking around shouting at people! I've made friends at both of my classes with my first snd second! I'm up north maybe that's the difference!

I was thinking of taking my baby grandson (who I care for on my non work days) to Baby Sensory... but sounds like it would not be right for us :D
I do Yoga with baby classes...I attempt to do yoga while 9m old grandchild rampages around the room, sharing toys and spit and germs with other babies Some of the babies lie/sit there peacefully. Mine... not so much!

Traditional baby/toddler groups at the local church are cheap and friendly!

@Hmm1234

Sounds like you went to hippy yoga. Baby sensory classes are great and you should as a mother understand how they stimulate your child and help with development

🙄of course!! And my poor baby (along with all the other lockdown babies) who didn't have that opportunity as he was 3 months when lockdown hit and only went to 4/5 classes is doomed to fail for the rest of his life because he didn't have the opportunity to have the 'help' developmentally? Because by the time it all opened back up again I went back to work! Don't be so crass and insensitive!!

Baby sensory is definitely a weird one, we only did a taster session and DS and I hated it. We loved the free baby group the taster session happened at though 🤣

DS hated most stuff, most of all Jolly Babies, he was most definitely not jolly.

Sing and Sign was more fun.

There are definitely some groups that suit some people more than others. I'm with you on Baby Sensory OP 😁

@ChipmunksInAttic

I think it matters. I know it all seems meaningless, but when my son had issues at school because he had sensory integration problems, I regretted not doing more when he was younger.

By the way, everyone has sensory issues and this is not a problem until it becomes a problem:) so just try to enjoy it, go with the flow and have less regrets.

I did all sorts of baby sensory activities with my 3. One has SPD and would likely have had it regardless because hes under the neurodiversity umbrella. Im sure it wasnt anything to do with your parenting x

I hate baby sensory so much that I found this thread by googling 'I hate baby sensory mumsnet'. Good old mumsnet!

I hate it so much that whenever I hear someone say how much they enjoyed it, it actually makes me angry on the inside 😂

I hate it so much I paid for 7 sessions upfront, attended 3 and never went again! And I felt completely comforted that the loss of money was absolutely worth the lack of torture!

I very quickly realised that I could do all of the activities at home and I absolutely despised doing them in the group. I hated all of the competitive talk about how fantastic people's babies were...hated the songs, hated the activities, hated the fact that 20 children were sharing and drooling over resources, hated that there was then a measles outbreak and the group had to.pause for a week..... it all made my skin crawl off!!!

My absolute joy is being at home with my son and doing whatever I want with him. Today we are going swimming. Not in a stupid baby group, but just me and him in a local sensory pool and I can't wait!

Thanks all - I simply had to rant about my hatred of baby sensory!

It was a load of rubbish as are most of the classes until your baby is a toddler and can actively join in (e.g. music, dancing, tumble tots etc).
I tried a lot of classes with my first once lockdown eased, and I'm glad i tried them, but as you said it's 40 minutes of stuff you could just do at home and none of the mums are sociable. Best places to chat to people are the play cafes, baby gyms and church run playgroups. But again, these are all worth the money once your child is mobile or a toddler.

😂😂 This spoke to me OP. I love you.

Wait til the bit when they get out a washing up bowl and put an inch of water in and tell you to stand your baby in it so they can experience the sensation of water.

Love this description 😂 I'm a FTM, conned into going. My baby boy falls asleep every time. When I get home I joke that is the most expensive nap he has 😂

You must have all been really unlucky because our baby sensory classes have been great with loads of stuff you couldn't just do at home 🤷‍♀️

Please who ever you are we need to be friends 😂 you’ve made my morning what a character 😂🙏🏽

No not all baby classes are like baby sensory, I found it really patronising. Get a trial for others! Most offer them