Baby groups

[HannahLou85]

When should I start going to mother & baby groups? My baby is 6 weeks old.

When you want to. If you don't want to, don't. They're good for people who need to have company but the baby doesn't need any socialising....I made the mistake of making myself go when I hated it...I thought I'd be robbing my baby of some important experience if I didn't go but it would have been fine not to.

I started going when she started crawling and was getting bored in the buggy or being in the house.

In the early days they're really more for you.

I tried at 3/4 months and DS either slept or took no notice so I left it for a while. I've started again at 6 months and DS seems to enjoy it (shakes a rattle, smiles at Luther babies etc.)

Lol at Luther babies, other babies obviously!

I started going from about 6 weeks. It was lovely to escape daytime tv and talk to some grown ups!
Don't feel obliged to go through.

I went from about 3 weeks onwards. For my own sanity. Baby pretty much slept through it but I got a hot cup of tea and some adult company!

I went from about 3 months, DS wasn't really aware of much and slept through a lot, but he did seem to enjoy looking at the other babies. It was great to talk to other mum's going through the same stuff and we're now really good friends and meet up independently from the group at each other's houses. Our babies are now approaching 1 year old so they are much more aware of each other now

Great thanks ladies!