Are your children’s vaccines up to date?

Set a reminder

Please or to access all these features

Parenting

For free parenting resources please check out the Early Years Alliance's Family Corner.

Going to toddler groups or classes with 2 young children - how do you do it?

27 replies

JennyPenny22 · 04/06/2009 10:26

DD1 is 17 months, DD2 6 weeks. I am fine with them both at home but we haven't really been out much on our own yet. I want to get back into going to toddler groups etc but finding it quite difficult! I am going to be going once a week with my mum so she can help me or sit with DD2.

I just can't work it out logically - there is nowhere within walking distance, so that means driving. So then I have to get both of them from the car to the toddler group first of all - DD1 has only been walking a few weeks so still in the noventy stages so not going in the right direction, falling over, wanting to be picked up etc. So will probably mean carrying both. Then, when we get in there, DD1 wants to do everything that has the slightest big of danger in it! She needs somebody to follow her round really to keep her safe and help her on things.

But DD2 will be wanting feeding, holding, changing or whatever - unless i am extremly lucky and she sleeps through it all, but she isn't really very good at sleeping through all the noise!

So just don't know how to do it! I feel bad for DD1 though. She is quite advanced for her age (other than being a late walker) in that she is already starting to recongnise her colours and number, animals etc so really she needs a toddler group or a class.

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
sarah293 · 05/06/2009 13:56

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn

ohdearwhatamess · 05/06/2009 14:01

Toddler groups are fine. Younger one can be ignored until it as about 6 months old (apart from feeding - but you can aim to do that before and after rather than during). Older one will go and do his/her own thing once they've found their feet. Other mothers will help too.

Classes and soft play are impossible, ime, unless the baby sleeps through them.

New posts on this thread. Refresh page