I have a confession. Until this morning I was a “Mommy & Me” virgin. I know I should go to these little groups, I know my lil girl would enjoy and benefit going, but I just never did. I went a whole 7 months without it but I caved. I don’t really have any “mom” friends. I have a couple but figured I should go out and try to make more. I had a few bad experiences with unsocial-clique-y moms but I put that and my paranoia of her getting sick from other babies aside and took an introductory class at The Little Gym. I figured since she is not an antisocial baby anymore she would have fun. I mean, I do owe it to her to co-mingle with other lil kiddies instead of dragging her to the mall with me every other day.
Well it was a success. She didn’t cry (whoohoo!) and she had a freakin’ blast. She did somersaults, hung on uneven bars and played with other cuties and did not beat them up (she can be a bit of a bully). Since I never went to any of these frigging things before, I was unaware of all the rules of going barefoot and sitting on the floor. Wearing skinny jeans and a cute tank top was a bad decision. I’m pretty sure my ass crack was hanging out the entire time. Luckily there were only 3 other moms in the class…who were all dressed in comfy pants. I was jealous. Bending, sitting, jumping and rolling on the floor in tight ass skinny jeans sucked. Sigh…ya live and ya learn I guess. Next time, leggings.
Another thing was that I kinda skeeved the place. The equipment looked a little on the run down side and I don’t like going barefoot in random places. I just pray that shit was cleaned and if it wasn’t, I went for a pedicure after and got my feet scrubbed and I disinfected my lil one from head to toe.
Yeah, I’m weird.
Don’t know if I am going to splurge on that gym for her but am going to make my rounds to different Mommy & Me-type classes in the next upcoming weeks. This should be interesting.
-Amanda
Any advice for a newbie Mommy & Me-er? HELP!!!!
