Classes for babies and parents/caregivers

There are a few handfuls of experiences, places and people that stay with me wherever I go, whatever I am doing -- because the lessons and support are so universally valuable for me. Babies Project is one of them!

The Babies Project classes teach me how to support my babies' healthy movement progression towards walking. But not only that — the class is also a beautiful way to strengthen my relationship with my babies.

I just wanted to say how grateful Calvin and I are for the wonderful work you do! We so enjoyed coming to play and work on his movement with you over the months. Your guidance gave us both confidence as a new mom of a growing baby and a baby evermore on the move. (He is trying to climb into the bathtub as I write this!)

The key takeaway from my own experience was not "what can I do more or better to help Elsie?" but rather, "Where can I interfere less and offer Elsie the dignity to go through her own process?" This approach is both liberating and empowering for parent and child.

I appreciate the accepting environment that places emphasis on the process rather than quickly meeting milestones. Groups that are both this beneficial as well as accessible (both physically and financially) are hard to find, and we are grateful to have had the ability to participate. We look forward to the Babies! class each week, and we always leave in good spirits!

Babies! teaches me to be patient, to be present and totally focused on my son. It gives me a chance to observe how incredible he is on his own, and how much he can learn with simple guidance.

We love coming to Babies! and really enjoy being with other moms and babies to exchange experiences, be on the floor with the babies, playing around and receiving a lot of information about my baby’s very own development stage. Every baby develops on his/her very own schedule and this is exactly what Babies! is about.

Babies! is a safe, supportive environment that has facilitated the growth and development of my daughter. I've never experienced another class like it before, and they really take the time to get to know your baby and what they may need.

I heart the work you do and loving spirit you provide to families, but first and foremost the babies. You see them and help us see them in that most heart-centered of ways. I know it has helped me grow into the strong mama that I am today, and I thank you for being part of that journey in our lives.

Babies! was incredibly valuable for our family in ways that I never expected and that have unfolded over time for my now four-year-old son. He is comfortable and confident in a way that I believe comes from being supported and not pushed.

Thank you for providing such a wonderful learning environment for babies.

A lot is said in later childhood about play-based and child-led learning, but I never would have imagined such a thing existing for young infants. It does – at Babies!

My daughter has been going to Babies! every week since she was 6 weeks old (she is now 11.5 months). Since I am now back at work, I look forward to my nanny telling me what they learned in class that week and ways we could be assisting my daughter with movement. This is a truly wonderful space for babies!

The leaders of the Babies Project are incredibly astute, gentle, and generous with their time and feedback, demonstrating and explaining how to more closely and carefully observe and anticipate our son’s, and other baby’s, movements, intentions, and desires. They have also instilled in us the trust that his innate physical knowledge and potential for competent movement are more often than not normal and appropriate, and to support him without stepping in or becoming overly protective, impatient, or helpful.

We have been taking Theodore to the babies movement class since he was six months old. He is now 15 months and a confident walker. We attribute this to what we learned as parents through the class, the play space, the community and most especially the guidance that we received from Sarah, Amy and Nisha.

Babies! is as outside of time and delightfully round and enigmatic as our little ones, who set the course and, with the incredible care, attunement, and guidance that Sarah, Amy & Nisha provide, flourish and help us caregivers learn how best to support and grow with them. Intellectual curiosity brought me to the first class; alchemy keeps me coming back.

Ida’s confidence is on hyper-drive when she is there. She climbs more, crawls more, talks more. I think she has really benefited from coming to class, both physically and socially. And, watching how they assist and interact with the babies has helped me learn how to work with Ida — to honor her timing, to let her take the lead, to respect what she understands at this time. The Babies! class is unlike any other baby class I’ve ever seen. It’s really a treasure.