Margot & Ida

There’s something magical in the air at Babies Project. Some of the moms and I joke about it. When our babies are there, they try new things and often will make advancements just in the hour or so of being there. Most other baby classes we’ve been to are passive - they involve a teacher performing for the kids then telling them what to do, and then the babies kind of lose it and cry and get distracted.

At Babies!, the instructors are on the mat with us, at the baby’s level, and connect in a social/emotional way before anything else. I think this builds trust with the babies, and thus builds their confidence to connect with other human beings and try new things. It’s like they have silent conversations with the babies, just with eye contact and gentle touches.

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.