"Bumps, Babes & Crawlers - My Journey"

I first walked through the door in September as a new mum with my 6 week old baby. I feel so emotional as today will be my last baby group. Sure Start has been more than a service to us, I feel like I'm part of a big family. I first started coming to baby group it gave me a reason to get out of the house after rough nights of constant feeds, I was always greeted by a friendly smile and reassuring words. It gave me ideas of activities and toys we could do at home. We have been to Babes groups which is a lovely relaxed group. When M was 10 weeks old we did Baby Massage followed by Baby Yoga - Both these sessions gave me confidence, bonding time with M and the opportunity to meet other mum's. At Christmas after a few weeks of thought I decided to come right out of my comfort zone and went to Chatsworth. I went with my friend who I met at Antenatal Class then Baby Yoga. We had the best day, made such special memories that I will treasure forever. In January we started Tiny Talkers, I wanted to do a group where we could do signing, we did this at Woodhouse. It was so much fun, we still practice the songs at home. I would love a follow on session for over 1's. We've done a Mini Kicks session, Baby Bop and the trip to Ferry Farm. I am so grateful to Sure Start for giving M the best foundations. We've learnt so many lovely songs. I'd like to say a special mention to Kieren, Tiny Talkers is such a lovely programme, really vibrant and exciting. It's certainly helped with M's speech and language. And lastly to Karen, baby group at Warsop is just lovely. Not clicky, everyone is really friendly. Karen floats around and talks to everyone, the activities are really high quality. We especially love the singing group at the end, M screams with excitement. We hope we can find a 0-5 group in an afternoon so we can still attend.