I hate to be a party pooper but I don't think I could have 100% of my attention and concentration on the course and what is being taught with a baby in tow (and I'm a slingin and wrappin mumma too). I think it would be better to wait when you can give 100% of your attention and 100% of your time to the course. JMTCW though
:thumbsup: I hate to be another bearer of bad news, but as a slinging, EBF mommy who's also a tech, if I'd already had ds3 when I was taking the class, I'd have held off. As it was, I waited over over 3.5 yrs to find a class that not only worked for my location, but for my kids and my dh and for the moon and stars to align and . . .
lol.
Honestly, I think it would not go over well with even the nicest of instructors to have a baby in the class, however small and however often strapped to you in a sling/wrap. You are in that class to learn and knowing that, I know that any mama who is dedicated enough to her baby to keep him/her with her is not going to have their 100% attention on learning all there is to learn (there's a lot! even for educated moms like us
). I don't find leaving the baby w/someone else and pumping the best solution, either, because a very young baby generally nurses more often than you'll have opportunities to pump, which could be highly uncomfortable and very distracting (looking at watch - come ON - I'm dying here! come on, come on, I need to go pump!
).
I hope this doesn't seem mean, because I don't mean it to be that way. I had a newborn (and obviously then he was an older baby, too lol) when I first started looking for classes. Ultimately, like I said, he was actually 3.75 yrs old when I was finally able to take the class. Not because he was still nursing, but for there to be a class near enough where I lived and my dh was able to take that week off to stay with the kids. ((Hugs)) to you both
(Threebeans and Synchro) and I hope things end up working out for you both.
(Like CRS, this is just my :twocents