So we heard about this, but not sure what the classes are like.We finally made up our minds to just go for it! Sunday's session for Level 2 (6-10 months) was at 2.50pm.
But due to bad planning we had the maid over to clean the place at 12ish. Sadly only by 2.30pm I managed to get everyone out of the house and get going. And 5min later, Zylan fell asleep in the car. So I told Daddy not to rush as he was already sleeping, but someone ticked him off by tail-gating him so we ended up reaching Bangsar in less than 15min. Hai..
Spent a good 10min trying to look for a park while waiting for Zylan to wake up. We parked the car finally but he was still asleep. Poor baby was awoken by the busy traffic at the parking lot. So we hurriedly got him out of the car and headed to the place. Since we were late, we just thought of going to see what the classes were like.
Zylan didn't seem to have any interest as he was still rather sleepy. Poor thing :-( So we decided to come back the week after for a trial class. We thought maybe going for the earlier 11.15am session might help to avoid clashing with his nap time.
So the following Sat, as usual bad planning, we left the house late about 10.55am and again(!) Zylan fell asleep in the car. I had to wake up him when we arrived and he was not at all happy about it. Looks like he's got mummy's sleeping ethics.
When we got there, the class just started so we hurriedly joined in. Throughout the class, Zylan was being an observer. He wasn't all too keen on the activities and gave very limited response. All because he was tired and sleepy. There were 15babies altogether with their parents at the class and it was extremely crowded. Everytime there was a new activity, most parents will rush their baby up the front to be the first in line. Damn KS!! And before we even got a chance to get close to the setup to let Zylan have a try, the instructor was already packing up and moving on to the next activity. And there goes all the KS parents crowding the area of the new setup again!
That really did put me off and I was quite certain I wouldn't come back here again.
Once in awhile they will come up and start calling Zylan's name. By the end of it, we knew why. She just wanted us to sign up for the 1 yr package. Once the class was over, Zylan gave an extremely big *YAWN*. We told her we need to think about it especially when the timings are bad and classes are so crowded. She wasn't too pleased and started to lose interest in persuading us to sign up.
So overall, they won't get my recommendation for sure. Way too commercialized and I just can't stand the big time KS parents. Also there is no personal touch from instructor i.e. instructor doesn't spend one-on-one time with baby.
But it was surely an experience for me. Interesting enough, we also met some of the parents that went for the same pre-natal classes as us.
Anyhow, the hunt for playgroup continues...
