Plough Parents Club

[Plough_Dulwich]

Hi all,

We're looking at starting up the Plough Parents Club again.

We wanted to make some changes, move the day from a Friday to a Tuesday and make it a bit more organised (my fault it wasnt towards the end I realise)

We thought doing a week of soft play, a week with a guest speaker, something different (paints, crafts.... Im not sure and open to suggestions!) and then a swap shop week (we have loads of newborn clothes as our chunky two week old is out of them already!)

What do you all think? Is this something that could work. Does it come across a bit too structured?

Ive never organised a Parents and Baby club before so its a bit new to me!

Any advice or thoughts gratefully received.

Thank you,

Gavin @ The Plough

[buggie]

The swap shop sounds like a very good idea. Would suggest having soft play area weekly (could be useful to distract older babies if you've got a speaker). The Plough is such a good size it's ideal for this sort of thing.

[Ruth_Baldock]

Agree with buggie re: soft play. Lots of us have little babies and toddlers and it's hard to find places to go to suit both.

[Saffron]

That all sounds great to me. As the rainy autumn looms closer, any indoor options are looking good!!!

[Bonfire2010]

Sounds good - please keep us posted!

[Bluemum]

Great idea! What ages would the group be suitable for?

[kevtils]

Great idea ! There arent that many places to go with a toddler when the winter closes in.........

[Plough_Dulwich]

Hi all,

Id love to do the soft play more often - its going to be expensive to hire which is the big issue. We can't buy it as storage becomes a problem as does the H & S side of keeping it hygeinacally clean and well maintained.

I'll keep my thinking cap on for a solution.

As to ages - I thought we'd try and welcome all, maybe have time slots on the soft play days. Not for attendance, but maybe for use of the soft play stuff. I suppose the good thing is we're big enough so if we get high numbers we can do some different things in different areas for the right ages.

Im going to look at getting this all started by first week of Oct. would be sooner but Im away for two weeks from tomorrow. Please keep any ideas and thoughts coming - this is very new to me!

Thank you,

Gavin

[ClareC]

Sounds a great idea, look forward to hearing more :-)

I second something being suitable for babies and toddlers.

Have a lovely holiday!

[Katiesa]

Great, I'm really stuck for things to do at the moment. My little one is nearly 15months and have finished baby sensory and wasn't massively impressed with Gymbabes/tumbletots...this would be fab, def keep us posted

[louloulabelle]

Soft play a def, play doh/drawing, painting.

As lots of dulwich mums have toddlers and babies ( of both the static and crawling variety) essential to have something that both ages can do while mum keeps an eye on both..,

Speakers for the parents a great idea also. Maybe the swap shop once a month? Tv showing cbeebies?

[snowboarder]

Sounds good! My only comment would be to think v hard about baby proofing if you are allowing toddlers to come along - it might just be my lack of control over my son but I find pub baby club venues scary - so much opportunity to raid cutlery/glasses/get behind bar/escape through many doors...esp when looking after a baby too!

[Ko]

good idea but would need an escape proof child area for the toddlers! is there an area in the plough that can easily be sectioned off as a play area?

thanks

[MrsC]

Tuesdays are my day of with my son and I'm getting stuck for ideas so this sounds great! Do you have an 'official' start date for this yet?

Thanks!

[Plough_Dulwich]

Hi guys, sorry for delay - came back to much more work and problems than I anticipated but anyway!!!

Thanks to everyone for their help, ideas and suggestions... I have a few questions....

toddler proofing, good idea, we can get a stair gate one way so they cant get behind bar or towards kitchen.... the main entrance can be curtained across but is a bit to big to gate. Hopefully with the curtains it'll keep them contained!

As to soft play - every week is a possibility, how would people feel about a small weekly charge? If not we can def do it once a month. I am in contact with a lovely, local person who is setting up her own soft hire business. So will be able to keep it in Dulwich.

Start date..... middle of Oct provisional dates are 18th / 25th Oct.

Thank you all,

Gavin

[Fuschia]

Curtains is a bad idea... Toddlers will go behind and parents will worry they gave escaped

Closed doors with a good view of them is safer IMO

[emza78]

Did this ever get off the ground?

[kamath]

What day is this and has it started ?

[beababies]

Hi guys,

I spoke to Gavin this morning, he said he's sorting out the finalities of the soft play hire but that this should be off the ground in about two weeks!

Kamath, it is going to meet on Tuesdays!

All the best,

Bea

x

[Katiesa]

Great, will he post on here when the details are confirmed - that would be great

[Sol]

Any update on this?

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[toomuchchocolate]

Have you fixed the lock on the door that contains the baby changing unit? Last time i was there it was broken, though that was a long time ago!