Hmmm, things are really different where I live. I take my youngest who will be two in March, to all sorts of storytimes at libraries and she LOVES to go to the middle of the cirlce and act out all the motions and mingle with the big kids. Most of the kids are preschoolers but she blends in and seems to love to be a part of the group. Since I have a three year old I can justify bringing her. I did sign up for a registered baby storytime and that one isn't quite right because it is so short and they set the bar so low and are worried they can only handle thirty minutes, but both of my girls can take and enjoy HOURS of stimulation. I also take her to a baby gym class and she loves the cirle time part where she can mimic the motions and sing the songs. This daughter of mine is a wild one though and is louder, more intense, more verbal, less on my lap, and I just let her be herself until someone kicks us out! She is like a little robot in terms of being able to do whatever hand or body motions a teacher does and has already memorized plenty of songs so in some ways she seems so "good" but she refuses to sit on my lap and not be in the center alone and I just let her. She also has a hard time not talking during activities so in those ways the whispering moms of delicate babies may think she is annoying.
