What If My Baby Doesn’t Sit Still in Class?(And Other Worries We Can Let Go Of)


“My baby won’t sit still!”

If I had a pound for every time a parent whispered this to me during class—with an apologetic look and a baby halfway across the mat—I could probably retire. (But I wouldn’t, because I love what I do far too much.)

If you’ve booked an Adventure Babies sensory storytelling class and suddenly found yourself spiralling:
“What if my baby cries? What if they won’t sit still? What if they try to eat the props or crawl into someone else’s lap?”
Let me gently say what I tell parents every week:

It’s all okay. If your baby won’t sit still in class, that just means they’re doing exactly what they’re meant to be doing.


Why “Baby Won’t Sit Still in Class” Is Totally Normal

We build our Adventure Babies sessions around this truth: babies learn best when they’re free to move. Rolling, reaching, crawling, climbing into the prop basket—all of it is part of the experience.

Stillness isn’t the goal. Exploration is.

So if your baby makes a beeline for the sensory tray or decides halfway through the story that they urgently need to investigate someone else’s tambourine, we see that as success. They’re engaging. They’re curious. They’re learning.

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You’re Not Alone (Even If It Feels Like It)

I know it can feel like everyone else’s baby is calmly absorbing the story while yours is doing laps around the room—but trust me, every single baby has their moments.

Some will sit, some will squirm, some will shout. Some will cry, and then go quiet again once they spot the bubbles.

If your baby won’t sit still in class, that doesn’t mean something’s wrong. It means their body and brain are working hard, making sense of everything around them—and that’s exactly what you want.

You’re not interrupting. You’re not being judged. You’re showing up. And that’s the real win.


Crying, Crawling, and Chaos = Learning

Yes, sometimes babies cry. Sometimes they wriggle so much they end up backwards. Sometimes they shout through the story or try to climb the storyteller (it’s happened). But all of that? It’s babyhood. It’s part of the magic.

And it doesn’t stop the story. We’re here for every kind of baby, every kind of moment. The joyful ones. The overwhelmed ones. The ones who need a snack mid-session and the ones who nap through the parachute.

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Come Exactly As You Are

At Adventure Babies sensory storytelling, we welcome it all. Whether your little one is a still observer or a speedy explorer, there’s space for you here.

So let go of the pressure to “behave” or to have the “perfect” class experience. You and your baby are doing just fine.

We’ll be here with bubbles, books, and plenty of baby-led wonder—no matter how many wriggles are involved.


Want to join a baby class where movement is celebrated, not shushed?
Find your nearest Adventure Babies sensory storytelling session here. We’d love to meet you—just as you are.

Baby Won’t Sit Still In Class