Did you land in Mumbai with a toddler of yours?
You must have wondered how you can entertain your active child.
I did last summer.
There are not many places you can take your kids to play during the day in Mumbai unless your apartment has an outdoor play area. There are parks and playgrounds in Mumbai, but they usually close from 10:00 a.m. (or 11:00) until 4:00 p.m. (some open at 3:30). Therefore, the precious playgrounds become unavailable during the day when they are very active. To me after 4:00 p.m. is not a possibility to take my toddler to a play ground because I have to be home to attend to my older kids. During the Monsoon Season, outdoor activities are not options. Thus, children’s fitness centers like My Gym and privately owned indoor playgrounds such as Hop n Bop (good for toddlers) and Funky Monkey (fantastic for toddlers to elementary school kids) become great places to entertain active kids.
My Gym is based on membership and you enroll your child in a class. If you were to join for your toddler child, I highly recommend that you join with your friends. I find it more fun for you to go there with your friends. I joined thanks to my friend, Moniek, who told me about the promotion period to join My Gym and invited me and my son to join her, her daughter and their friends. I would have not been able to afford if it was not during the promotion period. (Please scroll down for a deal with My Gym I got for my readers.) It became a regular play date where I could see my friends and my son could see his friends.
Do not worry if your child won’t be able to sit during the class. Many 2-year-olds don’t. My son is definitely the type who would not sit and listen to instructions. In fact, I’m usually chasing after my son because he doesn’t want to participate and runs away from me. My Gym has about 10 to 15 minutes of class activities and after that, children have a free play time and are allowed to go to different stations to have play on their own. During the free play time, staff also creates different activity stations where kids are encouraged to try, but if your kids don’t want to try, it is okay.
Here’s another thing that sold me to My Gym. If you become a member, you can also take your child to what they call “practice and play” sessions which allow members to take their children to play for an hour at a designated time. The practice and play session hours are offered to different age groups throughout the day. There were two practice and play hours in the morning in a week where I thought my son could go, so that was very nice. I like to take my son to My Gym because it’s clean, safe with padded equipments and there are always a couple of My Gym employees who watch kids. It’s wonderful!
When I joined in 2013, I joined during a promotional period. The discounted amount I paid was 18,000 Rs. (about US$300) for 16 sessions which is equivalent to a 4 months period. When you cannot make it to the class, they will not count that day and you can use a make-up day later, which is fantastic.
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My Gym
The Silver Pearl, 402 4th Floor
Waterfield Road
Bandra – West
Mumbai, MA 400 050
PHONE: 96199 69496
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Just in case you are wondering, I am not affiliated with My Gym.
マイ・ジムの関係者ではありません。念のため。
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