Before Baby Toddles Off.... SilverStars gym

There are a few things that I have found around Bowie that is free or a major discount if you go before the baby starts to walk or do things on thier own.

One of my favorite things is to take Leo to the Gym. I'm not talking about the place with treadmills and elipticals and has a little room for the tykes, nope this place is for the kids.

IT is a blast! Everything is padded and its one of the few places I can relax a little, and run after my little one for fun, rather than saying "no, don't touch that" ... "put that down"... "thats not safe".

The floor is totally padded, the trampolines are lots of fun (kids only please) the instructors who are around out front or setting up for the next class are really nice.

There are two sections of the gym. the top part for open gym and little ones. and the bottom gym for classes and the bigger kids if open gym is really packed ( the instructors or front desk people will tell you if its open) and let me tell you this gym is big. I have yet to be there when its really packed, not because of the people there, but because of the square footage, plenty. Its bigger than thier other gym in silver spring I'm told, by quite a bit.

You should know that if you kid is not walking open gym times do not cost anything. All you have to do is go and sign yourselves in at the front desk. if they are walking it costs $7.00 per visit. ( although you can buy a card of a certain number of visits and then it works out to about $5 per visit). They hold open gym 2-3 times per day, Monday through Friday. always from 12-1pm, and 2-3 pm. and

It says on their site tuesdays, wednesdays, and fridays they are open in the morning from 10-11.

14201 Woodcliff Ct., Bowie, MD 20720

phone: (301) 352-5777