A former ballet dancer is running pole dancing classes for mums and babies - some as young as TWO.
New mum Anna Milosevic is proving the classes are child’s play by allowing the little ones to join their mum’s in classes.
Anna, 34, began running the classes exclusively for mum’s after she gave birth to her daughter Faye last summer.
She realised she wanted to shed her baby weight, but could not go to the gym because she had a newborn.
So she noticed a gap in the market – pole-dancing with newborns.
Her business venture has proved a success with new mothers writhing on the pole while their offspring sit on the floor.
She has even added a soft play area so people of all ages can enjoy themselves.
The 34-year-old said she “wanted to tone up” after the birth of her baby.
“I knew other new mums who wanted to lose their baby weight too,” Anna, married to Vedran, 35, said.
“Having trained as a pole fitness instructor I knew the benefits attached to pole dancing.
“The point is, you can come and get fit but you don’t have to get a babysitter, just bring your babies with you.
“I don’t teach the mums anything that you would see in a strip club and don’t let the kids have a go because of the connotations.”
She added: “It’s harmless.”
She said the girls who attended the class liked it, while the boys were less interested.
Children as young as a few months old watch their mothers writhe on the pole.
“They don’t care what’s going on,” she said.
“It means their mums would get to exercise without having to find someone to babysit for them.”
Anna’s range of exercises are designed to help mothers build up and strengthen their core muscles, and improve their posture.
She said: “Most mums already have upper body strength from keeping on picking up their babies.
“I spoke to my midwife to find out how soon new mums could exercise safely and what exercises were suitable.
“I learned that eight weeks is enough time for the body to heal following a pregnancy, including after a woman has had a caesarean section.
“So only mums whose babies are eight weeks and older, and are fit enough to take part, are allowed to join.
“Some of the classes I run are shorter as new-borns can get restless.”
Now Anna holds classes for mums with babies up to eight months old, then up to 18 months.
Aside from the poles, the classes are crammed with toys for babies and young children to play with.
While soft mats and pillows help to keep the babies propped up and comfortable during the sessions.
The classes are tailored so that mums can tend to their babies at any point, to feed them or stop them crying.
She said: “My classes actually work better when there are lots of mums there.
“There are two people to every pole so while one mum is exercising the other can tend to their babies.”
News of the classes come after a mum caused outrage by filming a pole dance featuring her two-year-old daughter.
Pole dancing enthusiast Ashley Wright uploaded the video to Instagram and says involving her toddler in the pole dance is just a kind of attachment parenting.
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