How do you make mummy friends?

loudog

Hello everyone!
I have an almost four month old baby and being the first of my friends to start a family means that I don't have that many people to connect with specially with similarly aged babies. How did you guys make connections with other mummies? I miss the socialising!

loudog

Thanks! Unfortunately I'm not breastfeeding anymore but swim classes sound fun...I need to check for some in my area

John Mason

baby massage, breastfeeding group, mammy and baby boot camp, mammy and baby swim and fb

bp

Stalk mammys in your area! I did :-)

sm213

No advice here wondering the same actually. Not much in my area.

Can you bring a 5 month old to a parent and toddler group.?My 4 year old has her free year and the place only has morning sessions.
Toddler group is tuesday at 10.30.
I saw baby yoga near me seems good.
Its harder with baba as its not like you can arrange a playdate or anything.
I really miss adult conversation as oh is working shifts so its all hours.

bp

Are there any play cafe's near by? I always get chatting to people there.

RentDayBlues

I think having kids means you loose some of your inhibitions about talking to strangers, well I did!

I met my first group through a breastfeeding class, I know you say you've finished now. These are a great group of friends I am very close to 3 years later. With my first I also did baby massage, signing and swimming, met some lovely people through those but did loose contact when they went back to work after maternity leave.

With my second, I went back to breastfeeding class, the group was nice but just not the same. We started going to toddler playgroups, which are nice, I talk to people there but haven't made any strong connections as of yet.

I've also met people through boards, you might be surprised to find how many people in your locality are on here.

MileyReilly

Prob cause you're calling it mummy

Cunning Stunt

MileyReilly wrote: »

Prob cause you're calling it mummy

Not helpful.
OP, look for a facebook group for your area and if there isn't any,maybe start one up. You might be surprised how many people will want to join and then you can arrange your own events.

Hannibal Smith

Have you tried asking on here if people want to meet up? Ive met a few from here. You'll find a few who have babies around the same age and its great for support.

There are also other irish based websites that i know friends have met other mums on.

Im fairly shy so i'd be a bit stand offish going to random play cafes and clicking with someone there. I never know whether im chatting too much and if others want to enjoy a bit of peace while the kid plays. So meeting up with people from here was great.

spottybananas

I started going to 2 weekly groups and a fortnightly one, one is HSE bf group, other is Cuidiu bf group and a mum and baby group organised by a few local mums on fb when baby was 2 weeks old. He's 4 months now and I've made a couple of new friends and lots of acquaintances, we've been on days out and gone for dinner as a group, it's great. There are bound to be some local to you, I live in a tiny place and we have those 3. I'm taking him swimming next month to a run of classes.

I do agree with a previous poster though, all this mummy/mammy stuff does my head in, so cutesy! Puts me off a good few groups!

Moonbeam

sm213 wrote: »

No advice here wondering the same actually. Not much in my area.

Can you bring a 5 month old to a parent and toddler group.?My 4 year old has her free year and the place only has morning sessions.
Toddler group is tuesday at 10.30.
I saw baby yoga near me seems good.
Its harder with baba as its not like you can arrange a playdate or anything.
I really miss adult conversation as oh is working shifts so its all hours.

Yes of course you can:)
It is more for the mammies to chat!

Toddler groups are a great idea.