To meet new mommy friends you have join what they call "playgroups" in which moms get together with same aged kids and hang out at each other's houses or parks. Look around and you'll see 'em! I never knew it existed before, but now I see them everywhere!
When Owen was first born, I joined the Kaiser newborn playgroup and it was invaluable. It was lead by two Lactation Consultants/RN's and they would answer all your "new parent" questions. You could, cry there, laugh there and commiserate on how hard a newborn really is when you have ABSOLUTELY no idea what you're doing. I met a couple of nice girls there that I still see on occasion. But still I hadn't met anyone that I would have been friends with, without Owen.
Then after 9 months, that group ends and you need to find something else. I joined the San Carlos/Belmont Mother's Club and joined a playgroup with a few other ladies. Dana and her daughter Jade, Kathryn and her son Carson were the only regulars, a few others had come and gone. I liked these girls, Jade and Owen were a day apart and we still hang out once a week. That group became infrequent for a while, so I joined a Wednesday group that also had several kids with birthdays within days of Owen.
This group has become my new favorite! I've met several women who I would be friends with, even without my sidekick. And a few that I probably wouldn't have met without him, but would really be missing out if these little buggers hadn't brought us together. I look forward to this group every week and Owen now know his friends by name.
We even have what Matt calls our "BBFs", Angela and Jacob! If you know me, you know I do not make friends easily and I feel really lucky that we've met Angela and Jacob. Owen will tell you himself, that he can barely go a day without seeing them. Anytime we get in the car he asks to go to "Ang-a and J-ba's" house. It took nearly two years, but we have officially found some friends!
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