Dating

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I've been meaning to write about this for some time, but never get around to it... I have often felt like I am at the bar trying to pick up a date when Anna & I go to the park each day. Lately there isn't anybody there at all (which I don't understand because we go when it is still relatively "cool" outside), but often, especially when someone has a child near Anna's age, I find I get particularly excited and think this could be a potential friend (for both Anna & myself) but it never turns into anything but a pleasant one-time chat at the park.

I am lucky that Adrianne caught up with me that day last fall so that Anna has a couple of little friends in the neighborhood, but they are really the only other kids we know that are her age. Until today... today is our first playgroup wth the mom's group, but I still feel like it's a bit like dating: I'm hoping that they'll like us and we'll like them. I know Anna has a lot of social-skills to learn (sharing, and just generally being around other kids who may push her out of the way, take her toy, etc.) I imagine it will be kind of like when we joined the kid's gym and it took a few visits to get her comfortable with the idea.

About the mom's group: I am finding myself almost frustrated that I didn't find them earlier. I really needed a group like this at this time last year (and I looked--hence the web site work I'm helping them with: no one knows about this group!). I know I joined MOPS but since those meetings were right during Anna's nap time we never went, and the few times we did go, I guess it didn't really feel like what I was looking for. I felt bad about putting Anna in the nursery and knowing that she was having a miserable time for over two hours. (We are thinking of gasp starting to attend a church now that Anna has given up her morning nap, so she will "get" to experience nursery-life again, but just for an hour each week (that we attend!).)

Another great thing about the mom's group (especially the playgroup) that I've joined is that the kids are all around Anna's age (oldest in the playgroup is 17 months and the youngest is just under 11 months) so these moms are all going through about the same stages as I am--this is why I so wish I had had this resource last year at this time! But, I have them now so I am going to enjoy it and I'll know where to turn next time around as well!

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I can soooo relate to your dating metaphor... do you know how many "dates" I have invited other mothers and kids to and they never invited us back? Is it me??? :)
Just like waiting for the call back that never comes! So funny that you have the same feelings about it. They just don't know what great conversation skills Anna has now :)

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