mothers group

[Astrid]

I found my mothers group was not too bad till a new mum joint the group when the bubs were 6 months. The group started to polarise with her and became less tolerant of different parenting choices. Before her we all got on, were supportive of each other and most of us had made at least one good friend out of the group. Wish I had left before she had joint, as it just got plain nasty after her. Such a shame as it had such a great start. Amazing how 1 strong personality can change things.

[BeautifulMadness]

i dont have one but i do sometimes get togetehr with the ladies thatw ere n my antenal class

[SSmiles]

YES! I surely love my mothers group! A great bunch of girls and although out of 10, only about half of us catch up regularly, it's been fantastic for us all (well, at least definitely for me!). We're aged from about 24 up to 40 and from all walks of life but it's nice to get together and have our catch ups and watch our little people play together. My mum's group is actually my ante-natal group + 1 so we've known each other since before the bubs were born...although we really didn't become friends until a few months after they were all born...now I feel like I know some of them better than some people I've known for years... We've shared so much (and in great detail...hehe!). We used to meet up every Tuesday but since most of the girls are back at work it's been hard...we still catch up as often as possible though.

Actually I recently made up a "Wagga Mums Group" on Facebook too and it's amazing...I have 41 members in there already and we meet up every Thursday. A couple of the girls from my mum's group come along to these ones too. It has been nice to find a new group of friends and it's great for DS to hang out with kids of all ages too.

[Rachel]

I love my mum's group. We started up when DD was 9 weeks old and we meet up every week, usually at each other's house. 1 has left due to work, another one seems to come and go as she pleases (she was the one in the group that most didn't get along with). There are 8 of us that meet up every friday. There are 4 that I have become very good friends with, they are better friends than some of my so-called friends from before I had DD. All the babies are born early March except 1, she was born premature in December. Of the 8 remaining, 7 of us are 27/28 (i'm the youngest at 27), one is 37. We have no competition, all the kids get on great and we now just have fun. We went out for dinner just the mum's in December and had an absolute ball..we are planning another one very soon. I absolutely love it, I have gone back to work part time which means i can't make it for the next 2 Fridays (rotating roster) and I am very disappointed about this but, I am meeting up with some of the girls tomorrow instead. I think I have made some very solid friendships that I can see lasting for a long time.