Good on you, Carmen Definitely, if you have parents around who like having her, make the most of them!
My parents moved away to a country town, but my MIL is around the corner and she's an invaluable resource. She knows it, and she loves it - gives her time to smell the roses because she's busy doing volunteer work during the week. Plus, it's time DS will be grateful for when he's older and she's not around anymore Whereas, he won't be grateful about CC, he'll be grateful that I found a great CC and that it wasn't every day, but not that I sent him, per se IYKWIM.
Anyway, you enjoy DD whilst she's just her, because you're all going to change roles when baby comes along!
Yay Carmen - in your first post, to me it sounded like you were feeling pressure from people around you to put your DD into cc as a way of fixing her "clinginess", and this made me sad because it just didn't sound like it was something that you wanted to do. So I was very happy to read that you've decided not to go down that path just yet. Especially as the next few months will be such exciting developing times for her, as she learns to really move around & talk even more than she maybe already is.
Other ideas for socialisation - we go to a music class once a week, called Mini Maestros, which my DS just loves. Some people go to Gymbaroo (which I think is physical activity & music). These cost a little bit of money, but for us it's been worthwhile. We also have a play centre close by, which isn't a formal meeting as such, but still lets the kids see & play with other kids, and I find that I can usually strike up a conversation with other mums (and dads sometimes) that are there. Also, your local library will quite often run book reading sessions for little kids, and these are free - another place to see more kids.
Definitely, if you have parents around who like having her, make the most of them!
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