Took her to playgroup today, but not sure if we'll go back. She was very interested in playing with different toys, not so interested in the kids. The thing that got to me the most was how dirty everything was. I watched a mum wipe her child's runny runny nose with her hand, wipe her hand on her jeans and then pick up another toy for the kids. YUCK! My house isn't sparkly or anything, but we try to be somewhat clean! I think I really have to sleep on it to see how I feel about it all.
When you put it like that, I'm not sure that I'd go back either. That's gross! Our playgroup is pretty well maintained and everyone pitches in at the end to wipe down chairs and tables and clean the floor (the kids all sit down and have morning tea) I would highly suggest creating a thread in the member meet ups area and create your own playgroup of bb members with littlies around the same age. If we were still in Brisbane and not the middle of nowhere that's what I'd be doing. It's cheaper, you can do it at a time and place that suits you and you don't have to worry about there being a "clicky" group. I met another newbie at playgroup the other day and I got along with her really well so hopefully we'll be able to do some play dates outside of playgroup too.

We haven't been to any library sessions yet. I have to find out the times - I know that they do story time a few times a week. Are the kids supposed to sit down quietly? because that might be a problem, haha.

SP - chilli on nipples sounds super mean to me, I bet it didn't take very long to work! I'm of the attitude that it'll happen when A is ready, same with sleep. I have given up fighting her to sleep so if she isn't ready I'll bring her out and try again later. One less thing for me to stress about. But this is what works for us and it might not work for other people

Good to see you're still around Nik! I like to see what everyone is up to as well, even when I'm not posting in here often