stay at home mums

[Gussy]

Hi Millie, I go regularly to tippitoes and it's great, however I'm not sure there would be enough room for all of us with little ones (most with more than one) and its normally pretty packed. Also, it would be hard if not impossible to chat to each other for the duration of the class. I find it extremely hard just to keep my eyes on my toddler whilst juggling a squirming 9 month old who thinks he can walk already! It would be lovely to say hello next time we are there - probably next Monday if you are planning on going?

In the main, I'm usually stuck for things to do in the afternoons as well, especially in the winter - I can do Thursdays, but I can also get to Goose Green on Mondays for B&B - there is also a playgroup on Thursday mornings which is good for toddlers & babies.

[Ko]

hi guys, i'm also a stay at home mum with a 13 month old. would love to go along to an afternoon get together as we rarely make it out of the house any earlier!! tues and thurs afternoons are good for us. thanks princess for starting this thread.

xxx

[pebbles]

Annoyingly i've booked myself silly the next few thursday arvos however i'm free tomorrow arvo if anyone fancies meeting up?

pm me if you're up for it and if there aren't many you're all welcome to come to mine. I only have my 15 month old daughter with me on Thursdays

[ccollins79]

Hi guys, just wondering where the good baby and toddler group is on a Thurs morning? I have a 2 year old and baby due in March, so will be off work soon and looking for groups that are suitable for different ages.

Also interested in afternoon playdates if one does get organised.

Caroline

[ClareC]

pebbles Wrote:

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> Annoyingly i've booked myself silly the next few

> thursday arvos however i'm free tomorrow arvo if

> anyone fancies meeting up?

>

> pm me if you're up for it and if there aren't many

> you're all welcome to come to mine. I only have

> my 15 month old daughter with me on Thursdays

I'm free tomorrow, after 2.30 if that's any good?

We do Gym babes on a Thursday morning which is quite good :-)

[pebbles]

Clare - I sent you a pm

[LeilahB]

What and where is gym babes? Sounds intriguing!

[jills]

I just moved to ED in Nov and would absolutely love to meet some other mums and little ones. I have a 16 month old son and afternoon playdates would be ideal. Happy to host, and would love to be included in anything that's going on. The book group is really appealing as well - I'll get messaging. A great thread, thanks!

[ClareC]

Gym babes is for prewalkers and is mainly soft free play with a few songs at the beginning / end. There are slides, tunnels, tents, parallel bars, trampettes, all sorts really.

It's held near North Dulwich Station in St Faiths church hall. Once the babies can walk they graduate to the next class up which is Tumble Tots, same sort of thing but more structured I beleive.

Cx

[Princess]

It would seem there are lots of things out there but the difficulty is going to be accommodating all the age ranges and the vast number of mums and children we have!

I'm going to try and make B&B's on the 10th but as this excludes quite a few because of older children. Therefore, how about a Thursday afternoon meeting starting next Thursday 14th, at 3pm at the main gate in Dulwich Park. We can then decide to either go in to the cafe or just wander based on numbers. If it looks like we'll have a good number each week after a few weeks I'll look into hiring a venue and making it more of a playgroup type thing with the essential biscuits and coffee etc!

Px

[millie42]

Hi Gussy - We can't make it this Monday but are planning to go next week. Do say hello if you are there as it would be great to put a name to a EDF login! I have long red hair and my son Felix has curly blonde hair.

Princess - Shame I am unable to make Thursday as 3pm is a bit too late as I need to collect my other son from school at 3:15. Hopefully bext time!

Have a great day everyone.

Michelle

[Gidders]

The Plough is good for big groups with prams - there is always loads of room for buggies in there.

[pebbles]

I'm not going to make b&b this monday as son is starting nursery however i'll definitely be there Monday 17th. No can do next Thursday either unfortunately but i'll keep my eye out for more meet ups.

[Ruth_Baldock]

Thursdays vetoed for me until Aprilish- I lecture at Goldsmiths on Thursdays, unfortunately. Or fortunately. Depends how you look at it!

[louloulabelle]

Hi ladies

I have a 21mth old and a 12 week old and im a full time SAHM. I organised a few Park meet ups in the summer which were great but with having another baby and the time of year/weather etc those dropped off.

Id love to meet up with some other mums in similar situation and make some friends. 3pm is a little late for me though what with it getting dark early at mo etc but if anyone does a morning meet up id be interested at the moment.

Also is it possible to start a thread with details off all the local groups etc that we can all use as ref as ive no idea what goes on locally but would love to be aware of venus and classes etc that happen.

thx

[millie42]

Loulouabelle - Why dont you try Tippeetoes (see above) on Monday am. I cant go to the next one but are planning to go next week. Gussy mentioned she may be there!

Michelle

[Princess]

Change of time and venue for Thursday's meet. Anytime from 2.30pm (i'll probably be there just before 3pm) at The Plough. Everyone's welcome. The more the merrier!

[Pickle]

We might pop along if that's OK? My two are slightly older (4 and 2.5) but we tend to go a bit mad in the afternoons so it will be a good excuse to get out of the house.

P

[Princess]

Absolutely! Everyone is welcome.

[snowboarder]

Cool will really try to make it but last time at the Plough little sb kept alternately sprinting behind the bar and helping himself to glasses and trying to leave via main door. Stressful!! Roll on summer and parks! Sleeping till 3ish atm so just after then hopefully..

[annamart23]

Hi Jills (and everyone else), welcome to East Dulwich!

I'm a mainly SAHM (recently started working Mons & Tues) with a 16 month old boy, and I'd love to meet some more mums in the area for regular get-togethers. We don't have any regular classes from Wednesday pm onwards, so morning or afternoon playdates would be great. I confess I've been following a few of these types of threads on the forum for a while, but hadn't got round to joining in till now.

I find playgroups etc are good, but we seem have our best times in the comfort of people's houses, where the kids can be easily entertained and watched while a few of us mums chat and get to know each other.

I moved to the area while I was pregnant, and am still gradually getting a network together... it's happening VERY slowly, I have to say, mainly due to laziness on my part! But little Max is very sociable, so I think I need to get out there a bit more :)

I guess I should read back through this post to see if there are any meet-ups planned in the near future... if so, would you mind if I came along??

Anna

[annamart23]

Hello Jills, have PM'd you

[Ko]

Princess Wrote:

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> Change of time and venue for Thursday's meet.

> Anytime from 2.30pm (i'll probably be there just

> before 3pm) at The Plough. Everyone's welcome. The

> more the merrier!

hi, we will try very hard to make this tomorrow. i have my mum staying with us for the first time in ages this week, but we are usually free thursday afternoons.

the plough pub is great for mummy meets - tons of space for prams annd the kids! hopefully see you tomorrow xxx

[Peppa]

Hello,

We're going to try to come along this afternoon, I have a 2 year old and a 4 month old. We've got a doctors appt at lunch time so as long as there are no major tantrums we'll see you later.

[ClareC]

We will be there, my daughter will be 1 next week and I am pregnant with number 2. I'm guessing the group should be pretty easy to find ;-)