mummy meetings in ED

[gigi2000]

Hi everyone,

We moved to Ed 2 months ago and had our gorgeous baby girl recently.I dont know anyone in the area and was wondering where is good local places to meet local mums.It would be nice to chat baby stuff and share experiences.

Many thanks

[ClareC]

Hi Gigi2000,

There is quite a choice of groups and classes each week for babies and toddlers, somebody on here created a handy list which I am sure a search would surface. Although you do get to meet other mums at these activities, I personally haven't found them the best way to make friends. The friends I have made that I see regularly have been through threads on this forum and my NCT group! There are a few threads at the moment of people meeting up, going along to such meets is definitely the easiest way to make friends.

My daughter has just turned one and I am due with number 2 in a couple of months, most of the mums around in my daughter's first year are back at work now so I went from knowing lots of people to the numbers decreasing significantly! Ive met a whole new set of mums from various thread on here.... SAHM, bookclub, spring babies etc

Good luck and if your at a loose end and fancy coffee drop me a pm :-)

* edited to finish and add sorry about sudden end to post, was posting from iphone and run out of space!!

[Saffron]

Hi gigi2000. There's a thread on here somewhere about how hard it can be to make new 'mummy friends'! There's a thread on 'mummy matchmaking' too!!

Depending on where you are in the ED area, you might like Bumps N Babes (Goose Green, I think). There's a TinyTalk at St Barnabas (se23) http://www.tinytalk.co.uk/index.htm. Or if you're the Nunhead side of ED, you might be closer to the Baby Sensory classes at Brockley Cross (St Peters, Wickham Road se4).

I can really highly recommend Baby Sensory. My daughter loved it, and I did end up making a 'new mummy friend' out of it. There might even be Baby Sensory classes starting in ED now. Not sure, check their website http://www.babysensory.com/en/Default.aspx? .

Of coure if you're looking for something a little more central ED, Amanda and Kevin at Push Studios off Lordship Lane (behind W Rose Butchers) are super nice and offer a lot different classes. There is a Pilates for Mums class, where you can bring your baby with you. http://www.pushstudios.co.uk/classes.php

[gigi2000]

thx a lot for the tips ill check t out :)

[ClareC]

I would second baby sensory, my daughter really enjoyed it :-)

Just trying to work out how I manage to take my son (when he is born) when I will have daughter in toe too.... she will be too young to just sit quietly! hmmm