Maternity leave is very lonely
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Where are you local to me we can meet up? I’m back at work but have days free with my 9 month old girl x
Inbox is always open! I have a 9 month old and am still on mat leave 🤗
Yep, it's just me and baby when dad is at work. I don't have friends in the area but we go to baby meet ups in the area. I find having a baby shows you who your true friends are.
I feel this! My BD hasn’t even met my son, his family probably don’t even know about him either. I have 3 children but my other 2 are grown up, 15 & 12, this feels like starting all over and also most the time just me and my 8 month old. I do go to free library bounce and Rhyme, and swimming etc with my LO but it is very lonely indeed! See if you can get to some classes or inbox x
I don’t have a village. My family and in-laws are too busy to acknowledge my baby exists. So I had to make my own connections. Join mommy groups and go to mommy events. I met 13 wonderful mamas doing a Mommy Connections class. Went when LO was 7 weeks and he’s 8 months now. We see each other every week. And then we do coffee, lunch, play dates etc outside of our weekly meet ups. We also have a movies for mommies which is nice. It plays current new movies during the day and give away free swag (formula, wipes, probiotics, etc). There’s usually library programs or free local parent programs. We have one named EarlyOn where I live. Music classes! We have a weekly music class and connect with other parents there too.
One thing about having kids and maternity leave is it really pushes you to leave your comfort zone to meet like minded people, it’s almost like dating again but always reminding not everyone’s experience is the same as yours if someone isn’t reaching out or is hard to catch up with just stay patient because you are all in the trenches
I can relate to this. I had my little one and was looking forward to spending time with friends and dojng things. However when my baby was a month old people just left. They stopped replying and it was just me and my baby. So i understand where you are coming from. However now im about to start work again this week and i look back glad that i had all that time just me and my baby. Yes it was lonely but at least there was no added drama/stress to me or my child. We did what we want and enjoyed our time together.