Do you all enjoy going to playground and play groups?
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If you don't want to and not lonely then stay home no big deal but like ellie said I was starting to make excuses not to go and anxiety gets worse. I'm not one to get anxiety. I was noticing I was closing myself off a little.
Nope i hated it. I found it rwally stressful and anxiety inducing. The mums where always as ifbthey were in highschool (which im not interested in) and my small human found them mostly overwhelming and over stimulating Kids dont actually need socialisation with peers etc until they are over a few years old (its like 4 or so accordingfor psychologistand social workers etc). Its totally ok to just be home or do your own thing. The most important thing is their healthy attachment to you and your mental health. Thats the determining factor for children. Once i learnt that and gave myself grace for not doing "all the things" i actually enjoyed being a mum etc way more. I focused on just finding someone to do like one on one play date with just another mum or what ever and 1 or a few kids only not an entire playgroup. That worked better for us. Even then that was occasional as peopel are just busy these days
I enjoy playgroups.
People only go for motherhood connection at that age. So, if you don't wanna be social theb don't go and there's nothing to be guilty about. Your new baby is trying to look in YOUR face at home or wherever you go. That baby doesn't need a play group 🖤
@J.S. Jaees you made a good point , I noticed that majority mums at play and stay groups around 30 and 30+, very very rarely I saw there a young mums
I already have library outings and playgroup reminders in my phone. My second will be born in June. It's more for me to get out than it is for my baby. My first i stayed in for the first 3 months and I noticed the more I did, the more I'd make up excuses not to go out. My husband also noticed my anxiety was much worse before I started going to the library once a week.