Mama Events in Dubai

I attended a breakfast mama event last weekend and had such a lovely time! 🥰 I'm really excited to join more mummy events both before and after the baby arrives. Would love to meet and bond with some of you amazing mamas there. It's definitely been a bit challenging to make friends while pregnant, most of my friends are single, so I feel like we're drifting apart a little. 🥲Looking forward to connecting with new friends who understand!

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Hey Anna, there are a lots of events like this in Dubai !
Check « the Mum folk » community in Instagram (also there is a WhatsApp group very very supportive for every subjects, I highly recommend it !)
There is « the mum club Dubai » as well, lots of nice breakfast with pregnant or young kids mums, also walks with mums and babies
There is also « the hood » (there is an app as well) where they do very intesting workshop on some theme

Hello, that’s amazing! I just moved to Dubai. I love attending all the mama and baby events

will definitely check these out.. I’ve attended one event of Mamahood and also loved it! Thanks for all the recommendations ☺️

follow the mama communities on IG to stay tuned of these events. Marie above has lots of recommendations. Hope to see you in one of the events, Marwa!

WhatsApp

MommyGlow
https://chat.whatsapp.com/DiezIsmvhX2JqIAFNdUlEZ

Mum Folk
https://chat.whatsapp.com/CPNBxRY5PFc4xtvq87l1kD

Follow on instagram to be updated on mom related events and happening

https://www.instagram.com/mamahubdxb

https://www.instagram.com/themumclub.dubai

https://www.instagram.com/kingsbabysteps

I have also heard great things about and been recommended:

The Mum Folk,
Green Penguin,
The Child Unplugged,
Rainbow Child,
Katie Jean Dubai,
Kindermusik,
Smartypants,
Baby Sensory UAE,

https://www.instagram.com/p/DN_GZO_kirc/?igsh=MTlyOXQwenZiNDJycA==

Hello Anna!! Nice meeting you. How far you are in your pregnancy now as your msg is 5 months ago.
Iam currently 17 weeks, already have 3.5 yr old daughter n lives in Marina!
Would love to catch up

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Family culture difference on money

Sorry this is long, I hope some of you get to the end and give advice!!!

So I’m a very thrifty person, things are tight at the moment, the cost of living crisis and my house is heated by oil so things are extortionate. We aren’t on the bread line but we aren’t flush, hubby might be made redundant so there is some financial pressure.

Sometimes I buy my sons something nicer, on the justification that I can sell it on after (♥️ vinted ♥️). I have also been planning on pretty much breaking even most of the baby things I bought from face book market place, side by crib, baby changing unit, etc.

Hubby and I have different money cultures with our families (he’s Indian, I’m British). I’m my family we don’t mix money, we would help each other out if someone was in trouble and will get each other gifts on special occasions. With hubby’s family money is much more fluid, they will give each other things worth thousands of £ just because.

Hubby’s brother bought him a new laptop and a new Google phone, he’s been very generous to hubby. Hubby hasn’t given the same back because brother is much richer.

Hubby and I mostly share finances. If it’s relevant I’m the higher earner.

Now to the point! My babies are so cute they’ve given hubby’s brother (currently single) baby rabies. He’s asked for our baby stuff when we’re done with it. He’s been so generous to hubby I feel really stingy saying no. But I’d never have bought some of the stuff if I wasn’t going to get a return on it - the thought makes me a bit anxious. If we gave all our baby stuff given the second hand value it still wouldn’t equal what the brother had given hubby.

I thought maybe I could give him some stuff but sell some stuff, but hubby said then his brother will just have to go out and buy that stuff, so I should name my price and ask his brother for the money. That makes me feel very uncomfortable, given how generous the brother has been to hubby.

So what do I do ladies? Give it all and suck it up? Give part of it and sell parts on Vinted/FB, or ask hubbys brother for money for it and be uncomfortable? Or do you see another solution?

No one is being entitled or rude here, just a culture difference I need to navigate.

My relationship is failing I feel so alone.. I need a girlfriend to talk to :(

I'm a sahm and I feel so stuck... anyone going through the same thing? I could really use someone to relate to and talk through this with. Feeling so vulnerable but if I don't I won't be able to pull myself out of this

Go to dinner ideas

Looking for recipes you use in your family that are not the traditional lasagna, shepards pie, ect

Going back to work!

Already thinking about this! Told my boss I was pregnant this week at 10 weeks, he was so happy for me. He’s recently became a first time Dad and was showing me pictures of his baby. I told him my plans about going back after 6 months and he looked at me like I was mad, am I!? I absolutely love my job and cannot imagine giving it up, I manage a team and am petrified my position won’t be there if I had a year off. My husband gets 6 months full pay so the plan would be for him to have the last 6 months off and I also made it clear to my boss that I would like to go part time. That way we can hopefully parent together 4/7 days rather than just the weekend! I am such an overthinking! 🤣 but this is what I’m struggling with the most, I’ve worked full time since I was 17 (12 years ago) and the max time I’ve had off in one go is 2 weeks when I got married. I’m sooo excited to be a Mum and we decided now was the right time, which it 100% is! But I feel so on edge about not working! I’m sure once I’m on maternity leave I won’t even think about work! Has anyone else felt the same?

What are we giving our soon-to-be 3yo for their birthdays?

We have the magnetiles, we have the kinetic sand and play doh, we have the play kitchen…

Literally, is there anything left in the world to buy this spoilt kid? 😅

Need friendship and conversation

Mum of two under two—keen for the occasional coffee, park playdate, or just fresh air with a friend with or without babies 😄