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MainelyFoolish
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I'm jealous of everyone with MOMs clubs
MainelyFoolish
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There are no MOMs club chapters in Maine. Nothing in my area on meetup either.
I'm friends with the ladies on my local board (Maine) but there's only a couple other SAHMs and none live close to me.
There is a libray with a baby rhyme time not too far away, but it's at 10 am on Thursdays and DD still takes a morning nap at that time. I'm planning to go to that when DD drops her morning nap.
There is a MOPS group that I joined last year, but they don't meet often and I didn't really feel like I fit in all that well. Pretty much everyone else has 2 or more kids and they are mostly older than DD, so playdates don't work so well. And in a fit of "mommy brain" I managed to miss the first meeting of the school year because I forgot about it (even thought it was written on my calendar).
What else is there? Where can I find some mom friends? 
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Re: I'm jealous of everyone with MOMs clubs
Nope you aren't alone - which helps to know that others are going through the same thing. And there aren't any moms groups in my area either, so I'm with you there. Sorry I don't have any advice!
If it makes you feel any better, I am a MOMs club drop out! LOL!
Honestly, I found the other moms a little odd. ( I am sure there are more normal MOMs clubs out there)
They were constantly hitting me up for charitable donations to this or that organization- in the two and half months I was active in it I was asked to donate to the battered women's shelter, the county food bank, and some women against heart disease thing. I am not against charities, but that was a little excessive IMO, and not the type of organization I signed up for. They aso called me a few times to cook meals for this or that member's sick neighbor and "drop the meal off a the members house so they can give it to the neighbor"- yea right, they have a 'sick neighbor' and they just happen to want you to drop off a meal at their house!. They also were into organizing "cleaning parties" at each members home. Bottom line, it was odd and not what I was looking for.
We go to story hour at the library too, it got easier when he dropped the morning nap.
I also have done something called "wiggles and giggles" at our town hall rec dept. Its a 45 minute play and sing along thing for toddlers. Maybe you can check out your town's rec dept and see if they have something similar. I ment some other moms through that, and to be honest, I liked it better, with the odd-ball MOMs club I found I was knocking myself out to be friendly with a bunch of moms who weren't even from my town and my kid would never go to school with- I didn't see the point. At least with the program through the rec dept it was people and kids who we'll be with for years to come. ( I actually met two other moms who dropped out of the MOMs club too for the same reasons)
I am sure others on here will disagree with me about the MOMs club. I just had a weird experience. I am sorry I hijacked your post- I guess I wanted to get that off my chest. Anyway, my advice is to check out the rec dept and see if they do anything like an open play goup at the town hall once a week or something like that.
Okay, all the places I have met other moms:
Asking my Ob/Gyn and Emily's Pediatrician for groups
The gym daycare, where other moms are dropping off/picking up their kids and talking to the care providers that work there
Local libraries
Museums and indoor play places
The Parks & Rec department booklet I get every season (GREAT tip from the previous poster!!!)
Chain play places like BounceU, Chuck-E-Cheese, etc.
Barnes & Noble and other book stores do story times, maybe try them
Can you do a Google Search for "[your city/state] toddler fun" and see what comes up?
What about checking Craig's List in their "Childcare" and "Community" sections in your city/state?
McDonald's and other restaurants like Chick-fil-a that have playscapes for kids
The Mall, especially in cold weather
Potterybarn Kids stores do a story time that I found on their website, check there, too!
Do you have a YMCA that you can search for their online activities for kid's of the same age?
Seriously, I know how fortunate I am that there is a multitude of Mom's Groups here around The Bay Area and I never take that for granted and I'm really sorry when I read posts like this one that other moms aren't getting to experience the same kinds of things. And it **IS** hard to put yourself out there, reach out to strangers, to make friends and organize play dates, I can't imagine having to do it all on my own.
Good luck and keep trying because there's no way you are the only new mom in Maine!
eclaire 9.10.06 diggy 6.2.11
I got rejected by my local mom's group. Why? My kids are "too close together". I almost dove into the computer and slapped the woman silly.
All of the groups in my area are age specific and siblings aren't welcome - though one place did kindly offer to lock my youngest up in a room in her car seat. Shockingly, I didn't take them up on that offer!
The 1 group I did attend was like a giant nurse in and I almost got into a fist fight with some kid who berated me for formula feeding.
I've all but given up and, now, with the winter coming, I figure I won't want to leave the house anyway!