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sherbetlemon
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None of my IRL friends have babies...
sherbetlemon
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So we don't have much in common anymore 
I mean who really wants to discuss poop and sleeping habits? And it's not like I'm gonna go out dancing or partying any time soon. Time to find a local mommies group.
Anyone else feel this way?
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Re: None of my IRL friends have babies...
Yes! All of my friends have older kids or no kids at all. One of my good friends is pregnant right now so I can't wait until she has her LO.
I wish I could find a local mommies group but I don't know where to even look.
Yep. We have friend who are having a party tonight and i don't know how many times i have had to tell them we have kids and no sitter we can't come!! We are use to it though with DD being 9 yo.
Luckily my adviser just hired a lab tech with a 1 year old. He is older then LO and younger then DD but at least she understands, and we can talk about poop and what not together!
Yes! I'm a young mom (20) so none of my friends have babies yet. When Aiden is a little older, and when the weather warms up (it has been in the teens for the past few days - ick), I'll be looking for local mommy groups too.
BFP 11/29 - m/c @ 5w
O don't get me wrong i love to talk about other things besides my kids! I think i would go crazy if i didn't have the friends I have. I just enjoy having someone that understands what it is like to be a parent to talk to.
I enjoy talking to my friends about their lives too, but the baby will cry and I'll say something like "he has a tummy ache because he hasn't gone to the bathroom all day" and they just get this look on their faces like WTF...? That's when I remember that most people don't really enjoy discussing poop. Also I'm 25 and most of my friends are around that age, so they don't really have a lot of big plans except to go out drinking on Saturday night.
It is quite nice to have friends that you can talk baby with for sure. I believe I misinterpreted the OP!
I met some moms thru a BF group at the hospital. Most of the moms are looney tunes but I made a friend in 1 normal mom with a DS who is 5 days younger than mine and it is fun to talk babies nonstop with her!
I think that is why i like the bump so much!
Yes! I found a mom group on meetup.com and have contacted them twice this month, but still haven't heard back from them
It IS different when you're the first to have a kid. Many of our friends still live with their parents! They are finishing school, paying off student loans, or trying to get into that first "big" job (or just lost and need to grow up!). They still want to party and get drunk and we would rather keep it low-key and go out once in a while without having to get drunk.
My best friend had a baby in June, but she lives in England so while we talk on the phone a lot, there's nobody here that I can talk to about parent/mom stuff! It would be nice to relate to someone (in person!) about being a mom since that's the most important thing in my life right now!
I googled mommy groups but only found groups for SAHMs in my area. Do you go to church? We went to church with my parents a few times a year in a town about 45 minutes away. Since LO was born we have been trying different churches in our area to find a good family environment with people our age with babies.
4 of my best friends had babies this year. One had a baby 8 days before mine was born.
One lives 300 miles away, one lives 900 miles away, one lives 2500 miles away.
The one who has a baby 8 days older than mine lives in Poland. I don't know the milage between NY and Poland.
I would be awesome if they lived closer, definitely.