Once a month a few of my mom friends get together for drinks and yummy things we would never eat at home.  Last night was one of those nights. We (or maybe just I do) call it Ladies Night. Although we are all moms and met through a moms group, I call it Ladies Night and not Moms Night to recognize that I am not just a mom but a woman too- and need a night out with good girlfriends as both a mom and a woman. Plus somehow it sounds much more glam.  Tonight the better part of the conversation had to do with raising a child without any familial help. It brought up some regrets that we weren’t closer to family geographically (though some of us were glad they weren’t anywhere nearby!) and, how, as a result, that we depend on our peers to provide that community need- especially other moms.  We all talked about our first time coming to the moms group: one said she hated it: her baby wouldn’t stop crying and she felt incompetent, another felt more comfortable in the moms group with her baby crying as she wasn’t alone having to hear it, and others just needed to ask questions and I desperately needed some social interaction. Here we are two years later and I am so thankful for this tight circle of friends as well as my broader circle that I know from the moms group that was 35 members strong.
It just made me think that I am sure some of you out there have been in moms groups (some that have worked for you and others not), others of you are just not interested or it’s not your thing, and others haven’t had the time. But, in case you are looking for one (and you don’t have to have a newborn to do this), there are a lot of them listed on the blog here. There are parents of teens, bilingual playgroups, parents-to-be groups, and just playgroups that exist. One of them might prove to be as helpful to you as mine has been to me.

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