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I would love to join a mommy group but I dont know how. How did you find out about it? Where would I look? Oh so many questions!

I went to the local health centre (where they do immunisations) and I joined a parent group there. The one today was way better than the last one. We sat in the park and the sun was shining. And we're going to "Cry-Baby" cinema next week. Its where mums and babies go to the movies. Sounds like fun.

i went to a new mom's group right after my son was born. It was the best thing i ever did! You didn't have to be a first time mom, and i went during my pregnancy as well. It was through the same clinic i had my sons immunizations at. We made first year calanders over the course of a few weeks.. the nutritionist came in once a month and gave us feeding tips from first foods to teenage years, to pregnancy and b___stfeeding diets.. they gave parenting tips and we had a whole day about 'why babies cry' that was so helpful. unfortunately it was only for pregnancy and the first year.. otherwise i'd still be going (plus i was on mat leave then, and i'm still working right now). They had nurses and other mother's that volenteered to watch the children in the play center.. which was in the same room, so you could always see your baby. Oh ya! they provided snacks.. it kicked a__s..

Some other ways to meets moms/kids. There is an organization called MOPS (mothers of preschoolers) and they meet twice a month and do crafts, listen to speakers, eat and have someone watch your kids. It is a Christian organization if that matters to you... I will not join but someone wants me to. Also, Borders and Barnes & Nobles have a storytime once a month. http://www.mops.org/

I go to a group called Mom to Mom. It is a b___stfeeding support group, but we talk about anything and everything. I always look forward to the group. I found out about it from the hospital I delivered at.

I met a group of moms at my daughter's day care. I guess we're pretty unofficial, but it is nice to have other moms to hang out with and I have become friends with them. It started out, though, as play groups on weekends and when her school was closed. Now, "the moms" go out every so often for dinner and a few drinks. Someone is always pregnant or lactating, so there is always a DD : ) "The Dads" caught on and have been out together, too. They stay out MUCH later than we moms do, though, and drink A LOT more!!! Also, I don't think they talk about the same stuff we do (child-rearing, feeding, poop, tying tubes, etc.)... I will say that finding a play/moms group through day care can be tough, because it can be more clique-y and you have to get "invited" to come...

I went to a mommy group when my first was about 5months, I needed to get out of the house!! we still get together now and then and our kids are 5, tons of fun to see how everyone grows- kids and parents.

oh yeah, it was started through public health also, ended a few months later, but us moms cliked and we kept it up rotating hostess/planning dueties sometimes we went cool places with the little ones, sometimes at homes, but famlies began to grow- people had second and third kids, and some fell away but many still keep in touch and every few months get together.