I am what I consider to be a confident person but I hate going to new baby clubs, there is always that cliche of mothers who sit around gossiping together and glancing in your direction.
Am I the only that feels this way?
Today I went along to a new group near to Joshua's school and being a brave and confident mother I grabbed my friend with me for some support with her 3 year old... Seriously, walking into this room was like I was walking into a death sentence. The room went silent as everyone stared at the newcomers, no one made a sound for what seemed like an eternity. I took my seat in the corner and parked the buggy away and took Jadon out to play.
Watching the interaction with the children made me realise how children's behaviour is learnt from their parents especially in environments like this. No child came up to Jadon to play, each kept to their own group of friends until I decided to take matters into my own hands...
Big brave mummy here, I started to talk to a little boy that was playing near Jadon, gradually he smiled and 'oh my G'd' the mother smiled too and eventually began talking. Of course now I had passed the initiation everything else went swimmingly, the other mothers began to talk to us, OK nothing more than a few words, but the ice had certainly melted.
From now on my approach to baby clubs will differ...First conquer the kid then worry about the mother...
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