Double dating

Henry and I went to our first group for new moms and babies today. It was a great opportunity to meet moms who are sharing some of the same experiences of early parenting. After the formal group meeting time, it was also nice to spend another hour with the women from the group, sitting around, feeding, burping, and playing with the babies just as we'd do at home. Except it was even better than doing these things at home, since we were getting some social time for ourselves, too! As a result of going to the group today, Henry and I have two other dates set up for next week. On Mondays, this organization holds another drop-in group, and on Tuesdays a bunch of the ladies take their little ones to "Baby Pictures" at a nearby movie theater. This ingenious weekly showing is geared to parents and infants/toddlers. They show recent films at the theater, with several modifications to make it a friendly environment for an audience of babies (ie. dim lighting so you can see/feed/attend to your baby, lower volume for babies' sensitive ears). I'm not sure how much of the movie I'll actually watch, but it should be fun to get out of the house and actually at least sit in a movie theater. I think one of the keys to this whole new mother phase of life will be continuing to seek support and socialization in ways like this--Henry and I can both benefit from making some new buddies and exploring new things together.