I really don't want to start n NCT debate at all here.
I moved 3 months ago and I have a nearly 3 year old and a 6 week old baby. Now that dd1 is in Pre-school I feel like the opportunity to meet new friends is limited until dd2 becomes a toddler. On dd1's none-Preshool day there is a group I am thinking of going to which is run by the NCT for babies and older children. For some reason I am nervous about going.
I've had my nose put out of joint by the NCT before. In my previous area I made good friends through the NCT through antenatal classes and then Bumps and Babies. I cannot fault it for that. But, when all my mummy friends went back to work and I didn't, I tried to integrate into a toddler NCT group and found it difficult because I had not been part of the group since the chidlren were babies. It felt like it was a group just for the toddlers of a Bumps and Babies group 6 months older than mine. Very cliquey. i offered to help out at a Nearly New Sale and never got a phonecall about it.
So, if I take my pre-schooler and new baby along to the NCT group in this new area, have I a hope of getting a look in with the mums of other Pre-schoolers? Just curious to hear positive experiences since the NCT sell this idea of meeting new people quite loudly on all their literature.
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Has anyone moved to a new area with children and successfully used the NCT to make new parent-friends?
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beatie · 01/11/2005 15:27
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