We're moving to a new town and I am pregnant with my second. With my first (DS 22 mo) we didn't do NCT due to time/money/general indifference, it was a mistake! I had friends around but I really missed the support of a group of mums at the same stage as me. Now we're moving to a new town where I know less people and I would really like to build a support group around me this time to counteract the mat leave loneliness.
NCT for my second seems like a bad idea, the classes seem pointless now and I don't want to be the 'mum' with the answers having done this before (which of us do have the answers to anything!). I used Peanut with my first and I made one really lovely friend but it took a lot of swiping and coffee dates to get there. Has anyone got any suggestion to start building the mum friends before baby 2 arrives? Or things I could join in early mat leave to make friends? Last time I thought I'd make friends at baby sensory, baby massage etc but actually if felt like the friends groups had already formed before the babies were born and I got there too late.
All ideas appreciated!