I should specify mums of young children as mine are a bit older now.
I’m going to sound really whiny now (sorry) but I’ve made such an effort, always have. I have travelled to see them and bought presents and cards for new babies and remembered birthdays and sat in soft play and admired gurgling babies in high chairs when in restaurants.
Yet still I seem to be slowly being pushed out. I don’t think for a second it’s malicious but in a way that’s more hurtful, that I’m so unimportant!
Is there a solution? Possibly not ...