Myself and my 5 month old have been attending a local baby and toddler group every week for the past month and a half. The first session was amazing and I was really looking forward to going back. There’s only a handful of us with babies so we formed a little group and it was going really well. To cut a long story short, I found out on one of the sessions they’d stayed behind, exchanged numbers, made a groupchat and have been meeting up with the babies since. I’m not sure what’s happened but over the past few sessions they’ve made it perfectly clear they’re happier without my company. I’ve tried my best to involve myself in conversations and encourage our babies to play but get ignored. I get a lot of comments about my choices as a parent (for example he’s the only baby with a dummy and I’ve just started to give him a spoonful of baby rice in the evenings) I’m seriously dreading the session tomorrow. I’ve looked into other groups but they’re all full from the waiting lists during Covid and I am desperate for him to socialise with other babies.
Any tips on how to get through the 2 hour session tomorrow?!
Thank you!!
(I’m quite a bit younger than the other mums by around nine years (I’m 21) and had quite a few comments about my age so not sure if this has played apart in the change of tone all of a sudden)