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My second isn't born yet, but we will probably do some of the same things that I did with my first, like go to Gymboree and Music Together classes. I met a lot of second time moms at those places, so it's not uncommon at all.

We went to a few parenting classes the first time, but didn't really get super social with anyone. The big place we have met families to play with is swim class. We started early and as people come and go through it, we've made some friends.

We have a local "new mom's group' that I went to once a week my whole maternity leave--there were lots of 2nd time moms there....

I'm planning on going again with this LO, but I have to get some kind of babysitter lined up for LO #2 first!

I just recently made new mommy friends after attending Gymboree for almost 1.5 years! It was hard to make meaningful conversations when we were all running after our little ones. Now that they are a little more independent at 18 months and up, we're able to talk and get to know each other. I plan on looking for new mommy classes for future kids for the age group.

I don't think it's weird, but I do think it would be really helpful to have someone else watch your toddler while you do it. I never thought much about it until reading these comments and the ones in Mrs. Schoolbus's blog post, but one of the reasons I could really bond with my mom group is we all had little immobile babies so we could have mostly uninterrupted conversations. Now when we meet up someone is always chasing after a toddler- which is fine since we are all in the same boat, just makes it harder to bond or really talk.