Mommy Dating

In those early days when Eva was tiny and I was freaking out over being a mom I would go to the park and just chat up any mom that I met. I would interrupt little mommy picnics and dates, thrust my child into faces of other kids and generally try to meet some of my kind. Some of the people are still of my friends, some of them meet me on the street and walk right by pretending to not know me. That really kills me, because really it is not like those moms don't know how horribly lonely having a first baby is. One mom actually went as far as to tell me that she was busy right now talking with another mom - huh?

The reason I am writing that now is that I am actually having good mommy dates now. We met a mom that met all of my date criteria - child same age, dog, cat, still nursing, child that eats poorly, our kids play well together, she lives close by and has a lot of time because her husband is in med school. Also, we both don't seem able to keep our houses in any kind of order.

Eva of couse loves the dog and the cat - she happily spends hours walking behind the dog and trying to grab her butt. And mercifully their cat allows Eva to pull him by the tail. And she seems to be one of those moms who doesn't mind messes and letting kids just run around and do what they need to.