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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had a really hard time making "real" mom friends when my kids were in preschool. Lots of pleasant conversations but no real follow up. Once we hit elementary, though, I found a great group of friends and it has made a big difference. Hang in there! It's like high school v. college, I think.  (And I was definitely a college person the first time around too). [/quote]

Agree!  I had a very difficult time making parent friends when the kids were in preschool and was really confused and upset by that.   I’d always have nice convos when I went to the birthday parties with my kids but there was very little follow up, even as I initiated.  We had one couple friend from that era, who we would sometimes do weekend family activities with and have fun,  but even they have trickled off since the kids are in different schools and they don’t live that close anyway (and they are opposite sex kids).  In retrospect, even tho I couldn’t understand why I couldn’t connect with moms at the time...  I have come to realize that parenting very young kids, one with sensory processing disorder, for me, was exhausting.  I was not a natural seeming mom, but liked to think I was, so that might have sent out confusing messages to people.  I was a little scattered and off sometimes.  I have finally let it go.   But I had a lot of confusion/sadness over it for too long.  Things started to change in elementary school for me.  Parenting older kids has, for me, been much easier and I am more together for other stuff.  [/quote]

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