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[quote=Anonymous]OP here.  I wanted to add that we just hired a mother's helper for several hours per week.  I am planning to have her come on the days my husband travels.  I think this will help and we may also increase the hours if I find it is working out well.

The friends thing is really hard for me.  I did work really hard at meeting new people and trying to make mom friends, but like I said most of them were on maternity leave and have gone back to work and now have no time to get together.  I continue to go to mom's groups and meet new moms, but when I try to nurture the relationship outside of the group, such as inviting moms to do a playgroup or get together for lunch, my emails are ignored.  So clearly they are not interested.  Our neighborhood is mainly full of old people--we chose the wrong neighborhood to buy a house in.  No moms listserv and very few kids.

I feel like I'm starting to get depressed from the isolation and loneliness.

I have decided to make a few changes in the next month or so.  #1: hiring the mother's helper.  #2:  signing up for a class with my baby--I think seeing the same people at the same time each week will perhaps facilitate making friendships a little more than the moms groups, #3: doing some professional volunteer work in my field at an organization during my husband's flex days each month.  Since he works weekends he has a few random flex days each month where he is off, so I can volunteer then and work on getting some recent skills on my resume and maybe this could turn into a part-time job, #4: take a break from trying to make new mom friends.  It's been exhausting, depressing, and I am sad that it hasn't resulted in any friends, and I need a break, #5: find a therapist who I can talk to about these issues.

Any other thoughts for me?  [/quote]

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