Are there any Mums to be groups/coffee mornings in Haringey?

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Permalink Reply by Liz on July 28, 2011 at 12:58

Hi Marika

Haringey NCT run a lot of events. Their next SpeedBumps for mums to be is advertised here on the site

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Permalink Reply by Marika on July 28, 2011 at 13:06

Thanks so much Liz!!! thats really helpful, I will attend Sept 7th, and look into Haringey NCT now.

 

xxx marika

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Permalink Reply by JulieB on July 28, 2011 at 14:45

Congratulations Marika, you have an exciting time ahead of you. I've had both of my children (7 and 4yrs) in Haringey and have found a lot of new friends before and since they've been born. We started with NCT which was invaluable for the first few months and a group of 4 families have all kept in touch and still meet up 7 years later.

Woodlands Children's centre has some great drop in baby play groups and the breast feeding support group is fantastic there - although I'm not sure what effect the government cuts will have on these groups.

I also met a few new mums at baby weighing clinics.

My other favourite baby thing was baby massage at the Hornsey YMCA club, which is just opposite Hornsey station. It was a wonderfully calm hour in my week, tea and chats afterwards with the other parents was great too.

Good luck with everything, Julie

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Permalink Reply by Marika on July 29, 2011 at 16:38

Thanks so much Julie, its great to know there are lots of support in Haringey.  I'm going to a coffee morning with the NCT now next week to start me off, plus there is another one in the Worlds end that partners can come to aswell.

 

Will check out Woodlands children centre, and will totally try and get involved with other activities too like the baby massage classes.

 

Thanks again and have a lovely weekend

x marika

 

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Permalink Reply by Marika on July 29, 2011 at 16:39

Jolly Babies sound great aswell, will look it up after shes born!!

thanks Osbawn

 

you have a lovely weekend too

 

x marika

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Permalink Reply by 1aqhzbmn5m196 on September 12, 2011 at 13:37

Haringey NCT has a new fortnightly coffee meet for bumps and babies (and their mums) at Moka on Wightman Road, first meet is next Monday (19th) from 10am

Amelia will be hosting so do pop in and say hello

 

http://www.nct.org.uk/branches/haringey/events/nctea-moka

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Permalink Reply by Sophie BBARR on August 30, 2012 at 10:32

I know this thread is a year old but I was wondering if anyone could give me advice on NCT. I'm 20 weeks pregnant and pondering doing NCT classes - but it costs over £300 which seems pretty expensive, particularly as we're moving house (although it's only to N22 as we can't bear to leave our beloved Harringay). I'd love to have people's thoughts on NCT. I've heard really good things as well as comments that it's simply a middle class introductions agency. I have quite a good network in Harringay already but it would be great to meet others who are about to embark on family life. Can anyone advise if there are good events/networks outside of NCT? Thanks all!

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Permalink Reply by JB on August 30, 2012 at 12:11

Have you seen this?

http://www.harringayonline.com/forum/topics/alternatives-to-nct-gro...

 

We had similar thoughts to you it seems! :)

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Permalink Reply by Sophie BBARR on August 30, 2012 at 12:33

thanks!

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Permalink Reply by dawnage on August 31, 2012 at 11:18

We did it last summer and have never regretted it. There's a lot to be said for a middle class introductions agency, in some ways! We were in a really similar position to you: moving from our beloved Harringay to N22. That move, coupled with the change in our circumstances, meant that we felt we needed to meet some new people - most of our friends are child-free (so far) and we needed some friends whose social lives didn't revolve around nights out!

Anyway, we took an intensive weekend course in our new neighbourhood (up at CUfOS, by Ally Pally) with six other couples and, almost a year later, are still in touch with all. The group was invaluable in those early months; we were all overwhelmed and could support each other! It was nice to have a reason to get out of the house when on maternity leave (especially as the winter drew in, with a new baby) and we met regularly. In fact, it was more than nice: it was vital to my well-being.

We found that we were all in the same boat and from similar backgrounds - 30s, middle class, educated professionals - yes. But we have a lot in common and I was glad to meet them. Perhaps a middle class introductions agency but, for someone like me (who can be a bit quiet and awkward with new people), it was a fast-track to friendship.

Aside from that, I found the classes really useful. They were in greater depth and better-organised than the NHS sessions... I was disappointed by the vagueness and lack of smooth delivery of information during one of the NHS breastfeeding classes I attended. As a teacher, I looked extra-carefully, perhaps, at the way we were given all of this new information. The NCT sessions were interactive and allowed us to think and contribute: the NHS sessions involved heavily-pregnant women spending half a day just sitting on uncomfortable chairs, merely listening. They were pretty poor, in all honesty. I have heard mixed reports about NCT sessions from different places but thought the course I attended was well worth it.

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Permalink Reply by JulieB on August 31, 2012 at 12:49

I found it absolutely invaluable, it was wonderful having people going through exactly the same thing very close by. At the time most of my friends in London didn't have children, lived more than 5 minutes away or had children of different ages.

I found it very difficult at first with my first baby and didn't have a clue what I was doing. My friends with slightly older children had forgotten what it was like at 1 week, 1 month or 3 months so my new NCT friends all found our feet together and I don't think I would have survived without them. I still see 3 or 4 of them regularly 8 years on.

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Permalink Reply by CatC on August 31, 2012 at 8:24

Hi Sophie, Many congratulations! Yes there are some great alternatives to NCT, but as it happens I decided to opt for NCT and haven't regretted it at all. It can sometimes feel a bit middle class, but I've also met people from a wide range of backgrounds through NCT events too. I'm a regular at the Moka coffee mornings on a Monday. And for what it is worth, we moved house when my son was 6 months old, which theoretically meant swapping branches. However I've kept in touch with my old Archway friends and made lots of new Harringay friends too. The quality of teaching and advice at the critical moments was really good too. I agree it feels a bit pricey, but a year down the line, I don't regret it.

C

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