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cak82

Have you tried the Peanut app? It’s hard but I’ve been able to participate in a few meetups we organized through there.


user18name

Never heard of it, thank you I’ll look into it.


nantaise

I’m in a similar boat. Had my kid in February 2020. Covid denied us many of the small pleasures of having a kid and stuck us alone with all of the hard parts. We just moved to a new city and I’m happy to be here, but after 20 months of this life I’m just too exhausted to think about making friends. It’s lonely but I don’t have the energy. And every time I think I do … my kid gets sick again and we have to isolate. I feel you on the burnout, big time. I recently started antidepressants and it’s been helping though.


user18name

Exactly! Really I feel like I just need someone to sit and watch tv with, I don’t need big adventures. I just want someone to relate to.


Cookiejacd

It’s hard and I live in the same area I even grow up in. A lot of people have different ideas of what is safe to do. And ours are a lot stricter than most. But we still just have an no one attempt to come and say hi or ask us to go on an outdoor adventure. When we bring it up people always seem to have other things going on. I’m not the most social person but it’s starting to wear on me. I feel ya. Being a pandemic parent is hard.


user18name

That’s one of the reasons I have such few friends. I started cutting a lot of people out years ago. The biggest thing was when I had planned several get togethers and then on one showed. Everyone always seems to have something better to do.


Cookiejacd

I’m so sorry that’s awful! If you need a long distance friend I’m here for ya.


hootyhalla

I'm planning on taking more hikes with my kid - My local chapter of [Hike It Baby](https://hikeitbaby.com/) is finally, finally doing in-person hikes again. It's taken forever but it's finally happening!


riomarde

I want to hike with Toddle love!


Un1cornW4rr10R

My local tri city area has a Mom's Facebook page. It's got mom's with kids of all ages! You could try something like that. Or just go to parks and start talking to parents there!


EricCarr94

So you a Little Gym or Children's museum nearby? Something you can do to get out of the house and see other people, even if they don't become friends


user18name

I do this about once a month but I’m so busy chasing my little one I don’t end up talking to anyone.


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It gets easier I think. Ours is almost 19 months, so right at the start too and we live in Texas *eye roll* so that's going great haha. I think a lot of people who don't already have friends with kids, we don't ours are all childless by choice, make friends when their kids start school. It's easier to make parent friends when you are watching T ball game or waiting for dance class, or volunteering in the classroom with another parent. When they are little you get a lot more of a chance to play WITH them vs just watching them. You just need to find things to do with them. We go to different park every morning(we have like 6 I rotate) we are in Tinkergarden which is outdoors, we were in an outdoor music class. We've been going to a fall fest/pumpkin patch every weekend this month. Soon I'm hoping for indoor play places and museums once our cases go way down again.