Baby’s Connections

When you think back, way back, what are the first memories of your friends? The first memory that comes to my mind is of my fist kindergarten friends.  Giggly twin girls Masha and Dasha that looked more alike than drops of water. Most of the teachers couldn’t recognize which one was Masha and which one was Dasha. I remember that the only difference was that Dasha had a cute little mole on the side of her cheek… or was it Masha… Then I also remember a skinny tall red headed boy whose name of Yura, but everybody called him a “Match” because he was incredibly skinny with a fiery hair.

So, since Oscar is growing up and becomes acutely aware of the people around him I wanted him to know that he is not the only baby on earth and that there is more of his kind than he thinks. I remembered that several times after pregnancy I was contacted by Birth to Three (Parenting Now!) organization and invited to visit Baby’s Connections. However, at that time we were too busy adjusting to the routine and going out with a newborn just to socialize seemed like an ordeal. Now, it’s a different story, Oscar is so much more manageable in terms of going out. If he is not tired, he will be looking around in fascination and be quiet not knowing how to take what is going on. In short, I decided to go to one of the Baby’s Connections meetings to see how he will react to others. Our first trip was a success, although, he was a bit tired, he was taken by other babies. I could see it in his face that he didn’t expect to meet anyone that behaved and looked similar to him. We were hanging out with 7-9 month old crowd since Oscar is deceivingly big for his age and already attempts to walk around (with your support of course). After that trip it was decided that we will come again. Our next visit Oscar found a friend, and it had to be a girl, a precious tiny 6month old cutie with big blue sparkling eyes and curly long eyelashes. It was so adorable to see how they seemed to make their way towards each other in a crowded room.  They were both salivating like crazy chewing on their hands, as soon as they reached each other they stretch their hands towards each other mouths although saying: “Here you go, you can munch on my hand while I chew on yours.” They started cooing and smiling having a great conversation. It was a shame that his little friend had to go home soon after, so we left as well. In our next visit Oscar acquainted with another little cutie pie and had a blast playing around. For anyone who has little ones and are in Eugene, I think it’s a great idea to come to Parenting Now for Baby’s Connections. Your little one will have a great time socializing with other babies and you will have fun finding out tons of useful information from other mothers.