Local NCT Stuff
Jun. 4th, 2006 09:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ailbheI used to have a coffee morning for mothers with toddlers every Thursday, for several months, ending in December 2005 when I was pregnant and anyway we went to Malta. I never started it up again, because the exploratory email I sent out didn't get even one teeny tiny response.
Then the Neighbourhood Contact, the person who arranges all the groups and new member greetings and so on in the area, moved to another area - and the backup Neighbourhood Contact had twins, and on top of a toddler and a home-run business that was a bit too much.
Then I came under pressure to become the new Neighbourhood Contact.
Um, no. I felt terribly guilty about it but no.
The other day, we got a hand-delivered pack from the new NC! Local NCT newsletter, and an info sheet all about her. I have no idea who she is, presumably because her baby is 10 months younger than Linnea so we never overlapped (I stopped going to baby coffees once Linnea was walking much). She did give a little potted CV and has arranged a bunch of meetings, none of which are at the old times so I can't go (why yes, my schedule is that rigid; I have a mental space for things in the 10-12 am slot and none in the Linnea's Getting Tired It's Time to Sort Dinner 2-4 pm slot).
So I've offered to do my coffees again. She's a bit put out that I can't and won't come to the afternoon things, but frankly, I don't need another organisation, and I really can't be bothered spending two hours a week fending and defending Linnea as she tries to do her thing in a room full of tiny babies. And I'm a little peeved that the local NCT newsletter has never once published anything I've written. I assume I'm too hippie and opinionated. Most of the stuff they print is very very mainstream, to the point of avoiding mention of breastfeeding much of the time. They certainly never discuss it as a thingy, political issue.
Then the Neighbourhood Contact, the person who arranges all the groups and new member greetings and so on in the area, moved to another area - and the backup Neighbourhood Contact had twins, and on top of a toddler and a home-run business that was a bit too much.
Then I came under pressure to become the new Neighbourhood Contact.
Um, no. I felt terribly guilty about it but no.
The other day, we got a hand-delivered pack from the new NC! Local NCT newsletter, and an info sheet all about her. I have no idea who she is, presumably because her baby is 10 months younger than Linnea so we never overlapped (I stopped going to baby coffees once Linnea was walking much). She did give a little potted CV and has arranged a bunch of meetings, none of which are at the old times so I can't go (why yes, my schedule is that rigid; I have a mental space for things in the 10-12 am slot and none in the Linnea's Getting Tired It's Time to Sort Dinner 2-4 pm slot).
So I've offered to do my coffees again. She's a bit put out that I can't and won't come to the afternoon things, but frankly, I don't need another organisation, and I really can't be bothered spending two hours a week fending and defending Linnea as she tries to do her thing in a room full of tiny babies. And I'm a little peeved that the local NCT newsletter has never once published anything I've written. I assume I'm too hippie and opinionated. Most of the stuff they print is very very mainstream, to the point of avoiding mention of breastfeeding much of the time. They certainly never discuss it as a thingy, political issue.