Out and about

Yesterday I got to live the life of the "yummy mummies" that live in the neighbourhood. L and I had a nice long lunch at a local cafe with one of our neighbours. The neighbour brought her 3 month old, we brought our 10 month old. We sat there chatting for over two hours.

This is one of the reasons I was attracted to this area. So many places I could hang out during the day that would be baby friendly. This is pretty much the first time since I've moved here I could take advantage of it. It took ages to recover financially from the move two years ago. So that summer and fall had us going out very little. Finally, this week we had the combination of it being warm, and me having the day off. I liked it. It's given me insight into what life would be like if L got a job and I was the stay-at-home parent. The idea is appealing. Though I wonder if it'd completely wreck my career.

After lunch and a nap from the girl, I went to meet coworkers who also had off today. I brought the lass, partly to give L time to get some work done, and partly because it's nice to get more time with her, and also partly because my coworkers really like her.

She was her usual charming self. Enjoying all the attention and playing with anyone who'd give her the chance. I'm really glad she does not get separation anxiety. It meant I could hand her off to people to get a break and have some non-baby conversation time, while not having to worry or leap across the room to fix a meltdown.

I also really liked showing off her skills. I'm proud of this lass and enjoy the praise she gets. I wonder if that's the road to becoming one of those parents?

On the buses on the way home, the girl tried to catch the eye of everyone she could. I ended up chatting with the woman sitting next to me on the first bus, and smiling a goodbye to the couple sitting behind me on the second. Similar stuff happened to me on the tube yesterday.

This is really unusual for London, and rather shocking to me. Just chatting to random people who just happen by. This happens pretty much every time I take the girl anywhere. I kind of like it. I suppose I'll miss it when she's older. I doubt I'd be able to do this without a baby in tow.