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Be By Baby at Paulina/Racine have a Dads group that meets weekly.
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My partner is now a stay-at-home dad and sometimes feels lonely at home with our son (8 months old). We don't have any friends with kids to talk about babies. I work full time and feel a bit guilty leaving them home, and would like to find a playgroup in Chicago where they can join.
The only concern is that playgroups are always all moms, which is fine with him, but we don't want those moms to feel uncomfortable having a man around.
Does anyone know a playgroup that they can join?
Thank you!
Be By Baby at Paulina/Racine have a Dads group that meets weekly.
You should look into the chicago park district www.chicagoparkdistrict.com, YMCA or Wright College. They offer a lot of mommy & me classes and when my children were little we went to those for our sanity and there were men with their kids in the classes. I would start with the park distric first only because they offer classes really inexpensive ($10 for 6 weeks).
I belong to a group called ChicagoMoms in the meetup group and we have a Stay at home Dad that joins us in playgroups. I'm sure your partner would be most welcome. I have a newborn and 2 little boys as well, and love meeting Stay at home Moms or Dads and talk about babies. The meetup group website is http://moms.meetup.com/410 .
My husband takes our 8 months old daughter to Gymboree classes; sometimes there are other dads there and sometimes he is the only one. There are several locations near you (Lakeview, Lincoln Park and downtown).
