So-Glad-We-Waited Support Groups are on-going groups for over-35 mothers. Held in a congenial setting, including refreshments, they provide an opportunity for women to connect with their peers in a supportive environment. Some women, who joined their group when their children were babies, have shared each other's developing motherhood for almost ten years.

Parenting topics addressed include:•Effectively Setting Limits•Handling conflicts •Sleep•Nutrition•Adjusting strategies to match your child’s developmental stages•Handling Aggression•Materialism (The “Gimmies”). Adult issues addressed include •Different parenting styles between partners• Remaining lovers now that you're parents•Job/​work/​stay-at-home•Baby sitters•Inlaws


On-Going Support Groups

NEW GROUP FORMING!!!
Parenting support group
for mothers of infants, crawlers and young toddlers.

TIME: 9:30 - 11:00 am
DAY: The first Sunday of each month from February through June
DATES: February 6, March 6, April 3, May 1, June 5

Feel free to bring your lap baby if you'd like. Mobile babies should stay with spouse/​partner, Grandparent, sitter or any other caring adult.
If the weather gets very nice, we will move the meeting outside (to Central Park) at which time mobile babies will have more fun with us if you'd like to bring them.

The group will meet in my office at 87th and Central Park West.
Light refreshments will be served.
The group will provide you with a chance to connect with other new mothers in a supportive environment to exchange information and share your experience.

For more information and to see if the group is a good fit for you,
please leave a message at 212 866 5620


SO-GLAD-WE-WAITED
OVER-35 SUPPORT GROUPS

New Groups form in the fall and the spring.
If you are interested in joining a group,
please email from the link below, or call 212 866 5620.

Depending on need, some or all of the following groups will be offered:

NEW MOMS
(For mothers with their babies under a year)

MOTHERS OF YOUNG TODDLERS
(Mothers only)

MOTHERS OF TODDLERS & PRESCHOOLERS
(Mothers only)

MOTHERS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN
(Mothers only)

PARENTS OF YOUNG CHILDREN
(Two parents, whether Mother & Father or same sex couples,
Adults only)


SINGLE PARENTS
(Adults only)



If you are interested in joining a group, please e-mail your name, phone number, and several good times when you can be reached...


What critics have to say...

So Glad We Waited: A Hand-Holding Guide for Over-35 Parents.
Foreword by Debra Winger.
“Eminently wise and practical...impassioned, opinionated, wryly humorous, and ultimately reassuring as [Nachamie] plumbs the emotional depths of this profoundly life-altering experience. ”
--Starred review, Publishers Weekly
Big Lessons for Little People
“Offers warm yet realistic advice...including step-by-step guidelines for dealing with a variety of specific problems. Original."
--Ingram