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Renegade,
I think all depends. I've always been a low key person, along with my friends. We enjoy going out to decent restaurants or doing potlucks at someone's house, going to the movies, renting movies, etc.... So for me, my son just fitted right in. I'm the first of my friends to have a child.
My son enjoys going out. My friends enjoy having a little taste of babyhood for a few hours.
I even took him to the movies with us, I always had us all go to the movies around his naptime so he would sleep through at least half and usually sat quietly in my arms through the rest of he wouldn't take his bottle.
I've been blessed with the greatest baby!
He's gone to Christmas parties with me. We went early before the party really started and stayed for about an hour.
When my friends and I want to do really adult things like the theatre and such, my mom is kind enough to watch him.
My son is only 16 1/2 months old so I haven't really had a chance to meet other parents to socialize with. He's the youngest kid by years at his daycare. Though his arrival in my life does have me talking to other mothers in my office that I hadn't really talked to before.
You get used to sleepless nights. Right now I'm struggling to stay awake. He thought 3AM was a great time to wake up ask for food, milk, and to crawl on mommy. He didn't go to sleep until 5AM. Ugh! It's been a long time since he woke up in the middle of the night to play.
Waking up every four hours to feed him when he was an infant was just something I became used to. I was ready for him to come when he came, and I adapted well to the changes and so did he.
Best of luck with your decision,
Yash
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