When I was preg­nant, I  joined a ‘Bumps and Babies’ get-together-group for Mums and kids, think­ing it was good to make friends both with expe­ri­enced Mums (whom I of course admired a lot, they were already the experts) and other preg­nant women who would be on mater­nity leave dur­ing the same period as I. Later, the group mor­phed into a weekly Cof­fee Morn­ing meet-up. This became a much-needed push to over­come the fatigue and actu­ally to get out of the house and socialise.

We got to know each other so well that it truly became a sis­ter­hood of women, who just like like me were strug­gling to find their feet again in the entirely new role as ‘Mum’, and made my first months as a mother much hap­pier. Sev­eral of the women I met this way have become true friends.

This was in other words my ini­ti­a­tion to the phe­nom­e­non of play­groups and cof­fee morn­ing meet-ups, that seem to spring like mush­rooms out of the ground wher­ever there are young families.

And rightly so! Play­groups are great for the kids, who get to play with each other — and let’s also not under­es­ti­mate even a small child’s need for change and enter­tain­ment. My daugh­ter is an only child, so for her, our Cof­fee Morn­ings were her first real chance to develop social con­tacts with other lit­tle ones.

And I am sure most Mums agree - the play­group is also very much a play­ground for Mum. To break the iso­la­tion, to find a sup­port net­work and sim­ply relax and have fun together, while the kids (hope­fully, and at least fo 3 min­utes at a time) enter­tain each other. Win-win sit­u­a­tion in other words.

One thing that struck me, though. For a meetup  called a Cof­fee Morn­ing, there really was awfully lit­tle cof­fee involved. It was served, of course, and we would try to outdo each other by serv­ing lattes, mac­chi­atos and — some­times — plain brew.

But as we were so afraid that we would spill the drink while the kids were play­ing around us, we safely placed the cups some­where on the top of a book­shelf — and watched them grow cold. And it kind of took the Cof­fee out of the Cof­fee Morning.

Now that the Mum­my­Mug is on the hori­zon, that can change. Mum­my­Mug will make it pos­si­ble to keep that cof­fee on the table and will safely put the cof­fee in the Cof­fee Morn­ing Play­group. And I am proud that will mean mak­ing a good thing for Mums even better!

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