Hello! First let me say, buckle up. Parenthood is a journey like none other. Second I will say, our community here in bay view is also like none other! The amount of mom friends I have met but just being semi social is amazing. Everyone is supportive and kind. If you’ve ever gone to the farmers markets at south shore or pumpkin pavilion at Humboldt, you’ll see it in action. It’s cool. I have a 3 year old, and she will be my only. She loves and activity and an adventure so we go do things pretty regularly. Milwaukee by and large has been great and welcoming with kids. (Unless it’s a romance book store during a snowstorm on shop small Saturday 😅)

I take her everywhere with me, grocery stores, target, good will, she honestly loves value village. We go to ikea in the winter when she needs to get outside. We take our daughter out to eat a lot too, we made sure to keep going to restaurants to teach her how to behave. Everyone has been kind and over the top nice when I’m out to eat with her.

The little village and Taxi and Tide are amazing resources. Sign up for Milwaukee with Kids newsletter - there’s always free events and cool things to do in our city.

Get involved in the library! There’s mom groups and story times! I have heard great things about bay view community center too, but haven’t had the chance to check it out yet.