Singalongs

If you’re a new mom who never spent much time with other Baltimore Mamas and children prior to the birth of your own, or if you are new to the area, you may be wondering who the hell your new friends are going to be, where in blazes they are hiding out, and what in the world you might do with your little charge, as you learn to be-in-the-world-alongside-others-with-babies, to borrow an expression from those fun-loving existential phenomenologists.

Unless you’re already very connected with what would otherwise be the alien species known as families, the first six months can be painfully isolating and lonely as you adjust to life with an infant, or life in a new city. I sometimes felt like the last person on earth to learn about the “it” things to do with a baby/toddler in Baltimore. When my son was about six months old, I remember someone saying in disbelief, “you’ve NEVER been to the Red Canoe?” I don’t remember the last time I felt so un-hip.

And I’ll never forget the first time I took my son to a singalong. It was like the heavens opened when I saw this beautiful, sleeved-out chanteuse with dreadlocks on the guitar leading more than a dozen children and parents in song at the most charming coffeehouse in northeast Baltimore (thank you Alina Lightchaser and the Red Canoe!). After dredging myself up from post-partum depression, I couldn’t have asked for a better ray of hope.

So, if you are ready to take on the somewhat daunting task of leaving the house with an infant, you might be amazed to discover that there is life after birth, indeed. Check out these singalongs, for starters, whenever you can:

Singalongs

Mondays
10:30am, Red Canoe Children’s Bookstore and Café (Lauraville)

Wednesdays
10:30am, Red Canoe Children’s Bookstore and Café (Lauraville)