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Another amazing Young Moms Support meeting yesterday. Started off poopy – everybody was running late as 10h30 came and went and nobody arrived, I sat in a clump on the floor amongst the cushions convinced nobody was coming.

And then they arrived, thank goodness. Marlise Howell, our Baby Gym instructor gave us a lovely demo and spoke beautifully about stimulating the little ones. I learnt a lot and am almost a little sad that I no longer have any teeny babies to do the Baby Gym dance with.

We put out the pile of baby clothes we've had donated and the moms had fun choosing bits and pieces that would fit their child – all promised to bring their own 2nd hand clothes to swap with the other moms next time.

As always, there was noise, laughter, crying babies, and a lot of multi-tasking as moms balanced cookies, baby and breastfeeding while chatting to their new friends.

Chantel Daniels from Volunteer Mzansi Afrika and her guests Vuyo and Junko, a mom from Japan joined us too. Junko donated an awesome suitcase of gorgeous clothes collected by her Japanese friends. Can't wait to show our moms next time! Chantel's organisation does great work in the community of Ocean View where many of our moms live, and we look forward to working with her in the future.

I had a chance to chat one-on-one to all of the moms this time and it was so good to hear their stories individually – and to find out where they're coming from and what they're thinking. Even though most of the moms are quite young, mostly single, all of their situations, lives and needs are entirely different. One size definitely does not fit all, that's for sure.

My poor bedroom is piled high to the ceiling with baby stuff and donations – and we need more space! Can't believe that after just 3 meetings, we're already at the stage where having our own venue is something we can think of as a real need, not just a pipedream. It will happen – watch this space!

As always, many thanks must go to my mom Linda and my sister Megan, who give up their Saturdays to join us, carting parcels up and down the hospital and generally being indispensable. Also to my dad Mark – world's best cheerleader – and to my children Conor and Layla who stay home together and look after each other so nicely, letting me go off and spend half of our weekend with other people, with never a moan or complaint. You are all amazing.