So long story short, I have a 2 years old daughter and we are not together with her mom anymore. I still try to spend as much time as possible with her and that means spending a lot of time on playgrounds where many young and ofter cute moms come with their kids. Many times I was in a situation that my kid befriended some other kid, and so us adults (me and the other kid's mom) are just standing next to each other in awkward silence, watching our kids play.

I want to use that opportunity to practice some small talk and maybe even pick up some single moms in the process.

Does anybody here have any experience with that? I have trouble coming up with topics to talk about without making it sound and look too "try hard". Any advice on picking up single moms while being out with your kid?