02/07/2024
Morning play dates at the beach 🏖️
I’d love to know how you’ve found finding mum friends? Or just generally friends as an adult? Motherhood can be very lonely if you’ve not got other friends around you going through a similar season of life. The first 6 months of squidges life I experienced that loneliness because we had temporarily (I didn’t know it was only temporary at the time), moved to a new place where I didn’t know anyone and I felt like we were starting over completely, whilst also navigating newborn life. But fast forward to now and I feel so blessed to have mum friends I can chat to and hang out with. Some of them are further along in motherhood than me and others are pretty much at the same place with our babies only months apart.
Some of the things I’ve found have helped have been:
✨ Joining baby groups. I know sometimes they can feel a bit full on or daunting but if you can find just one friend out of it then it’s worth it.
✨ Don’t be afraid to reach out and reconnect with old friends you might have lost touch with. Most of my mum friends are people I already knew but hadn’t spoken to in a long time but when I saw we were in the same season of life as first time mums, I reached out and I’m so glad I did.
✨ Look for local support groups or clubs, for example and organise some great groups and events that you can go to.
✨ Connect with other mums on Instagram. Whilst you can’t beat in person interaction, having an online community of mum friends can be just as powerful (feel free to reach out to me and we can be friends!) 😆
