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Top 3 Reasons to Join a New Moms Support Group

1. Feeling isolated at home: This happens to a lot of new moms. Getting out of the house with a baby is hard, and then you have to figure out where you can go. New moms often worry, what if my baby cries while we are in public? What if my baby needs to eat or has a blowout? Where can we comfortably navigate these things while we are still learning? The lack of a good option keeps a lot of moms and babies at home, and for a lot of moms, that isolation is bad for their mental health. A new moms support group is somewhere to go where you can comfortably feed, change, and soothe your baby- everyone else in the room will be doing the same!

2. Needing support: All moms, especially moms of babies, need support. Often postpartum moms are recovering from birth, not sleeping, learning how to take care of their baby as they go, experiencing hormonal and emotional changes, and dealing with changing dynamics in their families and friendships- all at the same time. You should not have to deal with all of this alone. You may just want someone to listen, you may want to hear how other people are navigating these things, or you may want recommendations for resources that can help. A new moms support group can do all of these things for you.

3. Looking for mom friends with babies the same age: Lots of new moms do not have any mom friends. Maybe they moved and don’t know a lot of people, or maybe they are the first in their friend group to have a baby. Maybe they do know some moms, but those moms are back to work and less available, or have older kids and can no longer remember what it feels like to be in the new mom stage. Finding friends who are in the same stage of life as you is a game changer. Having a friend to text about the four month sleep regression, who not only knows exactly what you are talking about, but who is also going through it and really understands how it feels? Its amazing.

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Today Is A Good Day To:

I talk to a lot of moms of babies, and I have noticed that there are some things that we all seem to do.

 

We tend to miss our friends but never make time to call them because life is crazy and there are a million other things we need to do first. We tend to tell other moms not to feel bad when they make a mistake, but then feel incredibly guilty when we make a mistake. We tend to not get ourselves something we need for wayyyyy too long, even though (or because) we spend a lot of time making sure that everyone else has what they need, and we tend to focus on the times we weren’t at our best instead of focusing on how many amazing things we have done.

 

This is your reminder that today is a good day to: reach out to a friend, treat yourself as kindly as you treat others, buy yourself new underwear, and notice how amazing you are.

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