Wishin I had in real life mama friends again...

finally2006

Sometimes I just wish I had a real life mama to call to share stories and have a shoulder to lean on.  DH is a great listener but a mother's experience is so different.  I think I am going to get more outgoing when I see other mamas and approach them.  Have any of you made friends this way? 

Abinormal

I'm a teacher and there are a lot of other women with young children at my school. It's definitely been nice to have people to talk to about raising children and being a mother. I am the first of my close friends to have a baby, so I haven't been able to talk to them much about raising a baby.

ABCmom!!!

I have made more mom friends from taking my kids to school. Also we just moved into a neighborhood closer to the kids school and I made more friends. Some of my close mom frineds are from when I use to work. Maybe if you have a neighborhood park go there and you will notice the sahm who go at the same times everyday, maybe chat it up with them. But it is so much nicer to have people who can relate to you. I rarley talk to my sinlge friends.

leeannap

I met a few mommy friends when I joined my local twins club. Is there a local moms group pr something you could join? Try looking on meetup.com

datan

I met other moms in my prenatal yoga class and in my new mom's group (most local hospitals will have a new moms group).  I also went to a Mommy & Baby yoga class and I think that would be a great place to meet other moms (I just haven't gone since DS was 4 weeks old, but keep meaning to go again).  Also, while most of my close friends in the area don't have babies, a lot of their friends have babies, so I meet those moms through my non-mommy friends.  I think most new moms are really excited to meet other new moms (at least I know I am!), so I think reaching out by going to a mom's group or some kind of class (like yoga) would help you to meet people.  Good luck!  

grapeape73

meet up.com has great mom's groups.  You might have to try a couple to find a good fit for you, but it is a great way to meet other moms.

leece21

My local hospital has chat time...a breastfeeding support group that has been my life saver.  I have met some great ladies there. The nice thing about this group is that they are nonjudgmental, if I were to quit bf they would still be supportive. There are moms and babies of all walks of life and all ages. I don't know what I would have done with out chat time since both my dh and I live out of state from our families.

KateLouise

I go to a parent group once a week. We have guest speakers and do activities with the babies and sometimes we catch up for coffee etc outside of meeting time.

AndromedA1

 In the same boat as you....Try Meet up also PEPS in the Seattle area - I live in Snohomish county and found a group up here on meet up they meet more than 1x a week and have all sorts of activities.  It is nice to  just get out of the house, socialize for a an hour or so and not be tempted to buy anything!