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I made friends online. There are so many resources out there to find local groups, and the advice and friendship is an invaluable resource! In fact, I first heard about Weleda online and tried it out for my baby’s and my super sensitive skin. Thanks for the chance to win some of thei most fabulous products!

I made a lot of mommy friends through the Babybites New Mom Support Group on the UES. 6 months later, we still get together every Monday afternoon for a playgroup. I also met a lot of moms through the Manhattan Twins Club, which has been life-saving!

we’ve been lucky to discover that we have a lot of great neighbors who all had kids at the same time, but i also really like some of the moms that i’ve met at the 14th street y

I met most of my mommy friends through a babybites new moms support group. It was one of the best things I’ve joined since being a mother. I would recommend it to any new mom.

I met many of mommy friends through groups like babybites, others at my daughter’s classes and of course some at the park!

I met mom friends through other moms! Also kids in the neighborhood is a great way to meet other mommies. thanks.

I met mom’s through joining my local Mother’s Center.

i met my one best mom friend during a hurricane/tornado watch siren. they had just moved in across the street, and my husband was deployed, so when i saw her outside looking at the clouds i asked if i could come over for a little while just in case something happened. we now visit at least 5 days a week!!! and we have almost everything in common!!!!

I met my mom friends through a friend that is not a mom she had so many friends that were expecting around the same time she set up a first time moms lunch and we all have kept in touch and had several mommy and now baby lunches and outings its great!!!

Most of my mama friends were women I met through the local LLL meetings and the library storytime. But my favorite mama, the mama of my daughter’s bestie, I met while I was a spectator at my daughter’s dance class.

I’ve also happened upon a few friends while lingering in the kids’ section of the bookstore!

I met other moms through an online meetup group. I also have several friends at school that became a mom around the same time I did.

I met my closest mommy friends through my home birth childbirth class. We only have one couple still waiting for their little one to arrive. I also meet local moms through my midwife who holds a potluck lunch once a month for past and present clients (and babies). Online I have also met many moms I go to for advice, but I know I will not to get to hang out with them like I do with my local connections.

We met people online at mom forums and also – Church! We started going to church in our new town, and met so many new parents. What a great community, and we all have each others’ backs.

I found a mom’s club and another stay-at-home mom’s club that has introduced me to many moms. Many of these clubs have online sites of activities such as park meetups and mom’s night out.

I made mom friends online mostly, though there was a New Moms Network through our health authority I met some moms. Nowadays, its mostly through my DDs daycare.

I always make sure to keep my eyes and ears open for new moms wherever I go. With my first, I was in a new town without family or friends close by. I walked the mall and went to storyhour at the library in the hopes of making a connection with other women. There are so many options for new moms and babies – you should never feel alone! Check in with your pediatrician as he/she might know of groups, too. Every mom needs a great best girlfriend and they appear when you need them the most!

I met most of my mommy friends at work and from my husband’s co-workers. We were both in the Air Force, and before I got out, all of them were having babies! Also, my husband’s co-worker’s wives are my friends, and they all have babies around my kid’s ages. Now whenever our husbands deploy, we are there for each other through the tough times. I would love to win the basket because I have never tried the products and just recently found out about them at the Health Food Store of Green Valley, AZ. They had a We Magazine, and I picked it up to read, not knowing I would find a product with all the great benefits I have been searching for for my family. I’m so excited to try them!

Most of my mom friends are just my regular friends, and we happened to have kids around the same time. Also, my next door neighbor had a baby 6 months before me, and she is great, so that’s another person to set up easy playdates with. If I needed to meet more mom friends, I’d hang out on local message boards, meet other moms who bring their kids to the gym’s childcare, go to library storytimes, etc. There are so many ways to connect, especially via social networking.

Most of my friends are Moms and my sister and I are pregnant at the same time. Love it!

I met moms through work, online, birth class, my ds’s playgroup and husband’s work. I love welled, it’s the best. I always give a new mom one of your baby products!

I already had some mom friends through my church, but I also found some through the group of us (due in the same month) that met together with midwives in order to receive midwifery care, to chat, find support, and ask questions. We continued meeting after our children were born! I’m also getting to know neighbouring moms and meeting other moms at the park, not to mention online communities (ivillage).

I have two years living in Tepoztlan Morelos, a charming small town an hour from Mexico City. Here I got pregnant, gave birth at home and I have met some of the best friends of my life. Tepoztlan too has given me a more natural way of life, better environmental awareness and responsible consumption.
The first friends I made were the mothers of my group of yoga for pregnant women. It was fascinating to see them through the same process that I was living and I think we will be friends for life. Three of us began to meet every Friday at a nice local cafe with a beautiful garden and now we are a group of more than 15 mothers with infants and / or pregnant women in which we support each other emotionally, share tips, books, ears and an open heart.
I learned a lot from each of them and myself thanks to their company.
Now every time I see a mom on the street I invite her to join us.

Any mother can start a local group. We need more women helping other women!

What fantastic comments from you all. Making mom friends has been a true life saver for me. babybites was a big part of my early, mom days. I also agree that meeting other moms in classes and pre-school was a great source of friendship for my children and me.

Our local libraries have story time programs for babies and toddlers that meet weekly. We would see the same moms and strike up conversations, especially if the children were of similar ages. Also cannot say enough good things about Meetup.com – connecting with stay at home moms, Christian moms, 35+ moms, etc. Oh – and we walked around the neighborhood to find children to play with!

I take my daughter to a play group at our local elementary school. Sometimes it’s the usual mom’s, but since Summer there have been new faces. Not only fun for my daughter, but fun for mom to make friends too!!

It is so wonderful to hear all of these amazing ways that you have all met other moms. Sometimes it’s when you least expect it, too!

My son is only six weeks so I’m just starting to make mom friends. I’ve gone to a Big City Moms lunch and will go to Baby Bites lunches the next two weeks. But I met my first “mom” friend from the neighborhood on the subway — she and her husband and their daughter had the stroller my husband and I were thinking of buying, so we began talking, and found out that they live around the corner from us and that the husband went to law school w/a friend of my husband’s, and that he worked at my firm (but in a different office). Small world!

I have met new mom friends at my Babybites new moms group as well as at my Aardvarks Music class and also just by going to Whole Foods!

I met a lot of my Mommy friends through Gymboree meet-ups, which are free in our neighborhood branch on Monday afternoons. Once we were kicked out for our hour, we’d all usually head to the park for an impromptu picnic. It was great to bond with the Mommies week after week, as our babies grew into toddlers, and we’ve eventually started organizing play dates and excursions on our own. I also find that hanging out at the park without any friends usually results in coming home with at least one new friend. ::)

interestingly a few of my mom friends are people that i’ve met through work – not co workers exactly, but reps and other people that i interact with. I’ve also met other moms through babybites classes – mommy & me classes where there are people in the same situation as i am with similar aged children.

I met friends through my son’s school and through other friends who made introductions to other moms with children who were the same age as mine were.

It’s always fun to meet other moms through my daughter’s classes…have made some great friends this way and would highly recommend it to other new moms.

I met some of mom friends at local library’s story times. I started to bring my baby to story times when she became 6 months old a few months old, and there were some moms who had babies at similar ages as mine. I have enjoyed so much seeing them every week at the library and seeing their babies growing. Also, I meet lots of mom friends at playgrounds and playrooms in our apartment building. I live in a big apartment complex building, and there’re tons of moms and babies.

I did what was most important to me nd my babies – and met like-minded moms in the process. For example, I went to sleep training lunch – and met moms with same age babies in same struggle with sleeptraining. My son loves music – so I met moms at Gymboree music class. And of course, there’s the online community. Like babybites and Manhattan Mothers of Twins where I find out about events to begin with!

none of my friends are mommies yet, so i had to really search! meeting mommy friends is almost like dating–you have to put yourself out there! even though we live in east harlem, i went as far as the west village to attend every free story hour and play date imaginable. and just like a singles’ bar, i would scan the room looking for moms that i thought i’d click with. after every free event, i’d approach the moms to start a casual conversation. i’d ask them about their children, and also say “i’m looking to make more mommy friends, can i have your number or email so we can have a play date sometime?” it really worked!! i have some great mommy friends in nearly every nyc neighborhood! it’s something i will do regularly–us mommies need that support!

I met new moms through Baby Bites lunches and by taking my daughter to different classes around town (at the Y, Kidville and Breastfeeding support at Yummy Mummy)

I am still int the process of making new moms friends. I am joing as many nyc groups as i can afford and am talking to anybody and everybody about hearing about more of them. I am in support groups but my favorite are the events to meet other woman.
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I met my mom friends at the park and at mommy events I have attended. I think mommy events are a great way to meet other moms and there children.

I’ve made mom friends through a kiddie gym class that my daughter attends, as well as through our building (a few of us have children within a few months of each other). Plus several of my friends and I have children around the same age, which is a wonderful bonus.

I’ve also been lucky to meet a mommy friend with a child the same age as mine through a passion of ours — we met working on a show together!!

I reconnected with a friend of my husband’s and she had friends from her breastfeeding class that suddenly became my friends.

I met my mom friends through the Pregnancy, Fitness & Moms NYC Meetup group. We were all pregnant at the same time, and went on walks and did fitness classes together. Now that we have our babies, we walk around the park and get together for playdates. They have made the sometimes-difficult-road-of-parenthood easier and enjoyable!

Big people friends…I made them by signing up for and taking with and with out my boys a ton of community education offered classes. These classes included Belly dancing(I was terrible) , pizza making and exercise for mom and tot..to list a few.

I met most of my mommy friends through a local Meetup group. Not only did I find a great group of friends for myself, but I found lifelong friends for my son, and I am sure we will cherish these people for many years to come.

I met my mom friends through my church.

I didn’t know any other moms, so I got online. One forum took me to a local babywearing group, and the moms I met there sent me to another local forum. I met lots of great moms there and in my new neighborhood. Thank goodness for the internet– now I have a great circle of friends!

I subbed at a kindergarten class and met moms there, and also met them in the neighborhood through my childrens friends.

Right now the only mom friends I have are friends from college that have become moms. I’m due in October, so I’m joining the club! I have also met some very nice ladies at my prenatal yoga class.

I have been fortunate to meet beautiful mama friends through natural childbirth classes before baby was born & then more at Le Leche League gatherings after baby was born. They have helped keep me sane as we have all been able to support one another as we are all on the beautiful journey of motherhood.

It’s so awesome to hear everyone’s stories. I met lots of mom friends through joining a new moms support group in my neighborhood. I loved it so much that I joined forces with babybites to start groups for moms on the UWS. Moms really do have a knack for coming together, sharing and being open to new friendships. It’s so special!