https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 08 May 2026 10:18:05 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-other-mom-or-dad-friends#post-1186978 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 23:40:55 +0000 Kimberlybee 1186978@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My closest mommy friends are my cousins and I feel very lucky. My best friends' kids are much older since I became a mommy a little bit later than they did. But we go to all the birthday parties to show our love and support. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-other-mom-or-dad-friends#post-1186796 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 21:33:02 +0000 Mrs. Confetti 1186796@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>But none of my pre-baby friends are moms...yet. So it took quite a bit of work over the past 2 years or so (starting mid pregnancy) to get to where I am now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-other-mom-or-dad-friends#post-1186793 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 21:32:06 +0000 Mrs. Confetti 1186793@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel lucky to have met a lot of really nice new friends since having C - very few are the talk-on-the-phone type, but I see most of them weekly at different play groups. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-other-mom-or-dad-friends#post-1186779 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 21:28:26 +0000 MrsStar 1186779@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really only have my sil! None of my other friends have babies yet and won't anytime soon. I'm planning to enrol LO at playcenter in term 1 next year so hopefully I'll get some mommy friends! LO needs some baby friends too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-other-mom-or-dad-friends#post-1186759 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 21:19:48 +0000 MrsScallop 1186759@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A couple, but none yet that I see on a regular basis. My BFF lives half way across the country, but her dd and mine are just 18 days apart in age. I wish we saw eachother more! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-other-mom-or-dad-friends#post-1186744 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 21:16:35 +0000 HLK208 1186744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A few. Some are more like acquaintances and it's hard to get close with them since we are in similar places in our lives but some graduated high school when I was a baby which makes me feel...super inexperienced compared to them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-other-mom-or-dad-friends#post-1186710 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 21:03:04 +0000 cheesetomywhine 1186710@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My sil has two kids and lives close but we don't see each other often. I don't really have mum friends...it stinks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-other-mom-or-dad-friends#post-1186706 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 21:01:14 +0000 californiadreams 1186706@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: have you checked for local facebook groups? there was a group in my neighborhood that a mom just started on her own. she really got it going organizing meetups etc. i've gone to a few of them and stay in touch with a couple of moms from there, which is nice because they live close by. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-other-mom-or-dad-friends#post-1186693 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 20:58:53 +0000 californiadreams 1186693@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: ditto this :) </p> <p>I've met several people though online mom groups throughout my mat leave and the ones I see the most/am closest with are from HB! All my friends who have kids live in my hometown or one friend's kid is a year old than mine so she went back to work full time as soon as I had LO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-other-mom-or-dad-friends#post-1186666 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 20:51:06 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1186666@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a few that I've made while on mat leave. Two are other HBers!<br /> Most of my friends have babies the same age as mine, but none of us live close together. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-other-mom-or-dad-friends#post-1186657 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 20:48:28 +0000 yellowbird 1186657@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: only my coworkers. That's why i rely on HB and our fb group! Plus you ladies are the BEST! =D </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-other-mom-or-dad-friends#post-1186641 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 20:44:18 +0000 rachiecakes 1186641@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not many that live nearby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-other-mom-or-dad-friends#post-1186549 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 20:17:47 +0000 DigAPony 1186549@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A friend of mine had her first baby a month ago, but she lives an hour away--we're going to try to do our best to plan at least monthly get togethers to help us stay connected (my baby is due next week). </p> <p>And my best friend from high school has two kids, but lives several states away! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-other-mom-or-dad-friends#post-1186540 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 20:15:38 +0000 Smurfette 1186540@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Pretty much all my friends are Moms. Makes it hard to get together now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-other-mom-or-dad-friends#post-1186523 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 20:11:05 +0000 Bookish 1186523@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not really. There's a local bee I'm friends with but other than her...nope. I need more mom friends! I almost gave my dental hygienist my number today because she is pregnant and we were talking about baby stuff! Sigh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-other-mom-or-dad-friends#post-1186507 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 20:08:04 +0000 petunia354 1186507@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, only my big sister. I'll be your friend!! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-other-mom-or-dad-friends#post-1186501 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 20:06:24 +0000 MrsF 1186501@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>None of my close friends have kids yet, but I've gotten close with some moms who live nearby through classes and things. It's a little strange because our whole friendships are based on our kids, but it's really nice to have friends going through the same things that i am. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-other-mom-or-dad-friends#post-1186496 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 20:04:53 +0000 sunny 1186496@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 2 closest girlfriends have babies so its nice to be able to talk about mom things with them. I have a handful of more casual friends who also have babies and we arrange moms nights sometimes which is fun. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-other-mom-or-dad-friends#post-1186492 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 20:04:29 +0000 deerylou 1186492@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One of my best friends is a mom, but she's out of town. I have started seeing a group of old friends I used to work with - we reconnected through our birth classes, when we found out we were all expecting the same month. We try to meet up about once a week, or so. However, they're all returning to work, while I'm staying home for the first year, so I anticipate being a little lonely in the coming month. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-other-mom-or-dad-friends#post-1186485 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 20:03:07 +0000 Mae 1186485@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have one friend I see regularly who has a baby. Then I have some friends online who have babies. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-other-mom-or-dad-friends#post-1186483 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 20:02:35 +0000 mrsjyw 1186483@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>not many, my bff from childhood &amp; dh's bff's wife and a few distant "friends"</p> <p>not a mom bff per se...but i have lots of hb mama friends!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-other-mom-or-dad-friends#post-1186465 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 19:57:09 +0000 sorrycharlie 1186465@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm relatively young (25) and many of my friends do not have children and won't any time soon. I've reconnected with a handful of girls from high school who have babies, but it's not a super-close, talk on the phone constantly type of thing.</p> <p>I feel like I have lots of friends through hellobee - a couple in particular I feel super close with :) - but I totally wish I could have that in-person, also-a-mom best friend! </p>