A quick poll!
Besides your SO, where do you get emotional support for parenting challenges?
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My parents and sister are far away, but they are great listeners and offer support that way. My MIL is LO's primary caregiver during the week, so she understands exactly what we're going through. My friends and I are very open with one another about challenges we face with our LOs and it is a huge help to know that we all go through similar things. And I'm just starting to realize how wonderful Hellobee is for this.
Typing this all out makes me feel very lucky to have so much emotional support!
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Pretty much all HB. I get too much eye rolling from my family, and they don't even live in the same country as me.
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My mom has been a great sounding board, as have her friends who have known me my whole life.
My sister-in-law and brother-in-law have a daughter who is only 20 days younger than my daughter. They are great to talk to about milestones and gear and sleeplessness.
I also have several friends who are a few months ahead of me in the parenting journey who give great advice. And now I'm a few months ahead of several other friends, so I get to pass the advice along! -
My parents are next door so they are very supportive. I also talk to my sister a lot. She is on the east coast so I don't get to see her often but we talk. I also belong to MOPS and I have found great friends there. Most are SAHMs like me so they are a huge support.
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I leaned on my extended family like my cousins who have kids a lot when I had my first child. It felt safer to talk to them than some of my mommy friends who I felt might judge me.
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My momma. We FaceTime a lot. None of my close friends have babies yet, so momma and HB is all I got!
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My mom and similarly aged friends/family with kids. Love them!
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My parents, HB, and friends/mom group. My church has a pretty great group of mothers... Lots of combined years of mothering experience to pull from! I also have a smaller group of close friends that I rely on.
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I get mine from a group of mom friends I met on HB.....but we have taken our relationship to the next level. So I voted mom group but it could also technically be HB too since that's where we met!
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Mine will be from my parents only. They are good at talking me off the ledge already and they know my quirks.
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My mom, a couple good friends and HB!
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My mom and sister are amazing. I also have a great group of mommy friends I met after LO was born and I go to them a lot when I need support.
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HB!
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Def my mama friends and hB!
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3 places. My online mom friends group, Hellobee and Twitter!!
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Baby's not here yet, but my friends have been SUPER helpful with information/advice (not ass-vice, lol) and the like. I expect the same when the baby is here!
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@Rainbow Sprinkles: I voted for HB and Mom group for this reason:)
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I'm lucky to have a lot of friends and family with young kids, so they're all more than willing to listen and give advice. Luckily, no one's giving unwelcome advice!
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We don't have a lot of friends with babies, pretty much I'm the first out of my group of friends to have a kid, but my sister has three kids, my cousin has two, my aunt practically raised us, MIL had 4 kids so I have a lot of support when it comes to questions and needing some time for myself.
I also joined a parent's messaging board group and Hellobee is a great resource!
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Mainly from here - my parents stress me out more, so I try not to go to them too much. I also try to go to my friends, but none of them have a spirited child, so it tends to limit how much they can help me. So HB is my resource
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Parents, In Laws, my 2 sisters, my cousin, and my friend. I have an amazing support system1
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A big shout out to my mom group!!! You all ROCK and listen to me complain.
HB is awesome too. I would drive my husband crazy, I'm sure, w/o these two. -
My mom FOR SURE. And then maybe close friends. And of course HB!
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I voted for my mom & dad, my in-laws, hellobee and friends.
I have one friend in particular who is kind of my mom idol. I love her and I think she does an amazing job raising her children. She doesn't pretend like things are perfect but she deals with the imperfections the best way she knows how and I think that is totally admirable. I go to her for a lot of advice because I know she will be honest with me and she has the best intention of the child in mind.
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My close friends and hellobee. I love my mom and we have a great relationship but if I try to vent about issues we're having with M I ususally get a response that boils down to "suck it up".
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Mainly hellobee and my mommy friends...my other friends don't have kids and so don't really get a lot of the stuff we're dealing with. My mom, I do talk to, but I find that she gets more worked up about stuff than I do and isn't great about reassuring me when I'm worried/upset.
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My Mom is a big help, and my best friend some of the time. My friend desperately wants to have kids though, and is having trouble convincing her husband, so I don't always go to her because I don't want to rub it in that I have a child. HB is for sure a go to source.
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besides my sister, parents and hellobee, my biggest and greatest support are my mommy friends. soon after LO was born 8 weeks ago, i found myself in these long email exchanges with a bunch of my friends, and i reach out to them on a regular basis with all my questions. they're wonderful.
also, i've started more threads on the hellobee boards (didn't used to) and it's been so wonderful receiving people's input and support!
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