How To Make New Mom Friends Using These Free Apps!

Making mom friends is important. After having a baby it is common for new moms to feel lonely. Even though you are with your baby 24/7 you still miss adult interaction and need a community. This is even more true for for stay at home moms, work from home moms, single moms, or moms who don’t have close family or other mom friends. It can be hard to make mom friends especially for introverts and moms who are new to motherhood.

Before having my daughter, I was shy and socially awkward and cared too much about what others thought of me. Like many Introverts, I would overthink everything I said and keep my mouth shut because I was afraid of offending people.

This actually pushed people away and I was lucky to still have the couple friends that I had.

In 2019 we moved from CA to Texas. I had no friends and the only person I knew was my sister in law and my realtor. I am so grateful that I started a network marketing business because I joined a supportive team of mom entrepreneurs who encouraged me to step out of my comfort zone. Working from home can be lonely and my team helped me build confidence in myself and showed me how to create new friendships, even at in the middle of the pandemic. 

Figuring out how to make friends as an adult can be difficult, but learning how to make MOM friends can seem even harder.

Finding mom friends and meeting mom friends isn’t easy. With that being said whether you’re a new mom, single mom, stay at home mom, working mom, a work from home mom, living in a new city or an introvert lacking social skills, I got you! Here are 5 simple ways to help you meet other moms and learn how to be a good friend so you can find your new BFFs!

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Stop Overthinking It

If you think you will never make new mom friends because you are too shy, too loud, too opinionated, or too socially awkward let me tell you, you are wrong!

Stop feeling sorry for yourself and stop lying to yourself. Step outside of your comfort zone. Being shy has only gotten you this far so try something different. 

Finding new mom friends is like dating. You want to be confident, let them do the talking, and definitely try not to seem too desperate. With that being said, just be yourself. Try not to overthink everything and just go for it. 

I learned some great ways to build confidence through my organization. Listen to self development books or podcast while you cook, clean, or workout, eat healthier and exercise so you have more energy, reduce stress, and feel better about your weight , and practice self care by using clean hair and skincare products that work.

My favorite self-development books at the moment are:

• You Are A Badass
• Get Over Your Damn Self
• How To Win Friends And Influence People

My favorite self development podcasts at the moment are:

• Mornings With Neno
• The Veronica Bay Show
• The Brendon Show

While you are working on your confidence and building your social skills try to figure out what kind of mom friends you want. Do you want to meet stay at home moms, working moms, crunchy moms, or breastfeeding moms? 

Once you decide what kind of mom friends you want you can start searching.

Make New Mom Friends on Instagram

Here are 3 simple ways you can use Instagram to make new mom friends:

• Hashtags
• Places
• People You May Know

#Hashtags

One way to make mom friends on instagram is by searching a keyword like #mombloggers , #crunchymoms , #veganmoms, #breastfeedingmoms or any hashtag that relates to the type of mom friend you want or can relate to. 

For example, when I moved to Houston I searched #houstonmoms and follow some moms that lived near by. I noticed one of them that I had been following for a while posted an IG story of her walking her baby at a local park. After telling her I love to go on walks to she invited me to meet up with her and now we are great friends and meet up for walks.

Places/ Locations

Another way to meet moms through Instagram is by search local places you like to go like restaurants, Coffeys shops. or parks and following other moms who go there. You can follow them on IG and let them know you love that place and maybe ask if she wants to meet up there.

People You May Know

When scrolling Instagram will show you people you may know follow the people you have something in common with and respond to their IG stories to get on their DMs and start a conversation. 

You can also go to your friends profiles and follow their followers that you may know or that may be your next bestie.

Here are my closest mom friends that I met through Instagram:

Facebook Moms Groups

If you only use Facebook to communicate with family and old friends now is the time to update your profile and join some Facebook moms groups.

There are so many FB moms groups out there find your local community moms groups first.

For example if you live is Dallas TX search Dallas moms group in Facebook search. If you live in an HOA community you can join your HOAs community Facebook group by typing the name of your  community. This is a great way to connect with moms in your neighborhood.

Some Mom Facebook groups have drama so I suggest joining smaller groups or groups that have moderators and strict guidelines.

While you are on Facebook go ahead and like my page for update and freebies! 

Meetups App for Moms

Meetups is a platform for finding and building local communities. Moms can use Meetup to meet local moms, learn new things, find support, get out of your comfort zone, and pursue your passions, together.

Moms use Meetups plan playdates, meetings, and events. Download the app on your phone and turn your notifications on for updates.

Peanut App For Moms

Peanut is like a dating app except for moms to meet other moms. After downloading the app on your phone you will create a profile and add your photos. You will swipe up or down to connect or pass based on other local moms profiles.

Once you and another mom choose to connect with each other you will have the option to communicate with them. Peanut even provide quick reply for those of you who are busy or don’t know how to start a conversation.

Peanut is a safe space for mothers, expectant mothers and those trying to conceive to build friendships, ask questions and find support.

Whether it’s understanding IVF, adoption, pregnancy, first years or nursery and beyond, Peanut is a place to connect with moms like you.

Moms Club For Local Stay At Home Moms

If you’re looking for other stay-at-home moms and want a wide variety of activities for you and your children, join your local moms club!

You will meet mom friends in your area and each chapter has a monthly meeting with an interesting speaker or topic for discussion.

Speakers can be anyone from a children’s librarian speaking about early reading, to a gardener talking about what grows well in your area, to a psychologist talking about child development, to the Superintendent of Schools talking about school choices in your community — whatever the moms are interested in, they can arrange a speaker for.

Let’s Be Friends!

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Comment below if any of these tips helped you make new mom friends!