I feel like making friends as an adult is hard in general. It becomes increasingly harder when you have a baby. Making friends as a new mom is REALLY hard! When I had Liam I remember thinking “oh making friends will be so easy now that I have a baby.” WRONG! It’s so hard. You feel so isolated with a newborn and you are so needing that adult interaction. I was so excited when I joined a local moms group on Facebook and also when I found Peanut.
Peanut is an amazing app (think Tinder for mommas) where you can find moms close to you with kids similar ages and things you have in common. I actually met one of my best mom friends through Peanut. Our babies are about 6 months apart in age and we live all of 5 minutes from each other. We have tons in common but probably wouldn’t have met otherwise.
Once we connected on Peanut we quickly became walking buddies. We walked and chatted with our babies and coffee in tow, and it was honestly like we had known each other for years. This quickly became a friend I could text for advice and vise versa. It’s been so helpful as a new mom to have an app like Peanut because when your babies aren’t in school yet how else do you meet moms?
I love that with Peanut you can select different “packs” to describe yourself “wine time” “powered by caffeine” “mom boss” “sleep deprived” and “routine queen” etc. This is a great way to find other moms with similar interests. You can also see if a mom stays at home, works full-time, etc.
I am so grateful there is an app like Peanut where I can find other moms to hang with, and playmates for Liam!
I hear ya! All my closest friends are friends I’ve had since elementary school. I have very few who I met as an adult. I’m not a mom though Peanut sounds like a great app!
I am definitely going to have to check out this app! Motherhood can be SO lonely, especially if a good chunk of your friends are childless. I agree that making friends as an adult is hard on it’s own, but when you’re a stay at home mom it’s even harder. I’d love to have someone who could stop by for some chit-chat while the kids play!
What an awesome concept! I will admit, I struggle to make mom friends and tend to keep my inner circle extremely small. I can see an app like this allowing me to open up and feel more comfortable.
Sounds like a cool app! I wish there was something similar here in Norway.. I have had trouble making my own friends as just about everyone knows my husband but I have made a few.
This is so cool!!! I know when I left school and moved to a new town for a job, I was really confused about how people were supposed to make new friends. I hope Peanut is around when Joey and I start trying to have kids!
Peanut is such a cute name. It sounds like a great app to connect moms in the same stages of life!
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I hear ya! All my closest friends are friends I’ve had since elementary school. I have very few who I met as an adult. I’m not a mom though Peanut sounds like a great app!
I am definitely going to have to check out this app! Motherhood can be SO lonely, especially if a good chunk of your friends are childless. I agree that making friends as an adult is hard on it’s own, but when you’re a stay at home mom it’s even harder. I’d love to have someone who could stop by for some chit-chat while the kids play!
Ah l love this! Making friends as mom is so so hard- I suck at playgroups so this is perfect
What an awesome concept! I will admit, I struggle to make mom friends and tend to keep my inner circle extremely small. I can see an app like this allowing me to open up and feel more comfortable.
I remember this but we did not have smart phones. I would see moms walking in the neighborhood with strollers and sort of stalk them.
This is awesome. It’s definitely nice being able to talk to other people experiencing similar things. I’m glad this can bring moms together.
I’ll have to check this app out, I’m pregnant with my first and don’t know a lot of other moms in our small town.
Boy this would have been useful after my son was born. I remember feeling like “I need girlfriends!” and it is hard as an adult – a busy adult.
I am a completely introverted person in general. I have made a few mom acquaintances at meet-ups for my kids. This sounds like a great app!
Oh wow I have never heard of this! Very cool!
Sounds like a cool app! I wish there was something similar here in Norway.. I have had trouble making my own friends as just about everyone knows my husband but I have made a few.
This is so cool!!! I know when I left school and moved to a new town for a job, I was really confused about how people were supposed to make new friends. I hope Peanut is around when Joey and I start trying to have kids!
Ooooo I will have to check this app out! I have like zero mom friends lol… it gets pretty lonely
Making friends as a new mom is so important while you are adjusting to motherhood. I didn’t have the chance to do that when I was a first time mom