Maintaining Friendships

As a new 20-something Mom, I am completely enjoying every moment with my daughter, who is now 7 months. I’ve been blessed to be able to stay home with her and witness all of her firsts. It amazes me how quickly she is growing… it seems like she was just born yesterday.

I  was always a very social person. I considered myself to be a life of the party, go out and have a good time kind of girl. I had a bunch of friends and loved being around other people- whether it was just an informal get together, a trip to an amusement park or a trip to the mall.

Since becoming a mom, though, I have found it very difficult to maintain those connections that I had with my many friends. None of my friends have children and only some of them are married and I realize that my daughter consumes most of my time, so sitting on the phone chatting is not something that I have time to do often… but I have managed to find a way to type with one hand and hold my daughter with the other and so even a random email would do. I find myself obsessed with checking my Facebook and going on Twitter to see what everyone else in the world is doing because besides my husband, whom I adore, I have no one else to share these things with.

Why is it that the communication decreases between old friends once children come in the picture? I’ve been told by one friend that they figured I was too busy spending time with my family to talk. Is that it? Do people not want to interrupt your family time?

Please!! Interrupt!! I spend all day with my daughter- it doesn’t matter if I’m watching her or cleaning house, any interruption is welcomed. I still want to hear from you. I still love chatting it up and knowing what’s going on in the outside world! You start to talk to yourself after a while (when you stay home all day) so call me! Let me hear someone else’s voice besides my own.

Has anyone else found it hard to maintain the friendships that you valued oh-so much since becoming a Mom?

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