Online moms! ‘Birds of the same feather flock together’.

So, a good friend of mine, who’s also a first time mom (ftm) invited me to a bbm group of young wives/moms/moms to be, and I’m glad she did. We talk about anything and everything. Health, beauty, food, family life, in-laws, especially mothers in law (MIL), sex, spirituality, work issues, and general life issues. It has really been a blessing to know that you’re not alone in your problem or issues and you have friends and sisters that have your back. We pray, support, motivate, advise, encourage, rebuke, congratulate, celebrate and inspire each other.  Serious family issues are discussed; mother and child well-being matters and a whole lot of other matters are well dissected from different cultural, social, ethnic and religious angles.

I must mention that I also belong to a smaller group of moms, but this is on a larger scale and more ‘hard core’. Lol. (EP Moms, take note). Since joining this group of beautiful moms, (yes, beautiful because we've had a little get together few weeks back), I’ve learnt a couple of things, some of which can’t be shared here, lol. I even have a mentor there, she mentors me on a very important area…you can take a wild guess. Some topics that we’ve discussed include, how to manage helps, how to relate well with in-laws, food ideas for babies, how to celebrate or mark babies 1^st birthday, immunizations, and many others.

I don’t know if I’ll like for us to increase in number, cuz we’re presently almost 50. I always try to make sure I’m connected to the internet/ use my mobile data as often as I can, cuz if not, it can take almost an hour, if not more, to read up all the messages for the day. And trust me when I say there’s never a dull moment there. It’s a school on its own. We even have a class monitor. Lol.

I must also add that some have even found long lost 1st, 2^nd and even 5^th cousins, friends, former colleagues, ex boarding house bunk mates, so this is a mini Facebook oo.

At this junction, I’ll like to suggest that if you’re a young mom, (or you know someone who is) who’s sometimes as clueless as some of us are please join a support group or better still start one. You’ll be glad you did. And even if you already know so much as a young mom, others can learn from you and not make the same mistakes you made.

In conclusion, please remember that ‘Iron sharpenth iron’, ‘no man (woman) is an island’ and ‘birds of the same feathers flock together’. Have a lovely day!

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