Moms need to get out and connect without the kids once in awhile. I have found great enjoyment watching friendships grow and turn into something special. Our moms see each other away from the kids allowing these friendships to blossom. I've seen our working moms go back to work and turn to their momstown friends as caregivers to their children. I've seen pictures posted on Facebook of weekends away, vacations with moms, families who met through momstown. I've even seen dads meet and become friends through momstown events.
moms are what momstown is all about, we have a common goal keeping our families happy, healthy and safe and not losing ourselves while doing so. When I first opened momstown Georgina & East Gwillimbury I wanted to do something special for Mother's Day. To me Mother's Day in momstown should be just like Christmas is to our kids. I started hosting, planning, preparing and cooking for all the moms a Mother's Day pancake brunch. My husband and I have cooked over 200 pancakes some years but its so worth it just to see the smiles , conversation and relaxed moms. There is an excitement in the room for this event that I just can't explain. I always have the kids make a special take home gift and we try to have some pamper prizes as well.
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Yes my job is very rewarding and very busy! I am not the lonely person I once was with small children at home a husband away at work and missing the adult conversations I once had. I love my children more then anything but once in awhile you need to feel like you belong in the adult world too. I also found momstown and found my sanity.
Recently this testimonial was posted on our private message board and I wanted to share it cause it just seemed to cover the things we don't often talk about at momstown we just take it for granted.
As you get older, it is a lot harder to meet new people. For someone like me, it is almost impossible. I come from another province, so all my high school friends are in Quebec. Since I move to Keswick, all my Ontario friends are in The Greater Toronto area. Trying to organize a play date can take weeks. Until momstown, the only people I see on a regular basis are my family. After the second event I attended, I was hooked
Meeting others moms lead me to tape into the resource of the community. I registered the boys into free classes at a school nearby. I made new friends. I tried new restaurants that I might never have tried. I learned which businesses to use and which to avoid. I try new exercise classes. I make keepsakes that I would never be able to do it by myself.
My children are learning to socialize with other children. They are learning new things every week. Yes, it is true, I could have done that without momstown. But it would take months and I might have miss all the experiences. As the city and town grow bigger and as people will move further to buy houses or to work, you will have a child in a new community, you will start to feel isolated. For that first 12 months and more for the stay at home moms, all you have to look forward is when your partner comes home. With an updated schedule, you can choose what you want to do. You can go to one event or all events. You have a message board where you can ask anything. You have contests to enter, prizes to win at events. Great sponsored programs. And most of all, you get to have your sanity back, some nights I'm me and not just a mom.
Meeting others moms lead me to tape into the resource of the community. I registered the boys into free classes at a school nearby. I made new friends. I tried new restaurants that I might never have tried. I learned which businesses to use and which to avoid. I try new exercise classes. I make keepsakes that I would never be able to do it by myself.
My children are learning to socialize with other children. They are learning new things every week. Yes, it is true, I could have done that without momstown. But it would take months and I might have miss all the experiences. As the city and town grow bigger and as people will move further to buy houses or to work, you will have a child in a new community, you will start to feel isolated. For that first 12 months and more for the stay at home moms, all you have to look forward is when your partner comes home. With an updated schedule, you can choose what you want to do. You can go to one event or all events. You have a message board where you can ask anything. You have contests to enter, prizes to win at events. Great sponsored programs. And most of all, you get to have your sanity back, some nights I'm me and not just a mom.
Results found by researchers Diana Parry ,
PhD, Caitlin Mulcahy and Troy Glover, PhD were grouped into five categories on Online Social Networking Sites in Mothers’ Health.
Some of these categories were:
Matchmaking: The study showed that making friends as a new mom is challenging because so much time and energy is devoted to the kids. The role momstown plays in facilitating the development of friendships both online and in person between moms was shown to be a key factor in reducing feelings of isolation that many new parents face. 
Mental health support: It’s no secret that more than 80 percent of moms experience the “baby blues”, and about 20 percent develop postpartum depression (PPD). Through participating in momstown, members suffering from PPD were effortlessly able to find other mothers who they could count on for friendship and support. The connections at momstown also helped new moms move beyond surviving to thriving throughout their transition to motherhood.
Support for second- and third-time moms: There’s an expectation in our society that second- and third-time moms should be prepared and ready for every baby after their first. momstown knows every stage of parenting can be a challenge and therefore welcomes all moms with kids from zero to six and provides programs that cater to mixed-age groups.
I would like to bring more awareness to our programs for pregnant moms too. I know when I was pregnant I had questions and nowhere or nobody to ask. I can now offer those moms a private space 24/7 to ask away on our message board.
How about special guest speakers to help in decision making you may have? Most of all support with other pregnant moms before your babies are born?
Its free all you have to do is register here: http://georgina.momstown.ca/user/register
questions email: kim.edmiston@momstown.ca
And don't forget when you become a member of momstown for just $45.00 a year and no additional costs on regular programing you will also receive a one year subscription to Today's Parent for Free!!
Fees you may incur would include personal food costs, admission fees to parks, zoos, playgrounds etc. Any fees above and beyond regular programming. Please note we do our best to receive group discount pricing wherever possible.
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