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‘Our kids love
meeting up too!’
I set up my Instagram account about a year
ago as a way to document my son Oscar’s
childhood. I soon felt part of a lovely
community of mums. I was delighted
when one of them, Chelsea,
messaged me to ask if I lived MeganCagney,
in Manchester like her. After 25,asupply
discovering the local connection teacher,livesin
and that we have boys of roughly Manchesterwith
the same age, she’s now one of partnerLukeandson
my closest friends! Oscar,15months
We met “in real life” at the Baby
Show, and since then we catch up
every couple of weeks. The boys’ eyes
light up when they see each other. Chelsea
and I have met recently at a baby event, a
restaurant, and we even had beauty treatments
together (child-free, of course!).
Meanwhile, our online friendship has
continued too. Chelsea’s a nurse so if I have
any concerns about Oscar’s health she’s happy
to help. The other day I sent her a photo of
a rash Oscar had, and she put my mind at
rest, encouraging me to do the glass test to
rule out meningitis. I honestly don’t know Megan(left)and
what I’d do without Chelsea! Chelsea;friends
online–andinlife
Faye(right)and
Jessforgeda
friendshipvia
Instagram ‘We just clicked’
While being thrown into early
motherhood was amazing, it can
also be isolating and lonely. Seeing
the experiences of other mums on
Instagram made me realise that was
totally normal. The posts from one
mum in particular, Jess, caught my
eye, however. I messaged her
and realised we had loads in
Faye common, including our passion
Shearwood,35,a for travelling, photography,
stay-at-homemum, and breastfeeding.
livesinBuckswith Soon after, we arranged
partnerClintand
childrenEvelynRose, to meet up in person, and
10months,and we just clicked. Jess is
Beau,five creative, intelligent and has
a similar laid-back approach
to parenting as me. We’ve met
up with our kids at farm parks and
for walks, and I’ve even been to Jess’s
daughter Eliana’s birthday party. And
it’s all thanks to Instagram that we have
such a brilliant friendship!
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