How do friendships change when one of you has a baby? Today I'm doing an old school YouTube collab with my friends Lucy Moon and Leena Norms to talk about whether our friendship has changed since I've had a baby (for good, bad, or otherwise) and how friendship dynamics change through the years Plus we dive into some of your questions about avoiding comparison, setting boundaries around hanging out with/without kids, and maintaining friendships across different life stages and busy life schedules! Obviously these are just our experiences navigating friendships but I'd love to hear some of yours in the comments too!

Lucy Moon:    / @lucymoon  
Leena Norms:    / @leenanorms  
Banging Book Club archive: https://play.acast.com/s/bangingbookclub

Why Our Friendship Can’t Survive Your Baby – The Cut: https://www.thecut.com/article/adult...
How to KidProof Your Friendship – Culture Study: https://annehelen.substack.com/p/how...

CHAPTERS
00:00 – Introduction and context
02:26 – Our experiences
10:22 – Do you find it amazing that you stayed friends as you got older?
14:24 – Do we assume childless friends don’t want to hang out with you + kid?
19:23 – Would you let your childless friend babysit your kid?
20:51 – How to have deep meaningful conversations instead of catchups?
24:29 – Navigating social life changes when your friends become parents
25:38 – Has Hannah having a baby changed your ideas about having kids?
26:57 – Any life choices you avoid discussing because of differences?
29:45 – How do you deal with comparing life stages?
30:48 – How do you stop constant comparison?
31:58 – Staying connected to a far away friend with a child
32:22 – Do dynamics change when you don’t like a friend’s partner
34:18 – Favourite part about having different lives from each other
35:28 – Fave part of seeing Hannah as a mum
37:46 – Favourite part of getting to hang out
40:32 – How can you tell if you’re being influenced by friends’ choices?
42:04 – Does Hannah feel isolated for having had kids?
45:15 – Setting boundaries when your kid is/isn’t invited
46:45 – Worrying about loneliness in old age without kids
48:32 – Maintaining friendship with busy schedules
51:17 – Wrapup

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