Beige Mum Collective

Today I met up with a group of mums I’d never really met after posting in our local community page asking if anyone wanted to do coffee and a play date🫣

And I’m quite proud of myself.

After my first baby I never would’ve done something like this.
I was so anxious all the time and constantly worried about the screaming, vomiting, meltdowns, an overtired baby and feeling like everyone else was coping better than me.

I think people sometimes assume the mums who reach out or seem confident socially have always been that way.
But a lot of us are just slowly trying to rebuild ourselves after survival mode.
And making friends as an adult sucks.

Anyway,
This is your reminder that the people you think are confident are often just nervous people trying anyway 🤎
Here’s to making new mum friends ☕️

The Mother of All Totes quietly clocking into work every single day while I forget to post about her, but she’s part of the furniture 🤏🏼

Happy Mothers Day 🤎

Mother’s Day is coming and honestly… if one more person asks what we want, the answer is sleep.

But seeing as that’s unlikely, an oversized tee that understands the assignment will do.

The Always Tired Tee is restocked🤎

My deadline could move but it might just be the night the baby decides to string a 3 hour chunk together and I want to be able to sleep 💀

Anyone else blaming the full moon for the happenings in their house?

We are definitely surviving not thriving at the moment 🍸

I wish this existed when I had my babies.

Something like this would’ve saved me from even trying to get to a mother’s group.

The thought of loading a screaming baby into the car, not knowing if he’d vomit, cry the whole way, or send me into a full panic before we even got there…

I just didn’t go.

And I remember thinking I should be going.
That everyone else was probably doing it and coping better than I was.

Half the time it felt easier to stay home in the room of doom.

At least something online… you could show up from home.
And if it all felt like too much, you could just close the laptop and blame the s**t wifi 🥲
Not really how it works, but you know what I mean.

I got an email this week from a psychologist at the hospital I had my babies at asking me to share this group.

She works with mums through birth trauma, NICU stays, postpartum mental health… all the stuff we don’t talk about enough.

It’s an online group for mums who are feeling overwhelmed, isolated or just not okay.
Especially for rural mums who don’t have easy access to support.

If you know someone who might be interested, please send them the info.
No mums should feel alone 🤎

Two kids in and I’ve finally stopped trying to parent the baby I read about.

If any of this resonated, I would love your story - submit it to the Beige Mum Community Blog. You never know who might need to read it 🤎
Link in bio.

Refuse Sleep restock is live ⚡️

For the 5am toddlers ☕️
and the wide awake newborns at 2am 🥱

tees + rompers are up now