National Blog Posting Month

OMG these people hate moms!

Not true... I just don't want to read about them, unless they're doing something amazing, like lifting a bus off junior with bizarre adrenaline rush. I see enough of my own kids, thank you. Anyways, just another excuse to get a bunch of otherwise-unrelated bloggers in a group for some link-love. Welcome!

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Permalink Reply by DaveX on November 14, 2007 at 9:51am: Mommyblogs are the new BLINK tag, 'nuff said.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Rebecca on November 18, 2007 at 12:46pm: The knitting bloggers have to have a meet-up and make a pair of socks, a cardigan, and a scarf or two while they slowly plot revenge. Then they have to draw it out on graph paper. Then someone has to say something critical about the plan and someone else has to leave in tears. Then May is the sheep and wool festival, so there'll have to be some time off for that. But eleven to fourteen months from now, you're going to be in deep trouble.

(I'm only kidding).

(Wait, no I'm not)

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Permalink Reply by Wide Lawns on November 15, 2007 at 5:55am: I don't want to read about them either, and I always wonder how so many of them get wildly popular. I don't hate them or anything either, and in fact, I love kids, but Mommy Blogs are pretty much all the same. I've checked out several and they actually make me not want to have kids sometimes because all they write about is all the problems their kids are having and how their kids are constantly puking or peeing themselves or something. Motherhood sounds horrible the way they write about it.

Now don't even get me started on the knitters. I met some in real life last weekend and have still not recovered.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by DaveX on November 15, 2007 at 6:42am: I've got kids, and yeah-- there's a lot of that. For me, if you're going to blog, write about something special. Bring something new to the table, or offer something of value. Runny-nosed kids covered in spaghetti sauce = boring!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Wide Lawns on November 15, 2007 at 7:31am: I agree. No matter what you write about always write about something special. Good advice Dave X.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by DaveX on November 15, 2007 at 7:39am: It comes naturally. In a past life, I was a fortune cookie.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Muddleman on November 15, 2007 at 5:50pm: It seems to me that the only mommyblogs that get wildly popular are the ones where the moms also happen to have something interesting to say unrelated to (or perhaps, something overarchingly insightful about) their having had kids. It's the shear volume of them (made abundantly clear by the Randomizer) that initially took me by surprise. But then I remembered the amount of time my wife spent around the house when we had little kids, and realized that if blogs had existed then, she'd have spent every free moment of the day blogging while the kids napped or watched Barney and Sesame Street. There's an army of stay at home moms with laptops out there.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by thesandbar on November 16, 2007 at 7:37am: you are right on.

the two blogs that i read that i would consider 'mommy blogs' (because they are primarily about their kids) also have plenty of interesting things to say that are non-kid-related, and the kid-related stuff is darn funny and witty. and the two that i read are pretty popular ones.

there are other blogs i read where the primary topic is something other than their kids, but they occasionally will throw in stuff about their kids.

i have no problem with mommy bloggers. if you want to start a blog, you can write about whatever the heck you want to. but i don't have to read it.

i'm with you, though, i had no idea that there were soooo many mommy blogs out there.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by DaveX on November 15, 2007 at 7:59am: Elizabeth? Something you wanted to say?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by DaveX on November 15, 2007 at 9:50pm: Liz-- You sound kind of prickly about this. I don't know much about your experience raising kids, but the bitterness is palpable, even in print. I don't think this is the message or attitude you're trying to send, is it? -- just something to chew on.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Elizabeth Coplan on November 16, 2007 at 8:58am: Sorry. I did not mean to sound prickly. My purpose was to show that there are all kinds of mommy bloggers. Readers of A Wild Ride are generally looking for help with their parenting and with their children. It's a different readership that those who visit traditional Mommy Bloggers. As their voice on the Web, I try to see life from their perspective. Have any of you seen the site or read the book Shut Up About Your Perfect Kid. It's the humorous side of what I am trying to say.; ▶ Reply to This