MomblogsPersonal Journals by Mothers and Caregivers

Blogs provide mothers with an outlet and sense of community as they devote most of their time to raising their children. Others use blogs to document moments in the lives of their children.

11D

http://11d.typepad.com/blog/

Laura from 11D is very smart. She writes about current events as well as her children. She proves that parenting does not mean isolating oneself from events outside the family household.

Dooce.com

http://www.dooce.com/

Heather Armstrong's blog, called Dooce, was one of the first parenting blogs to develop a cult following among bloggers. There are many imitators, but no one writes about motherhood, child care, and the world around her with such humor and honesty. Heather bares all aspects of her life, exposing readers to her bouts of post-baby depression, twisted sense of humor, and her love for her daughter.

Catawampus

http://catawampus.typepad.com/catawampus/

The author of Catawampus is the mother of four children. She admits to being overwhelmed at times but remains a thoughtful and sensitive parent. For example, in 2005 she shared her awareness that a parent's tone of voice will eventually become the child's inner voice and the efforts she's now taken to make sure that her children internalize healthy messages from her. She admits that she is not perfect; she gets moody or forgets to watch her tone with her kids. But her goal, she says, is to ensure that the inner voice that she instills in her children is nurturing, kind, and supportive, not bitter, angry, or sarcastic.

Chookooloonks

http://www.chookooloonks.com/

Karen and her husband Marcus created the blog called Chookooloonks, a Trinidadian term of endearment for a child, to share news about their newly adopted daughter with family all over the world. But the site has attracted more readers than just their family and friends, mostly due to Karen's wonderful photographs of her family and her evocative tales about adjusting to a recent move from Houston to Trinidad, Karen's home country. Karen has wise things to say about the adoption process and regularly posts observations about her daughter's adoption. For example, one post is "Top Ten Annoying Things People Say to Adoptive Parents That, Even Though They Mean Well, Drive Adoptive Parents Up A Tree."

Crouching Mommy, Hidden Laundry

http://musingsofstressedoutmom.blogspot.com/

The mom who writes Crouching Mommy, Hidden Laundry loves pop culture and uses it to illustrate emotional points in her blog. She often posts lyrics to songs that reflect her current mood. Her site is almost a blog radio program with prose sections mixed with musical interludes.

DotMoms

http://roughdraft.typepad.com/dotmoms/

Dotmoms is an online collective for about 25 parents who blog. The site has links to more than 500 mom blogs and around 100 dad blogs. There are so many different tales of parental madness that it's hard to absorb it all in one sitting. You will have to return a few times to find gems such as Lori Jon's discovery that watching her daughter make her first girl friend brings back memories of her past friendships with other girls, or Elizabeth B's enjoyment at watching her young sons become friends.

Finslippy

http://finslippy.typepad.com/

Alice Bradley maintains a blog out of her apartment in Brooklyn, posting funny, bracingly honest stories about raising her son. Alice isn't afraid to tell it like it is when her toddler's screaming drives her crazy or vent while in a bad mood. As she told the New York Times earlier this year, "I'd be a lot angrier if I didn't do this."

Fussy.org

http://fussy.org/

Mrs. Kennedy writes the Fussy blog. She is the mother of one child and one dog. She blogs about the ordinary and the extraordinary equally well. Her matter-of-fact style is conversational and memorable. Her wry tone will make you laugh whether she's talking about watching her son dive into a water fountain trying to retrieve the coin he's just tossed or sharing tales of fitting her dog, who had just gone into heat, with a diaper garment with disastrous results.

Grrl Travels...Misadventures in Motherhood

http://blog.grrltravels.com/blog/

This is a blog about a family in the United States and their efforts to adopt a daughter from China. The family brought home their new daughter in September 2005.

The Mommy Blog

http://www.themommyblog.com/

Mindy started The Mommy Blog to keep her family informed about her three children. Baby Zone magazine says Mindy's blog "reads like a sarcastic Bridget Jones-meets-real-life-motherhood in the USA, imbued with humor, love and angst." The Mommy Blog is a great introduction into the world of parent blogs because Mindy posts recaps of what is happening on other parents' blogs. Mindy's style is chatty, and she has a way with inventive words. Her anecdotes are easy to relate to, such as a recent tale about going to a parent orientation at a new school for her middle child and discovering that he hadn't been enrolled there. "Holy Christ on a bagel," she writes. Luckily, Mindy sorted it all out and enrolled her child in a satellite school.

Mother in Chief

http://www.motherinchief.com/

Suzanne Galante writes her blog from the perspective of a mother trying to decide whether to return to work. She reflects on topics such as balancing a career and motherhood, how she's been affected by her own mother's attitude toward work and children, or the joys of discarding nursing bras after weaning a toddler.

Moxie

www.moxie.blogs.com

Moxie lives in Manhattan with her family. She calls her husband El Grande. El Chico is the name of her eldest son while her youngest son goes by the name of El Pequeño. Moxie has a knack for bringing the reader into her world, telling stories about fighting off mastitis, teaching her infant American Sign Language, or sympathizing with a friend who must endure a baby shower for another friend after having a miscarriage.

MUBAR

http://tomama.blogs.com/mubar/

Toronto writer and mother Jen Lawrence created the MUBAR (Mothered Up Beyond All Recognition) blog as an outlet to share her experiences conceiving a child through fertility treatments and struggling to overcome postpartum depression. Her blog isn't always so serious. She also writes about current events and celebrity gossip with wit and verve.

Suburban Bliss

http://www.suburbanbliss.net/

Melissa Summers shares tales about her husband and two children on Suburbanbliss.net. She has a dry sense of humor yet also writes moving stories about her children. She recently blogged about her amazement that her daughter now plays on the soccer team after struggles to correct the child's muscle development through physical therapy.

Smartypants

http://smartypants.diaryland.com/

This blog from Chicago attracted such a large following that a compilation of posts will be published as a book next year. The blog is hilarious and well-written. Who can resist Mimi's stories about her small daughter, Nora, who insists that her stuffed dog, Purple Dog, has magical healing powers and insists on placing the toy on her boo-boos.