Comments on: Mommy Bloggers are Quitting

By: The WAHM’s Balancing Act: Re-Evaluating Your Blogging Priorities / Moms Against the Tide

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:46:58 +0000

[...] of the Green and Clean Mom Blog cut straight to the heart of the matter in her blog post Mommy Bloggers Are Quitting. One of her [...]

By: Bloggers Who Quit |

Bloggers Who Quit | — Tue, 05 May 2009 03:40:57 +0000

[...] Green And Clean Mom The author is urging mommy bloggers not to quit. She says, “Moms need to have a voice. We need each other. [Mommy blogs] inspire me and make me a better mom and person. They also are creating change, making a difference and advocating and this is POWERFUL. Moms, don’t quit, please. If you do one post a week and it is too much do one every two weeks. Find your groove and what will work for you but find that groove, take a break and figure out a new direction for your blog. If you’ve spent time creating a blog it is valuable online property. Would you leave an acre of land in the middle of development?” [...]

By: Work at Home

Work at Home — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:12:10 +0000

I was reading a few other blogs that led me to this blog, which is leading me to more blogs! Wow, can you believe it is dark outside already??

Seriously, yes, this is a hardship for all of us. We want to communicate, we want to help others, we want to patch boo-boos… this is what moms do. Moms also overschedule themselves. If it weren’t blogging, it would be on the phone, it would be so many other things to communicate, to help others, to patch boo-boos.

So, while we think about the fact that we are overburdened with so many tasks… all the other moms in the world before us were also overburdened, and their moms were too. So, the point of this comment is to say:

1. Communicate – it is good for you and for us
2. Help others – you are a good person for doing so
3. Patch BooBoos – we all need patches… and we all need you (and I am speaking not only to Sommer, but to ALL OF YOU)

The world needs mothers. Seriously. Honestly.

(ick – can you imagine the Internet without us?)

By: Multi-Tasking Mommy

Multi-Tasking Mommy — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:56:16 +0000

Hmmm…what an interesting post and very well written! You’ve given me a lot to ponder. Thank you!

From: Multi-Tasking Mommy a Mommy blogger who wished she had more time and a less cluttered multi-tasking mind to blog more often

Multi-Tasking Mommys last blog post..My First Day Away

By: Jaime

Jaime — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:51:22 +0000

WOW – What a great article. I am glad to see that I am not the only one who feels this way. I am a first time mom who stays at home and before my daughter I was addicted to blogging, but now I am trying to find the happy medium of motherhood and blog addict LOL… I now have the motivation to revamp what I was doing and make things work together – THANKS!!

By: Nell @ Casual Friday Every Day

Nell @ Casual Friday Every Day — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:44:19 +0000

If a Mom blogger came to me and asked my opinion about quitting, I’d tell them to just step back for a bit and see if you just need a break. A blogging vacay, if you will. Often I see Mom bloggers drop off the face of the web only to come back a few months later ready to rock and roll again. I was one of them! So I speak from experience.

I think many times we just need a break. And sure, you’ll still lose some of your audience, just like you would if you totally yanked your blog, but the difference is that ALL your writing and life and pictures and soul that you’ve poured into your blog will still be there when you get back. And if you take the break, see that you really don’t ever want to come back then so be it…close down the blog and move on. Sometimes blogging is just there for a season in our lives and it fills a purpose for that time.

Nell

By: Tara Burner

Tara Burner — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:38:11 +0000

Ironically while I’ve seen many quit or move on and I commented before about keeping balance, in the last few days I’ve installed (well my tech girl installed for me) 3 or 4 NEW blogs for me! LOL
I can’t help that I get an idea and go with it!
But it doesn’t mean that I have to be ‘blogged’ down (get it instead of bogged down…ok so I’m working on less sleep than normal)
I can still post whenever I want, as often or infrequent as I want and now have more ‘targeted’ blogs rather than all on one…
I’ll have to print up a ‘schedule’ of when I’m blogging and on where since some of them are themed for days of the week!
but it can be done..just have to do what works for YOU!

Tara Burners last blog post..Eco Tuesday: Going Tankless

By: Carrie Lauth

Carrie Lauth — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:06:06 +0000

Great post, and you inspired me to write an entire article in response! I think balance is different for everyone. If one mom finds that her blogging is a source of stress and is taking away from her other priorities, she can either set boundaries with it or quit. I have no criticism of that. Boundaries are hard to enforce though, so it really has to be a decision that we can back up with accountability. It's great to take a step back and revisit our purpose and goals when we started blogging, which is slightly different for everyone. Carrie Lauths last blog post..How Not To Quit Blogging

By: Green & Clean Mom

Green & Clean Mom — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 01:46:23 +0000

Thanks Trisha for commenting. I think you make a great point, it’s a way for you to be more social and that is great! I love how blogs, forums and social networking helps connect us.

By: trisha

trisha — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 01:35:03 +0000

Ill admit, its time consuming, but to be honest, my life is time consuming period. Before blogging, it was my business online (boutique), before my boutique, it was forums...there was always something. I simply am not good at going to mom groups and I have never had a friend I called up to just chat with BEFORE blogging. Blogging has actually given me a way TO be more interactive. As far as my family, we all just have to balance it together. But we use our blog for charity, for community, and for a way to share knowledge amongst each other, and I feel good about it. trisha momdot.com trishas last blog post..Pinked Out: The Stroller Hunt