Top 50 Mom Blogs, 2010
Babble's inaugural Top 50 Mom Blogger list began by saying that "mom bloggers make a difference." Well, it's 2010 now, and you'd have to be under a parenting stone not to know that already. Not only do they make "a" difference, but for many moms in cities and towns and burbs nationwide they make the difference, providing information, LOLs, "I've-been-there-sister" reassurance, and perhaps more than anything, the camaraderie that helps get you through the long, breakfast-till-you-put-them-down day.
As a collective, mom bloggers have given the previously too closed, too private, too go-through-it-alone experience of motherhood a voice. And does that voice travel! From major media figures including Lisa Belkin of the New York Times blog Motherlode to ma-without-pop operations such as Bacon Is My Enemy, these virtual sisters are broadcasting their real-mom experiences loud and clear.
And we couldn't be more happy to help them be heard. So for this year's Top 50, we had a group of mom blogger/parenting experts make their choices, then we dug over the data and compiled the 50 mom bloggers you should be following for 2010.
It was tough to trim it to 50, but that's where you come in. Please, please, nominate your favorites, too! Let the world know just how many and how great the mom bloggers out there are. We're all one big community, and the better we know each other, the more we all benefit. Look for your nominations on our 2011 list next year and, in the meantime, read, write, and link up. We're all in it together!
- The Babble Editors
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Alice Bradley | Finslippy
Known for her hysterical rants and sharp writing style, Alice Bradley’s Finslippy is a text-heavy blog that makes even the most ordinary aspects of motherhood riveting. A member of last year’s Top 50 list, Bradley’s son Henry is one of the main focuses of her blog, providing a lot of the fodder for her posts. Finslippy’s audience appreciates that she has no fear about saying what most moms are thinking: One of our favorite recent posts details her attempt – and failure – to organize her life.
In addition to her wildly popular personal blog, Bradley co-authors (with Eden Kennedy of fussy.org) the informational Let’s Panic About Babies, which has recently become a book. Together the women share irreverent and hilarious advice, like how to keep your baby from acting like its father. Success seems to follow her around, and there’s no wonder why this favorite mom blogger keeps ‘em coming back.
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