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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Tanis | The Redneck Mommy
When you hear of the Redneck Mommy, you might think deep South. But Tanis Miller is actually from Canada, where she blogs about a life sprinkled with both funny anecdotes and heartbreaking grief. Shortly after the death of one of her children, Miller turned to the internet to let out all of her feelings. And we’re glad she did.
The Redneck Mommy is a blog where anything goes, whether she’s telling us why she hates the grocery store or sharing the details of her family’s decision to adopt a severely disabled little boy after her son’s passing, to rallying for rights and acceptance for children who are “differently-abled,” as she puts it. If you’re in the need for a good laugh, a good cry, or both, Redneck Mommy is where to turn.
I think if I could only read one blog this would be it. Tanis is one of the best writers I’ve ever come across. Her work has left me both blinded by tears and speechless with laughter. We are very lucky she is willing to share her thoughts with us.
Hope you’ll like these upbeat, tuneful CDs for moms & kids by award-winning songwriters (one taught 20 years), & audio book. Kids’ CDs reviewed by SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL
http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/Gennaro
FOR KIDS up to 9 years old
1.BUBBLEBEE: SONGS FOR THE YOUNG AT HEART
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/bubblebee-songs-for-young/id134740209
2.TALE OF ALADDIN & BUBBLEBEE…
Audio book in rhyme-update of Aladdin legend
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-tale-aladdin-bubblebee/id259945498
3.BE A BUDDY, NOT A BULLY
“Positivity” and favorites from the other CDs
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/be-a-buddy-not-a-bully/id291765635
FOR MOMS Songs with popular girls names-good for parties:
4.NEW ROMANTIC LOVE SONGS FOR JESSICA, ASHLEY, EMILY, etc..
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/new-romantic-love-songs-for/id338387293
5. MORE NEW ROMANTIC SONGS FOR ANNA, AMBER, SHELBY, etc.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/more-new-romantic-songs-for/id338387816
6.GENNARO…FROM COOL TO HOT
Funny songs:”Politicians Polka;” “A Moose with Moxie” “Hub City Hop” (in a movie), and Love songs
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/gennaro-from-cool-to-hot/id5999824
Entertain and engage your kids in fun and funny word play. http://www.shortythedreamer.com
BTDT, that’s not redneck. That’s inletligence.Dick, you share ice cream with your dogs? Okay, that’s too much for me!Kathy, I like playing in boxes too.Poppy, does Georgie know how to put deodorant on you?Leanne, well, it’s like toast.Metalmom, air sandwiches are good.Sybil, that’s pretty rednecky!Stephanie, I think you win.Whall, it’s nice to pee in the backyard.Tiffany, not sure if that’s rednecky or just fashion blindness.Mik, works for me!Muskrat, I’m so confused.Redneck Mommy, you meant best fiend , right?