Comments on: Highs and Lows of Parenting by: Krissy

By: Judy

Judy — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:46:37 +0000

I started my blog as an outlet too. A place to mull over tough times, various toddler developments or parenting issues that I'm interested in. Gives me a chance to reflect on the words or actions. In other words, its a thinking place for me and its always under construction. .-= Judy´s last blog ..Bilingual vs Monolingual Talking Milestone =-.

By: becky@oursweetpeas

becky@oursweetpeas — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:58:02 +0000

I think I am the half-full version but I try to throw some realism in there. I am glad that I am not the only one who has these days and that is part of why I love blogland. We can unite in the insanity of parenting
.-= becky@oursweetpeas´s last blog ..Organizing all the LITTLE toys that become a big problem =-.

By: erin

erin — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:47:49 +0000

I’m glad you included the “real” part of the story. Not that your riding outing wasn’t real, but one of the best things about the blogosphere for me has been finding all these other moms out there going through the same crap (in this case, literally) as I am! Coming from IF Blogland, I find it hard to use my blog to just gush over the joys of motherhood, instead I like to find the funny side of it all.

I hope you get to go riding again soon!!

By: Janel

Janel — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:57:31 +0000

I tend to blog mostly updates. So there’s good/bad and indifferent in there.
Initially I started blogging about my pregnancy to keep relatives and far flung friends up to date on the goings on. That evolved, and now that they’re born and growing (8 months! woohoo!) it’s a quick couple-minute escape and release of pent up emotions, some good, some bad.

I had stopped expecting to be pregnant (I was 35 when I got pregnant), and definitely didn’t expect twins, so sometimes the surreality of life with twins is beyond.

By: Mommy, Esq.

Mommy, Esq. — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:01:33 +0000

My blog is my outlet – good and bad. Lots of smiling pictures that make my words about whiney, fussy kids seem like lies. I’m not lying – just tired! What until you see the post I’ll do with the overnight with Penny in the hospital. Yes, thankfully (!) she’s not really sick but I can see what hell it would be for a parent of a kid who really is sick and in and out of hospitals.
.-= Mommy, Esq.´s last blog ..10 Months =-.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:22:30 +0000

I have to say, very positive renditions of parenting just make me depressed. Because I KNOW that my life is not so pretty. Fun, often. Tiring, always. But….also so freaking hard sometimes.

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:59:05 +0000

My blog started as an ode to my kids – their living scrapbook, so I tended to skew positive. I’ve been trying to get more real lately because, frankly, it’s MY blog and I need the outlet! But, I would still say the overall tone is sweet because I am not blogging in the moment, I’ve had a chance to step back, calm down and find the humor in some of the more horrible days by the time I sit down to type.

By: Rusted Sun

Rusted Sun — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:10:07 +0000

Yesterday someone left a comment on my blog saying that I make them want to have twins. I must be sugar-coating way too much.

Maybe because I have a hard time putting in to words the feeling of wanting to hide out in the laundry room with the washing machine running so that I can’t hear the whining. I also tend to not pull out the camera during those not so tender moments. So yes, my posts tend to be more sweet than bitter. The benefit of this is that during those times when I want to run away and join the circus rather than spend another day with my kids, I can look at our blog and remember that my kids really are pretty great.

By: LauraC

LauraC — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:06:11 +0000

I think I am a realist blogger, in that I do talk about the ups and downs of parenting. When I read overly sugarcoated blogs, I tend to not believe anything I read on them because no life is that perfect. And on the flip side, when I read overly negative blogs trying to always make each story sound over the top, I tend not to believe anything I read on them because life is not that crazy.

Overall I think parenting is a roller coaster. Most people blog about the highs and lows because the safe parts are not that interesting. I think the fun of blogging (and parenting) is finding the story within the safe part.

Then again, you don’t know me and you read my blog… do I sound negative or positive or real?
.-= LauraC´s last blog ..Dumb dumb dumb mommy =-.