Mommy Blogging

First of all, thanks for all the great responses to Thursday’s blog on unmedicated births. It was eye opening for me, and I hope my friend can use your stories to make a decision on her first baby.

When I started this blog, I went into it with the intent to be candid about motherhood, my child and life in general. I’ve learned not to take it too personally when comments take jabs at my life, my opinion or my mothering skills because if there wasn’t some disagreement, then it wouldn’t be real.

I love that most of your comments show that you too get the idea that it’s not about being right or wrong, but about sharing your viewpoints so we can all get a more diverse picture of motherhood.

That’s what I love most about blogging as a mom, and I’m obviously not alone in this mommy blogosphere. Almost every mom I know has a blog of some type — some are hilarious, some are cheesy and some are just plain weird.

But whatever your style, kudos to all of you for adding to the dialogue about parenthood.

With this world of mommy blogging, however, come a lot of questions about safety and privacy. Should you post pictures of your children? Should you use their real names? How much personal information should you give about your life, your career, your husband?

And if you make money off your mommy blog (like I do), does that qualify as exploiting your children for cash?

What do you think — can you be too open on a blog? What are the limits of safety, privacy and decency?