Why people think Mommy bloggers suck

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January 09, 2009
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As a mommy blogger I have encountered a lot of people finding themselves surprised that they enjoy my blog. Usually they start the conversation with "I don't usually read mommy bloggers...." Why do bloggers without kids have a stigma about mommy bloggers?

The "OMG my baby is the cutest thing ever!" factor.

It seems that many moms only create a blog so that they can tell the world about their baby’s first spit bubble, first laugh, first solid poop. As a mom I can understand that these moments are precious, but for a reader without kids it really doesn’t matter to them. It would be like a single blogger writing about their fart after Taco Bell. It may have made the dog leave the room, but the rest of us don’t care.

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The Working Mom vs. Stay at Home Mom debate

This topic needs to be avoided at ALL COST. A mommy blogger will base her entire blog around justifying working/staying at home. She will tell you how hard it is to raise a kid all day/deal with work and have to handle a family. Neither side is wrong, but neither side is right either. The everyday equivalent? Put a Cubs’ fan and a White Sox’s fan in a room, then stand back and watch the fur fly. Once again though, does a childless person really care enough about this topic to keep coming back? Nope.
P.S. Don’t bring up work at home moms….we really hate them

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They tend to be a clique

You may try to stick it out with a mommy blogger because you see the potential of a good blogger in there. The problem is that other mommy bloggers find them and tell them how great they are and to keep up the good work. Mediocrity is enabled by other mommy bloggers. It’s a lost cause.

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Their lives are boring

Many mommy bloggers are like me and are stay-at-home-moms. Since many mommy bloggers aren’t alcoholics like me they tend to write about what happens in their day. This usually entails posts about their washer breaking, the mean lady at the grocery store, or about their favorite TV shows. It can be quite a snore fest.

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They get really worked up over breastfeeding

No really, go to a group of moms and tell them that you plan on giving your future babies formula. Rather quickly they will start foaming at the mouth and telling you that your babies will be ugly, sickly, and mentally handicapped. They will write at least once a week about a friend that decided to not breastfeed and how horrible this person is. For all of you childless readers this debate is the equivalent of comparing Miller Light vs. Bud Light. See, now you get it….

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: by apriltara 07/24/2009 Reply

I love the “clique” one! I really, REALLY don’t “get” how some of these Mom bloggers are ending up on lists like Top 50 Women of Social Media or whatever. They’re not that great. Yet they have legions of Mommies following them around, hanging on their every tweet….