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I constantly get asked by parents, “what websites do you read?” and “as a parent, what websites should I read?” You all know that I read a ridiculous about of parenting websites, but I have a soft-spot for mom bloggers and wanted to do a great round-up of all of my (and my reader’s) favorite mom bloggers. Below are the reader submissions, reviews and some of each blog’s most popular articles. I am so pleased we got a huge variety of mom blogs submitted.
Stay tuned for best dad blogs, teen blogs and parenting websites. There are many great parenting websites that include mom blogs, I did not put them on here, do not fear, they will be considered in the 50 Best Parenting Websites post. You can email me your submissions at vvanpetten (at) rrules (dot) com.
(in no particular order!)
Momoirs
Mommy Blog.net
“She puts it all out there! Mistakes, jokes, touching moments and you really feel like you are not the only one who has crazy mom experiences. I LOVE HER BLOG”
Busy Mom
For all of you busy mommies, this is a blog for you!
My Mommy’s Place
“If you are searching for something - an answer, an idea, encouragement, or perhaps validation that you’re making the right mothering choices. If you’re like me, you are searching for ways to grow and be a better mother.”
The Bean Blog
Great Blog that covers a big age spread, 5-15, this mom has her hands full and has some great articles.
The Weary Parent
This a great site for teens and tweens with articles that straddle both groups and beyond!
Mother Thoughts
This is a personal favorite. A Jewish, writer, feminist, researcher, mom can only write a fun and humorous blog for parents.
CoffeeSoup
“She is so funny and very personal, which I think is necessary for a great blog on parenting” Check out an awesome article here.
Dooce
The. funniest. mom. blog. ever.
Adventures in Parenting
Katy has written a number of guest posts with me about teens online!
Suburban Turmoil
“Definitely not your main-stream mommy blog, very spunky and fun.”
Mama-Om
“Stacy writes about peaceful parenting in the midst of chaos… she includes kid cuteness, mama rants, and honest dealing with those less than stellar mom moments.”
Rock the World Blog
Family coach, Margit Crane who has written a guest post for me is awesome!
StimeyLand
An honest and funny look at a beautiful family dealing with Autism. A really nice blog.
Dirty Little Secret
Recently discovered this blog and was delighted by the funny and frequent posts, check out: From Bad to Worst.
Citymama
“A really sweet blog about everything from cooking to life”
The Mama Bird Diaries
“The mama bird diaries is a funny, unpredictable take on the sweet and maddening experience of motherhood. It’s honest and it’s smart (not in a “I know the capital of every state” kind of way) but in a clever way.”
MommyBlog
Lovely blog and I especially adore the great photos she includes of her family adventures.
Blog Networks
5 Minutes for Moms
Twin mommy bloggers! This is a mommy blog network for shopping, blogging and connecting.
Parenting-Blog
This is a community of moms and dads who blog about all issues for parenting, I like their variety of articles and the emphasis of parenting community.
The Mom Crowd
“My favorite mom blog is definitely the Mom Crowd, she is adorable, her kids are adorable and I really like her easy going attitude in her posts.”
Halushki
I really like this site! It’s funny and very candid with all different kinds of blog posts!
MomLogic
I love MomLogic and all of the great videos and articles they have for parents. Don’t visit when you are short on time, lots of resources!
Momsational!
(emoms at home)”This is a fantastic resource for moms and dads, thy have great news articles and Erika does a really good survey or parenting issues right now”
Amazing Moms
“I have graduated from the baby sites to Amazing Moms Blog and really enjoy their posts.”
Little Window Shop
“A great site for cute mama, kids, home, baby, and fashion stuff. The catch to this site is that everything highlighted is for about $35 or less, but still boutique-style cut!” I adore being stylish and spendthrift!
Mom Blogs with A Specific Passion
NetFamilyNews.org
Anne Collier writes this fantastic blog about updates for parents and families for the Internet. She is also the author of “MySpace Unraveled: A Parent’s Guide to Teen’s Social Networking”. I have been trying to interview her, but cannot get her to return an email! Still, this website is very informative.
Momocrats
Good blog for all of you political minded mommies!
Healthy Living Lounge
“Inspiration for Holistic Living” Carole Fogarty has a great blog and has written a guest post for me about bringing zen into your children’s lives.
Green Mom Finds
Love this, for moms and green sustainable living. They give really cool advice and find good products.
Calm Tech Coach
I love this site because so many people are overwhelmed by technology and this momma writes about how to balance life and not let technology stress you out.
Decoder
Awesome parent to parent blog that “breaks down teen culture, substance abuse and parenting” very good website for parents who are worried their kids are thinking about drugs.
Love Victory
Dr L.B Wish has a blog that covers all aspects of relationships and loving families, the message is great and her topics are varied.
Mombian
“Sustenance for Lesbian Moms” Dana Rudolph keeps current on many issues facing lesbian moms and write some fascinating articles for any parent.
Supernanny Rules
Gayla McCord keeps this blog with parenting advice and updates from the show. I like this blog and have emailed Gayla McCord numerous times to pay my compliments and never got a response = (, but I still like her blog anyway.
Mom-Blog
“As a mom of girls, I like her stories and advice, a must if you have girls”
Blonde Mom Blog
“I often read the Blonde Mom Blog and think it is really cute and informative–even for non-blonde-moms!” A great article is: Delusions of A Working Mom
Mindful Momma
“Mindful Momma is a great mom blog because she pushes green living, how to be conscious about the waste you are producing and pass those values onto your kids. Really a great message and great info.” Here is an article about why Mindful Momma lives and writes green.
Boston Mommas
“I live in the Boston Area and really like Boston Mommas but she has articles for everyone and they are really great!”
The Silent I
I love anything that talks about travel, Glennia Campbell has some great articles about travel and family.
Jen’s List
If you are a Los Angeles area mommy then this blog is for you. It is more her newsletter with literally the best resources–everything and anything having to do with Los Angeles Parenting/Family. It’s amazing she has enough time in the day.
General Mom Blogs
Tellin It Like It Is
“This is a blog about parenting children and teens, relationships, marriage, dating, divorce, abuse of all kinds, caring for elderly parents and much more.”
Intuitive Parenting
I love, love, love the message of Tara Paterson’s blog. She discusses how parents can really understand their children on a deeper level and has some great articles. Also check out her JustforMom site, which is also fabulous.
Love of Parenting
The few articles on the blog/site by Jen Dionne are wonderfully poignant.
Please Stop the Roller Coaster
Sue Blaney does an excellent job of combining realistic attitudes and loving advice on her parenting blog. I am always bookmarking her articles!
The DHX
A mom and a step-mom share their stories, love the angle and the insights!
Just Tell Me What To Say
“Sensible blog posts for perplexed parents” says it all. Betsy Brown keeps a very realistic and interesting blog for parents!
The Parenting Coach
“I am always astounded at the depth and helpful ways Barb tackles serious issues and makes them handle-able” Check out: How to Gain Respect From Your Teen.
Mom 101
“Quick, witty and one of my favorite blogs to read!” Check out her most popular article: The Sanctimommy.
Although I am not a mom, I will put my own in here because I think it is a great resource for moms!
I know this is a really long post, bookmark and save it for later. You never know when you will need a great travel blog for parents or a political blog for moms etc. Thank you so much for all of the email and comment submissions I got!
I truly believe the more information and resources you have, the better. People often ask me “Aren’t you afraid of the competition?” This is not about competing, any mom, dad, teen, teacher, person who has a positive message for teens and parents, I want to help/hear from you. Please feel free to continue to post your own submissions in the comments! And forward to any other mom bloggers to post about their sites.
Dream big, work hard and you will get there,
Vanessa Van Petten
PS- I am starting to take submissions for best dad blogs, best teen blogs, best websites for parents, best mom social networking sites and best Podcasts for Parents.
vvanpetten (at) rrules (dot) com
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1 Busy Mom // Mar 18, 2008 at 9:49 am
Thanks!!
2 The DHX: The Doughtie Houses Exchange » Blog Archive » We’re honored! // Mar 18, 2008 at 10:43 am
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3 Glennia // Mar 18, 2008 at 12:58 pm
Thanks! I’m honored to be in such wonderful company :)
4 Stimey // Mar 18, 2008 at 1:30 pm
I’m completely delighted to be on this list. Thank you so much!!
5 Amanda - The Mom Crowd // Mar 18, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Thank you for including us on your list and including our logo! I would also like to add that The Mom Crowd is written by 4 incredible moms who have a passion for encouraging and informing moms. Come by and check us out! :)
6 Katy // Mar 18, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Thank you for including me among other great moms!
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8 Mother Thoughts // Mar 18, 2008 at 3:30 pm
thanks so much, Vanessa! I’m so excited to be on a top 50 list!
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10 Lin // Mar 18, 2008 at 6:27 pm
Vanessa,
Thank you for this honor of being listed amongst your favorite mom blogs. I truly appreciate the approving nod.
11 Janice (5 Minutes for Mom) // Mar 18, 2008 at 11:51 pm
We are totally honored! What a fantastic resource - thank you so much for including us! :)
12 Vanessa // Mar 19, 2008 at 6:39 am
Have been getting some great submissions I just want to add down here, (if you submitted sites that I am not putting up, I am saving them for the next contests for best parenting site, dad blog etc)
Fun Baby Blog
http://www.babykicks.com/blog/
From a Mommy of Two and Civil Engineer (very cool)
http://civil3drocks.blogspot.com/
13 Michele // Mar 19, 2008 at 9:44 am
Thanks so much Vanessa! So exciting to be listed here with some of my favorite bloggers!
14 // Mar 19, 2008 at 6:53 pm
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15 Loralee // Mar 19, 2008 at 8:36 pm
If you are looking for good Dad blogs, you have to include dadgonemad.com.
Funniest dad blog on the planet.
16 50 Best Mom Blogs // Mar 19, 2008 at 9:21 pm
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17 melissa // Mar 20, 2008 at 7:04 am
I’m so glad I found your sight through 5 Minutes for Mom! I look forward to the insight you provide. My girls are pre-teen; however my husband and I help with our church youth group.
Great job!
18 Michelle Potter // Mar 20, 2008 at 7:42 am
Thanks for all the great links to check out! I’ll be busy all day!
However, I am really surprised that Mommy Life (http://mommylife.net/) is not on your list! Barbara Curtis is a mother of 12. Four of her sons have Down Syndrome, and three of those are adopted. (She had a son with DS and decided she wanted more!) She’s also a published author of books on parenting, politics, and Montessori techniques (written to regular moms), and has over 900 published articles in newspapers and magazines all over the country. Best of all, she’s very down-to-earth, not at all preachy. Just reading her blog feels like talking to your best friend — your very smart, experienced, well-spoken best friend!
You should REALLY check out Mommy Life (http://mommylife.net/).
19 Vanessa // Mar 20, 2008 at 9:37 am
Oh I will check it out! It was not submitted so I did not see it, oops. Well hopefully people will see it here. Maybe I will find some good articles and post them in my interesting articles of the week section, thanks for bringing to my attention!
Vanessa
20 Leslie @ My Mommy's Place // Mar 20, 2008 at 10:29 am
Thank you so much for including me! I’m honored. This is a great list. It means a lot to be a part of it. Thank you!
21 Jenny // Mar 20, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Cool. I’ll have to go through and check them all out. :)
22 Storm // Mar 21, 2008 at 5:29 am
Thanks for sharing such an awesome list.
23 Stephanie // Mar 21, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Thanks for listing your top 50! I read quite a few of them, but I’ll enjoy checking out the ones that are new to me.
24 Stephanie // Mar 21, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Here are few of my other favorite mom/parenting blogs for your consideration:
* Melissa Garrett - melissagarrett.wordpress.com
* A Mom in Red High Heels - amominredhighheels.com
* Adeventures in Babywearing - http://www.adventuresinbabywearing.com
* Musings of a Housewife - musingsofahousewife.typepad.com
* Goody Blog - http://www.goodyblog.com/playing_house
25 Tuni & G // Mar 22, 2008 at 8:32 am
Great list! checkout http://moms.alltop.com which has (supposedly!) all the top mom sites from the internet so you can add that to your list!
26 Tanya // Mar 22, 2008 at 8:46 am
Oh! thank you this is a great resource. Very thoughtful of you putting it together. Good job!
27 Tuni & G // Mar 22, 2008 at 10:48 am
Just a quick thought Vanessa, you should an addthis! (htp://www.addthis.com) bookmarking function to your posts so your readers can save/share with other people that might be interested.
28 Vanessa // Mar 22, 2008 at 3:44 pm
hey tuni
that is a good idea, I used to have one but it didn’t work right. thank you for the suggestion and thanks everyone for the nice comments!
29 Jerseygirl89 // Mar 26, 2008 at 5:15 am
Thank you so much! I am honored.
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31 Naturemom // Mar 27, 2008 at 6:23 pm
Great list!
32 Jamie @ BlondeMomBlog // Mar 28, 2008 at 10:59 am
Thanks so much Vanessa!
33 Tanya Krim // Mar 30, 2008 at 4:32 pm
I can’t wait to check these all out, Vanessa and I am dying to speak to you.
You might have just saved my sanity as my teen is driving me nuts! So… I need to share opinions and stuff with others in the same boat!
34 PunditMom // Mar 31, 2008 at 5:53 am
Thanks for including MOMocrats. If you like politics there, come on to my place, as well. I get all political there, too!
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36 Jozet at Halushki // Apr 2, 2008 at 10:46 pm
Thanks for including me!
I’ll be reciprocating soonly!
37 Michelle // Apr 9, 2008 at 11:53 am
Just wanted to say thanks for this list! I have met some great women through this list!
38 Vanessa Van Petten // Apr 9, 2008 at 12:13 pm
michelle-
oh thats so great! i am so glad you enjoyed the list. I am coming out with some more great lists for you, stay tuned
Vanessa
39 Rosebud Organics // Apr 25, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Thank you, those were great resources!
40 michelle // Apr 28, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Definitely some excellent choices on there! I have checked out all of those I had not seen before. I have to agree with the comment that http://www.adventuresinbabywearing.com deserves a nod as well.
Maybe next year I’ll make the list! ;-)
41 Niki :) // Apr 30, 2008 at 2:49 pm
If you’d like to list my blog, I have a wonderful MOM blog. I am a 36 y.o. mom of 4 kiddos. One is autistic. I also work f/t and quilt! I offer TONS of freebies on my blog. HUGS!http://www.nikisventures.blogspot.com
42 Vanessa // Apr 30, 2008 at 3:39 pm
niki your blog is adorable I love the craftiness, my mom and I did a lot of mommy daughter blogging through crafts
43 Genny // May 1, 2008 at 3:03 pm
Thanks for the great list. I’m new to the mom-blog world (about a month into it), learning a ton, and loving every minute of it.
Genny
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46 MOMS.PK // Jun 2, 2008 at 9:58 am
I have also started a blog for moms
it is http//www.moms.pk/
47 michellew // Jul 1, 2008 at 12:20 pm
Great list! Thanks for compiling it. The only thing missing is, well, me. ;)
48 Mom // Jul 1, 2008 at 8:57 pm
What a great list. I’ll have to check these out.
http://www.momstop.blogspot.com
49 Melissa // Jul 30, 2008 at 4:38 pm
Thanks for the list I hop you will check out my mommy ministry blog to help moms live frugal!
http://theconsumerqueen.blogspot.com/
50 Sadie Daniels // Aug 6, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Hi Vanessa:
I am not sure if you ever plan to update your list but I would love if you would consider me at some time in the future.
A little bit about me….My name is Sadie and I am a New York City Mama, raising two wildly spontaneous girls, married to a totally lovable un-spontaneous man. Roll us all together and it just works.
You can find me at http://www.heymamas.com, amusing myself and my family, with tales about my navigation through Life, Love, Marriage and Motherhood in New York City. I won’t tell all the stories, just the good ones.
Thanks Vanessa!!
51 momathome // Sep 3, 2008 at 9:43 pm
great info on your site.I am a mother of 2 and I enjoy your blogs.
52 Vanessa // Sep 3, 2008 at 9:55 pm
thank you for reading!
53 50 Best Mom Blogs | Teens Today with Vanessa Van Petten « My Other Mind // Sep 4, 2008 at 8:47 am
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54 Jennifer Oldroyd // Oct 3, 2008 at 9:43 pm
Hello! I run a little website for moms and I’ve recently discovered a great mom blogger. She’s real, down to earth and teaches you something about mothering. Let me know what you think:
http://www.ceomom.com/304/daybook
Have a great day!
Jennifer
ceoMom.com
55 Francine // Oct 3, 2008 at 11:51 pm
Powerful Inspirations book by Kathy Ireland,
For busy Moms out there, this is a great book.
Thank you kathy…..
Francine.
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