Mama Said
- No. of Kids: Two gorgeous boys – a baby and a toddler
- Current Location: Wellington
- What’s your blog all about? It’s my truth about parenting – honest, no bullshit. I believe in supporting mums no matter what. I’m also pretty snarky so some of my posts are just me ranting about things that annoy me!
- Why did you start blogging? My youngest was a few weeks old and I felt really isolated at home. I got sick of comments on Facebook that made me feel crap about myself so I wrote a post. The post was pretty popular so I figured I’d keep writing if people kept reading. I continue to write because it makes me feel less alone and I love meeting and connecting with mums from all around the world.
- What is your favourite part about blogging? Talking to other mums. I love making new friends – I learn so much from other mums. I feel really lucky to be part of such a wonderful community.
- How do you manage juggling family life with blogging? I don’t know! My husband knows that writing helps me stay sane so he often says – I’ll watch the kids if you want to write. I was a journalist in another life so I’m a fairly fast writer. I also write during the night because my youngest is a slow feeder.
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Any advice to new/other bloggers? I have two bits of advice:
a) Delete mean comments. This is your space. Don’t let people use your space to treat you or your other readers like shit. If a stranger came over for dinner and started attacking you or your other guests then surely you’d ask them to leave. I consider my blog to be like a dinner party. It’s my platform that I maintain and I want to protect myself and my readers from trolls. It’s a no-assholes zone.
b) Don’t rush to do things like self host or put up ads or things like that. I felt like I needed to hurry things and I made quite a few mistakes. If I was to do it over I would have just stayed on WordPress instead of making more work for myself by getting a new host and domain. -
Top 3 favourite posts from your blog?
Oh that’s hard! My post popular post is I am grateful now fuck off. I do love that post because it’s what started me blogging. It was my first ever post.
I am pretty fond of I cried in a pie shop I don’t know why.
And probably my most personal post you’d never know. -
Top 3 favourite blogs
BabyHappyPants – An incredible, amazing mum caring for twin boys one with serious health challenges on her own. She’s hilarious. Real. Honest. And her boys are so freaking cute I can’t even.
Sacraparental – A lovely blog about parenting from a Christian perspective. I’m not religious but I love the way Thalia writes.
Like Real Life – Abi and I became friends through my blog and I love the way she writes. She always tells the truth and that’s so important in “mummy” blogging.
