In search of the perfect blog.

January 19, 2010 3:40 PM

Looking for blogs that address a particular situation: Professional mother, stay at home dad. Some hints are inside.

It would be nice if it was written by both parties, but a blog from a single point of view is fine.
A mother who travels is a bonus, but not a requirement.
Preferably someone with much younger kids(less than one year) but an extensive archive that covers those years would be ok.
Doesn't necessarily need to be U.S. based, but English is a must.
More interested in the day to day aspects than in product reviews and the like.
Fairly frequently updated but it doesn't need to be every day.

Please note that the above does not all need to be met, if you've got one that fits the basic idea, feel free to pass it along as well.

posted by madajb to Human Relations (9 answers total)

What comes to mind right off the bat are probably popular enough that you're already reading them: Sweet Juniper, mostly written by the dad but the mother also contributes, and Cry It Out. In both cases the kids are older (preschoolish) now but these guys have been blogging since their kids were infants.

Honea Express is another good one, and Whit Honea contributes to the group blog DadCentric, which you might like.
posted by padraigin at 3:51 PM on January 19, 2010

You might want to check out the blog roll of Rebel Dad, which is filled with the blogs of stay at home dads.
posted by estlin at 3:52 PM on January 19, 2010

Say Daddy is one I like. He's a writer as well as a stay-at-home dad.
posted by Sidhedevil at 4:54 PM on January 19, 2010

Sweet Juniper.
posted by true at 4:57 PM on January 19, 2010

Oops, I wondered why it hadn't been posted already. Turns out I can't read.
posted by true at 4:58 PM on January 19, 2010

Looky, Daddy! But he closed it down in August. Well worth reading the archives though!
posted by barnone at 5:25 PM on January 19, 2010

Response by poster: Thanks for the Dad links.
Any professional moms out there blogging? As this is more for TheWife than me.
posted by madajb at 10:49 PM on January 19, 2010

The thing is, a mom with a job outside of the home, and who must travel extensively for her job, and who has young kids at home,...well, she really isn't going to have that much time for great blogging. She just isn't. There are TONS of mom blogs out there, and I'm sure if you cobble some of them together, you can get a cross-section of good experiences. But a travelling, professional, working, mom with young kids at home? She's not going to be writing epic blogs too. Maybe some little snippets but not the kind of prose you see above. That takes more time than it looks.
posted by barnone at 7:14 AM on January 20, 2010

It covers a lot of territory not necessarily related to the central issue, but this blog is written by a woman who works in IT, has young twins, and whose husband is a stay-at-home dad.
posted by newrambler at 2:35 PM on January 20, 2010