Femelist. Home. Military. Her Bad Mother. Free Birthday Treats - 2009 StartupNation Leading Moms in Business Competition. Robyn O'Brien: <i>Peaceful Revolution:</i> When Did It Get So Hard To Be A Mom? Since when did it get so hard to be a mom? Ten years ago, we didn't worry about sending a peanut butter and jelly sandwich into school with our children; we didn't medicate our eight year olds to get them through the school day; and the movie Rain Man was all we knew of autism. Today, it is estimated that 50 percent of Hispanic and African-American children will develop diabetes, that 1 in 90 boys has autism, and that 1 in 4 children has asthma. Pediatrics just reported that from 2002-2005, there was a 103 percent increase in diabetes medication for children, a 47 percent increase in asthma medication, a 41 percent increase in ADHD medication and a 15 percent increase in high cholesterol medicine.
How did our children get so sick? Did you know that food additives and dyes have been linked to asthma and ADHD? Did you know that insecticides have been engineered into our food supply? Did you know that there is a synthetic growth hormone was introduced into milk in 1994? Moms Know Best When Shopping Online. Jenandtonic.ca | Bloggin' for what ails ya. Sara Bozich: New website design. You may have already noticed (those of you viewing via your RSS reader want to click through today) that my blog has gone through a significant visual change. This upgrade is care of local web gurus, Mudbrick Creative. The Mudbrick team of Paul and Tyler worked with me to create a design and look that defined me and my blogging role in the Harrisburg community. I think what they've come up with is great. Sophisticated and stylish, with a gradient landscape of Harrisburg in the background, the look is easy on the eyes with just a hint of edge.
Please click through to read more about the update. The organization is one of my favorite upgrades. I'd like to give a big thanks to Mudbrick Creative for their vision, patience and hard work. I also want to give a big shout-out to Typepad.com and their team. Finally, thank you to YOU, readers. Liz Gumbinner.
In the advertising world, Liz Gumbinner is a creative director behind campaigns for brands like Mitsubishi, Old Navy, and Universal Studios. But online, she's better known for tracking down the cool stuff you haven't heard of yet, as the co-founder and editor of the cheeky shopping review website, CoolMomPicks.com. In less than two years, the site has gone from grassroots blog to legitimate business with mentions in Time, Advertising Age, and newspapers nationwide along with segments appearing on Alpha Mom TV.
It also struck a cord with parents and the press in late 2007 with the Cool Mom Picks Safer Toy Guide. In her myriad free time, Liz has also co-authored a humorous cookbook, is an in-demand parenting columnist, and occasionally updates her popular personal blog, Mom-101. Liz Gumbinner lives and works in Brooklyn (with frequent jaunts to LA) along with her partner Nate and their daughters Thalia and Sage. I love advertising; it's a wonderfully fun way to make a living. Pregnancy weigh-in time! Hooray! Hooray! Up until very recently, I would have told you that no pregnant woman should even own a scale. I can remember very little of the first year after each of my children were born, but I remember the dread with which I’d tiptoe onto that scale at the doctor’s office like it was yesterday.
But now that I’ve seen the hilarious designs by Wendy Gold at art de toilette, I’ve done a 180–I now believe every pregnant woman should have a scale provided it’s this bun in the oven scale. It’s not only pretty (and funny), it’s blissfully free of any sort of numbers. And that may save many a postpartum woman from unnecessary despair. 0Share. Great Idea: Packing List. With 850K Users In 2 Months, Circle Of Moms Comes Out Of Nowhere. It may seem like the last thing the web needs is another parenting website, but you wouldn’t know that by the impressive growth the new website CircleOfMoms.com chalked up over the past couple of months. The site, launched in October 2008, has already grown to over 850,000 registered users. Seventy-five percent of the users are US-based.
Circle of Moms is what you would expect from the name. It’s a community that lets moms connect with friends, talk about their kids, and join topical Q&A communities. Users have created over 1,000 such communities for topics like parents with toddlers, special needs children, and even recipe swapping. Many have tens of thousands of members. Brand advertisements, beginning next week, as well as affiliate revenue from gift purchases are the main modes of monetizing the site in the short run.
But the story doesn’t stop with a site that’s struck a chord with mothers; Circle of Moms has grown its user base with a unique multi-pronged approach. Links We Like | Mommy Track'd. The Mommy Blog™ | Adventures from the Wonderbelly of Motherhood™ Work It, Mom!