Seven and a half years in the past now, I began this weblog to speak about my being pregnant. As a result of, clearly I used to be the very first particular person to have a child (and right here’s my first ever submit!). I wrote about childbirth, the confusion and pleasure of the early child days and what occurred subsequent, after which in a while, my second being pregnant. Over time, two million individuals have learn my posts on all the pieces from issues they don’t let you know in NCT courses to why you shouldn’t cherish your kids’s summers.
And now, all these years down the road, my very first child on board simply turned seven (how?) and my youngest is 4 and beginning major faculty quickly (waaa). I don’t suppose we’re planning on any extra infants (one other story, for an additional time).
So bearing all that in thoughts, will I nonetheless write a weblog known as A Child on Board, and can I nonetheless write about parenting?
It’s one thing I’ve been fascinated about lots just lately. Particularly as life will get in the way in which and blogs collect mud. Like this one. Numerous individuals I do know who used to weblog, don’t. Heaps have modified path to jot down or vlog – brilliantly and efficiently – about different issues, like trend and houses and life and magnificence. Running a blog itself has dropped out of trend, usurped by different social networks, and Instagram.
There additionally appears to be an concept that the child days are all-consuming, and when you’re out of them you don’t actually write about *that* any extra, and want to maneuver on to produce other, non-parenting pursuits as a substitute.
Nonetheless, I’m nonetheless fascinated by being pregnant, fertility and motherhood.
And simply as you don’t cease being an individual when you may have kids, you don’t cease being a guardian as your kids cease being infants. In reality, there’s lots about parenting older kids – and the attitude you get in regards to the early days, particularly when you’ve clawed a little bit of sleep again – that’s not talked about, however remains to be massively related to so many individuals.
And though being a mom isn’t all I’m, it’s who I’m and what I do. Moms usually are not regarded effectively by society in some ways and for a lot of causes, and there’s nonetheless a lot to discover.
And most of all, I nonetheless love writing about something and all the pieces.
So, what are you able to count on?
A Child on Board will now be a weblog for folks, in and past the child bubble. Writing on the positioning will match loosely underneath 4 essential themes of being pregnant and parenting / mum life and magnificence / artistic household houses and interiors / London, and journey.
There’s heaps I received’t share about my very own kids as they become older (as annoying as all that un-used subject fodder is). However I nonetheless wish to write about life from the attitude of a guardian, so I’m going to writing about extra issues associated to, about and for folks and parenting.
And I’m holding my weblog identify. Which was picked to signify being pregnant, London and the motherhood journey, which by no means ends, so it’s going to nonetheless match.
In order that’s why I’m nonetheless speaking about parenting, what do you suppose? And thanks for getting on board, and coming alongside for the experience.