The community of Aussie Mummy Bloggers is ever growing. I know I wouldn’t be aware of even half of the Aussie Mum Blogs that are out there, but this year already I have come across so many great blogs. Most of the 10 listed are new (less than 12 months) but if they are older, they are still new to me!
If you are a new Aussie Mum Blogger or know of one, please a url in the comments to your favourite post from that blog. On Friday I will then add all the links at the end of this post – it will make great weekend reading!
New Aussie Mummy Bloggers
It was hard to choose a favourite post from Sarah Kaye’s Home – so many of her posts have made me cry. I decide on “Welcome To Holland” as I thought it best summed up the current experience of this lovely family:
And for the rest of your life you will say “Yes, that’s where i was supposed to go. That’s what i planned.” And the pain of that will never, ever, ever, ever go away. And you must accept that pain because the loss of that dream is a very, very significant loss.
The Modern Family is written by Dr Bron who is a lecturer at ECU in Perth. Dr Bron runs a research program on various aspects of parenting and resilience. The first post I read on this blog was Stay at Home Mums Versus Employed Mums. It is without doubt the most balanced, articulate and well researched piece of writing I have read in the blogosphere on this topic. I really wish this post could get a run in main stream media:
Since the late 1990s in Australia, women have been pressured to have children through industrial, welfare, childcare, taxation and legal changes, but they are still without paid maternity leave, which ultimately limits women’s options. However, both working mothers (who are seen to neglect their children) and stay-at-home mothers (‘just a mother’) fail in their roles; stay-at-home mothers have lower status, but stand on higher moral ground than working mothers. The term ‘working mother’ is a double edged sword; it implies that childcare is not work, and its use as a derogatory term implies neglect of maternal duties.
And on a very different Mummy Blogging topic, we have Fox in Flats. I have always loved pig tails and do occasionally still wear them (even if it is just in the house). Andrea however has now given me full permission to wear them outside with this post 5 pigtail hairstyles you can wear without being confused for your daughter.
Alice Becomes has two bloggers behind it Gill and Nic. These two lovely ladies from Margaret River have a warm and engaging blog. A recent favourite for me is Effortless Doing versus Bisy Backson
Basically a Bisy Backson confuses busyness with getting things done. The phrase running round like a headless chook springs to mind.
I am an accomplished Bisy Backson. I am really really good at rushing around doing not much at all.
Busy being terribly busy doesn’t get much done. So, for this Tuesday’s Organisation Update? Simply, I am doing less
The Happy Home is written by Belinda Graham is a freelance writer for Real Living, Shop 4 kids and other mags. I have to say though I love her blog because it always looks so pretty! Like this post finally: imogen’s nursery corner, my babies never had a room quite so special!
Sonia from Light Shade of Green is another lovely Melbourne Mum Blogger and one I have had the pleasure to meet. Sonia blogs about enriching family life through simple living and simple pleasures. She posts lots of great recipes and tips on food like in this post Kids and Nutrition:
I’ve made it a point to teach my kids how important colour is in their meals.
Orange is good, red is better, green is best.
I could relate only to well to this post from City Hippy Farm Girl – Taunting newspapers and Banana Oat Bars
I love reading the Saturday paper, but sometimes I simply have to just not buy it. The pressure to read the thing is too much. Who needs that kind of added pressure? A pile of papers slowly mounting up on the table, taunting me in its silence. If the paper could talk I’m sure it would be whispering.
You haven’t read me yet, have you…
I’m still here…you’ve walked by again and I’m still neatly folded.
Come on now, it’s nearly Friday, and I’m still very much unread…
You know what tomorrow is don’t you…paper day, again.
Martine is also from Melbourne and blogs about surviving and even thriving in the modern world of parenting. Her blog The Modern Parent covers many of the harder issues of family life like Equality is not always the answer. Why we cant always be fair…:
It is for this reason that we must continue to develop in our children the skills and resilient coping strategies to ‘move on’, even when the world seems to be ‘ganging up on them’ and refusing to play fair.
Frog, Goose and Bear is full of wonderful and inspiring ideas. I love this one – DIY Bubblebath – from Emma
Blogger Caz Makepeace has been travel blogging for sometime, but has recently started a mummy blog. As Aussie Mummy Blogging grows, so do the “awards” and I think this post is Lessons From Not Winning gives fabulous perspective on a very thorny blogging issue.
I also really don’t like having to adhere to a set of rules. I don’t like the pressure that comes from having to write or act in a certain way and the further the competition ran the more cynical I became about the real winners- Ford- and all that free promotion they were getting. I really liked the way Maxabella Loves approached her entry post, and I wished I did the same.
I don’t like competing against others. I believe more in co-operation than competition. I think there is room for everyone at the top and we can help each other get there. This gives me more satisfaction.
Keep an eye out for later in June for a great guest post from Caz – Mojito Mother on Planning With Kids.
So as I said earlier, feel free to leave the url of a great post from a new Aussie Mummy Blogger and I will update the post on Friday, so it is easy for everyone to visit them. Thanks, Nic!
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Thanks for the suggestions! Here are some more new Aussie Mummy Bloggers you might like to check out:
- True Inner Nature – A journey raising kids
- A Little Space Like Home – A house is made of walls and beams, a home is built with love and dreams
- Great Balancing Act – Join me as I attempt to keep my balance on the wobbly tightrope of family, work, study, housework (a domestic goddess I’m not) and that ever elusive ‘me-time’.
- Porter Reporter – Only a couple of days old!
- Allergy Fun – Living with Multiple Food Anaphylaxis and Allergies
- The Lavender Experiment - on this journey into the simpler life. Let me also be your cautionary tale. For “simpler” is in the eye of the beholder.
- Sydney Mum – Inspiring Women + Other Good Things
- Busy Brissy Mum – Fun with my kids at home and out ‘n’ about in Brisbane
- Autistic Children Blog – A blog about raising an autistic child
- Mum’s gone 2 Aus – Help for mums moving to Australia
- Seana Smith – In Sydney with Kids
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Great list, Nic – I’ve seen a few of those but will have to visit the others!
Love finding some fresh content for my ever growing google reader!
Love finding new Bloggers! Thanks for sharing this list!
Me too. Trying to get out and about a bit more in bloggy land now the book is out in the world.
Some great new blogs for me to explore there – thanks! Thanks so much for the shout out too!
A pleasure!
Wow! Thanks so much for including me and sharing some new blogs for me to check out. These all look great.
You are welcome. Think it is great you are such an active and helpful member of the Aussie Mum blogging community.
Thank you for including me in this list! There are some blogs I haven’t seen and am off to explore. I’m a big fan of Emma’s blog too.
Glad you can check out some new ones too!
Thanks heaps for these Nic, I’ll work my way through them this week
I go through patches whee I don’t read anything new – always nice to freshen it up and get some different perspectives.
another great local blogger s a friend of mine, two little girls at our school, hers i really worth checking out, very inspring…..
http://www.trueinnernature.blogspot.com
It is a gorgeous blog. Love the Helen Keller quote in her current post:
“security is mostly a superstition – life is either a daring adventure, or nothing”.
Thanks for the tip off!
Thanks for the mention and the lovely compliment. I’m quite the novice (as you will no doubt see) when it comes to blogging but am gradually finding it a nice way to create a central repository for my freelance writing for parenting magazines. Really appreciate you ‘sharing the love’ via your amazing award-winning blog!
Thanks so much for the mention, and have loved discovering some new blogs too!
Thanks so much for the write up, the compliments, the promo – everything! I’m just running off to do a school run, but promise I’ll be back to have a look at these other blogs, too! And to link on Facebook……
Thanks so much for this list. I have spent a wonderfully enjoyable hour getting to know these new websites while my kids are having their afternoon nap. A much nicer way to spend my time than the housework that I had planned to do!
So love ‘alice becomes’ and ‘frog goose and bear’ the others are new to me too! Will have to have a squizz! A couple of new ones I’ve come across (and who happened to be on my MS walk/run team) are
http://alittlespacelikehome.blogspot.com/
http://greatbalancingact-blog.blogspot.com/
and brand new as of yesterday!!!:
http://porterreporter81.blogspot.com
xxxCate
My Aussie friend has written a blog about her journey with her 2yo who was diagnosed as Anaphylaxis to milk, eggs, peanuts, all tree nuts, oats, sesame, shellfish and wheat at the age of 9 months. She’s an amazing woman and writes about tips, recipes, Australian snacks as well as the emotional side of it all too. Im sure she would love to hear from more people also travelling this journey, so please leave a post if you visit
http://allergyfun.blogspot.com/2011/02/massage-peril.html
I should also mention, that I’ve recently found your blog when lookin for a menu planner template – I’m enjoying your posts and looking forward to reading your book
thanks for taking the time to write!
oh i love finding new mummy blogs. I love Emma’s blog (FGB) and I’ve meet her too – we started blogging around the same time, and both found such a lovely bloggy community!
Oh the boys are now in bed asleep so I will check them out!! I have discovered a ton of new to me blogs lately and am enjoying keeping up with them when I find the time.
Thanks for posting the list. I am a sucker for list posts in general!
I love reading Fox in Flats and Mojito Mother – thanks for the other suggestions!
Sorry forgot to link to some posts!
This is my most read post: http://lavenderexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/03/imagine.html
And this is one of my favourite kids activity posts: http://lavenderexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/05/play-time-bubble-painting.html
Thank you so much for adding us to your list! And thanks for sharing some amazing new mummy blogs to check out. I especially enjoyed reading The Modern Family and Dr Bron’s research into Motherhood.
Thank you for your support of Alice Becomes!
I blog about my family’s new life in Australia (we moved from the UK just over a year ago) and love reading Aussie Mummy blogs; I learn so much from them about all aspects of Australian life and parenting.
I enjoy reading Sydney Mum: http://sydneymum.wordpress.com/ The interviews with Sydney based mums are inspiring. I also like Park Love to check out new parks to visit in Sydney.
I recently discovered Busy Brissy Mum: http://www.busybrissymum.blogspot.com/
I’m keen to read more blogs from mums throughout Australia as my life has been quite Sydney-centric since we arrived. Your list has provided me with plenty more reading – thank you!
A terrific list and I’m proud that I’ve been following many of these blogs for some time now. Frog Goose Bear and Alice Becomes are two absolute favourites for me.
I read Mojito Mum’s post and thought it contained wonderful perspective. x
Here’s a blog by a friend and writer to my zine about life with her autistic child
http://autisticchildren.com.au/
Thanx heaps for the mention. So happy that you like my blog. I would’ve loved to meet with you at Chermside but unfortunately that’s a really busy day for me. Good Luck.
So many great blogs. Can’t wait til I have a chance to explore them. Although there has to be some end in sight to my favourite reading list!
Hi, I’ve been loking forward to having a good wee block of time to look at this post and then going off to look at some of the blogs, some new to me and others a re old friends. Today it’s an unexpected pleasure as Paul has taken the twins off for the day – house is so, so quiet!
Here’s a post I wrote listing the top fenced playgrounds in northern Sydney; mums of toddlers, special needs kids etc really love their fenced playgrounds!
http://www.seanasmith.com/sydneys-best-fenced-playgrounds-north/
That was a lovely surprise! Thank you for adding me to your list and am super happy to be discovered
Looks like I have some reading to do as well as I only know half that list. So many wonderful blogs to discover…
I’m so thrilled you have mentioned Sydney Mum – thanks! I love your site too.
Looking forward to visiting these blogs, look great:)
I recently found your site and have been enjoying ‘getting to know’ you. I’ve been blogging for a couple of years now and had no idea so many Aussie mums blogged, great:) btw I blog at http://sevenlittleaustralians.blogspot.com/ about life with a large family, country living, home education and owner building. If you are looking for more Aust. home-ed blogs I have lots linked on my sidebar.