I grew up in a very small town where everyone in my family lived within a 10 mile radius. Needless to say my family was at every birthday party, around for every holiday, dance recital – you name it and they were there – mom, dad, grandmothers, aunts, uncles and cousins. When I decided to leave NC, I joined my one other Aunt who lives outside of that 10 mile radius. Combine that with marrying my husband from Baltimore and my family became a radius of several states and thousands of miles. When it came time for our first son to arrive – the first grandchild on both sides – I knew we needed to figure out a way to make those thousands of miles disappear. That is the day I joined the Mommy Blogging World!
Over the last three plus years I have blogged – in the voice of a 3 year old and most recently the addition of our 7 month old – on every topic you can imagine that deals with babies, toddlers and preschoolers.
Make a schedule
Since I work in PR I love a good spreadsheet! Now I don’t take the kids blogging that far but I do blog mostly on Sunday nights for the week ahead. This means some of the updates are a week old but no one really cares 
I do plan ahead for special occasions like birthdays and holidays so they hit on the right day.
Know your audience
My blog is for our family and friends and the grandparents love pictures. They like to read what the kids are doing as long as there is a picture to go with it! I learned the hard way that typing out paragraphs of what the kids are doing is not as effective as posting a picture. This has helped me take a lot more pictures that I would have before since if for nothing else it gives me a post for that week. So depending on who you are blogging for make the most of it for them and you.
Have some fun
Now that my son is a daily reason for me to ask “did he really say that!” I write myself emails of the things he says and does so I don’t forget. I can’t wait until he is old enough to look back at the things he has said and the outfits he has put together – Don’t think I don’t mention that in photos so one day I don’t hear: ” Mom I can’t believe you made me wear that!”
Save it
I am working now on taking the first three years of my son and making into a blog book so that he will always have it with him to look back on all the important (like walking and crawling) and not so important (like his favorite food as a 2 year old) milestones.
Blogging Tips from A Preschooler Pro:
I also thought you might find my 3 year old son’s tips for his baby sister interesting:
As I am now an expert blogger (over 2 1/2 years under my belt) I decided to give Sissy some tips on blogging
- The old people really like pictures! They get a little antsy if they go a few days without pictures.
- Blog often or you will lose your audience (really just get emails from the old people that they need some updates they won’t really go anywhere)
- No topic is off limits. I put warnings when I talk about poop but that is a major part of our life at this point so everyone should expect a little poop talk every now and then.
As we head into Mother’s Day weekend I hope all the Mommy’s out there – Bloggers and non-bloggers – have a wonderful day.
“A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.”
– Victor Hugo
