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If you're a stay-at-home or a work-at-home mum or dad you'll know that it's always pleasant to read well-written blogs by others in similar situations. There's something in the solidarity - knowing it's not just you dealing with an eclectic mix of clients and walls covered in spaghetti. Somehow this knowledge can help ease the stress of parenthood and relax you with the knowledge that you're not the only one.
Parenting can be quite isolating at times, since you're often stuck at home while kids sleep. So the Internet is the ideal way to quickly reach the rest of the world and regain some much-needed laughs and perspective.
Dooce
Dooce is, well, Dooce. There's an extreme personality lurking behind this blog and if it's not for you you'll know within seconds of arriving on the site. But those who love Dooce find themselves strangely addicted. There's a reason this blog is still massively popular 10 years down the track and I'm certain that's more to do with the personality than the poop. And really, there's a lot of poop.
As far as the blog itself goes, Heather is a professional blogger and mum living in a regular household of chaos and making sure the gory details are laughed at by more than just the people within her home.
Note I managed to find a screenshot which didn't involve any mention of poop. I hope you're proud.
Theta Mom
Not the alpha mum, or the beta mum. Theta Mom is a blog for those who come a little further down the super-mum ranks and can honestly think of more than a few recent screw-ups to prove their position. In other words, it's for most of us. This blog is all about balancing work and parenting roles, offering plenty of sound advice and a few funny anecdotes. It's built a community to support working parents and allows members to write the occasional guest post for the blog.
Baby Rabies
Baby Rabies is purely a stay-at-home-mum blog at the moment, but that's not to say it's not as valuable as the working parent perspectives. The writer is a 30-year-old mother of two who writes in a candid, often hilarious style about her new life as a mother. She's the sort of person who used to be a career woman who loved her heels and Starbucks, but got an incurable bout of Baby Rabies and wound up mothering.
Mushbrain
Mushbrain describes itself and the mental state of the writer and readers perfectly in one completely invented word. It's all about the craziness of life, motherhood and the strange things you find yourself doing. Occasionally mentioning the horrible bits of parenting you wish you'd never experienced, this blog mainly laughs at how different parenting looks from the parent's side of the picture.
Dagmar's Momsense
Dagmar's Momsense is all about parenting from a frugal, green and generally sensible perspective. Dagmar rants about everyday parenting issues, such as balancing work and family. She's a little opinionated at times, but if you're open minded it can serve to enlighten you of new perspectives.
GeekDad
Wired's GeekDad is much loved by geeks and dads worldwide. It blends a classy mix of geekiness with cool things you can do with your kids. There's lots of DIY projects, games and sci-fi fanaticism.
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Obviously there's many more blogs for parents out there. Let us know of your favourite parenting blogs in the comments!