Where to Find Attachment Parenting Blog
Blog URL:http:http://www.apparenting.com/
Category: Parenting, Personal Interests, Children

Attachment Parenting

The Attachment Parenting Blog is written by Dave Taylor, a parent who practices attachment parenting. This is a parenting style that focuses on spending extended time with your children.

Attachment Parenting Blog – Why You Should Go

Attachment parents use strategies like co-sleeping, extended breastfeeding and using slings rather than strollers to transport their babies. These strategies help ensure the maximum amount of time together between parent and child. Some of the strategies, of course, change as the child gets older, but the focus remains spending lots of time with your children and delaying the independent nature fostered by many parents. Dave Taylor has compiled a large list of resources on the blog for helping parents practice attachment parenting, and he writes regularly about his own parenting experiences.

This blog is helpful if you’re interested in practicing attachment parenting, or if you’re just exploring different parenting techniques before you have children. For those already practicing attachment parenting, this site is a great place to share experiences with other attachment parents.

Summing Up Attachment Parenting Blog

A good website to learn about the attachment parenting style to determine if it’s right for your family or to share your own parenting experiences.

Go here to check out Attachment Parenting Blog.

Mary Ward
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Where to Find Workout Mommy:
Blog URL: http://workoutmommy.com/
Category: Fitness, Parenting

Workout Mommy

For blogger Lisa motivating herself to work out and be fit and healthy was never the problem. That is, until she had children. That’s when (as any parents can relate) her life changed and working out and exercising became much more of a challenge. That is the challenge she is rising to meet at her blog, Workout Mommy.

Workout Mommy – Why You Should Go

Working out and staying fit and healthy was always a part of Lisa’s life. Before kids, Lisa was a personal trainer, fitness instructor, and self-described “fitness junkie”—all titles she intended to keep when she became a parent. Of course, that is where the real challenge started.

Once her children arrived on the scene, Lisa became acutely aware of just how difficult it could be to balance parenting and children and fitness. But knowing how important good fitness was to her health and well-being, she wasn’t ready to quit, either. Out of her effort to be fit and find time for exercise, her blog grew. Today the blog is a top-shelf resource for parents to not only deliver information about fitness and exercise (from an obviously qualified source), but also to learn to balance that effort and find the time and motivation.

Lisa’s experience is not so different than that of any parent, but her blog is here to help both moms and dads to achieve and maintain good fitness and health:

“I struggle with finding the time each day and making myself stay fit. It’s a struggle, I won’t lie to you. But it is one that is worth it. My goal with this blog is to provide motivation, inspiration, and ideas on how to fit in exercise, fitness, and health in your busy mommy day. After all, a fit mommy is a happy mommy!”

Summing Up Workout Mommy

Lisa is in a unique place to really help parents stay fit and healthy with her combined experience as a trainer and parent. Offering hers as a blog of “fitness and exercise tips for busy moms and dads,” this may just be the blog that helps you strike the balance and maintain your good health.

Go here to check out Workout Mommy.

Mary Ward
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Where to Find Baby Blog Addict:
Blog URL: http://www.babyblogaddict.com/
Category: Parenting, Personal Interests

Baby Blog Addict

The first step in dealing with an addiction is in admitting you have a ‘problem’; the second is in feeding that addiction—at least if it is one as harmless and potentially beneficial as an addiction to baby blogs.

Baby Blog Addict – Why You Should Go

It seems there comes a time in every parent-to-be or new parent’s new life when baby blog addiction is almost a guaranteed thing. It’s something akin to the addiction of buying every pregnancy and baby book or magazine you can get your hands on. Only better. Baby blog addictions allow you to connect with real, live people and learn and talk and gain the support of a community of people who understand exactly what you are going through, and have a similar affinity for helping one another through this wonderful, yet stressful, phase of life.

All of this is just what the Baby Blog Addict blog was created for. Growing out of their own addiction to parenting and baby blogs, Scott and Jennifer decided to join in the fun and create a community of their own. The result is this very successful and informative blog about all things baby. You’ll find links and information for absolutely everything here with topics ranging from managing the work/family life balance to Jennifer’s personal pregnancy journal, to choosing the cutest layette ever, Dad’s diary and father’s issues, and then well beyond into the triumphs and trials of parenthood—all of that, and great giveaways, too!

Summing Up Baby Blog Addict

If you’re a baby blog addict, you’ll love this site where you can admit it loudly and proudly. If you’re not an addict yet, come along for some top information and resources from this blog, and you soon will be. Either way, this is the place for parents-to-be, young parents, and baby addicts in general to fill the void.

Go here to check out Baby Blog Addict.

Mary Ward
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Where to Find Nona Nita’s Grandparenting Blog:
Blog URL: http://blog.nonanitasnook.com/
Category: Parenting, Grandparenting, Lifestyles

Nona Nita’s Grandparenting Blog

Talk to any grandparent and they will tell you that having grandchildren is one of the most precious gifts of all. However, connecting with children born generations apart can often prove a challenge. Nona Nita is aiming to change that.

Nona Nita’s Grandparenting Blog – Why You Should Go

Nona Nita knows children. She has raised two of her own and has made teaching her profession, and has been blessed with grandchildren as well. To Nona, children are a gift to be treasured.

Her blog has been designed to help grandparents remain active in the lives of their grandchildren, despite any hurdles like time and distance. Her goal is to provide resources for grandparents and others in an effort to inspire “enlightened grandparenting” for the modern grandparent to help them better connect and spend quality time with their grandchildren. She describes her blog as a…

“Blog hosted by a grandparent and teacher to share the joys and bumps of modern, enlightened grandparenting. Blog focuses on issues, activities and experiences of interest to grandparenting.”

Summing Up Nona Nita’s Grandparenting Blog

Nona Nita is delivering a high-quality resource to ensure that grandparents have the tools and resources they need to stay connected and involved in the lives of their children and grandchildren. She understands the important place that grandparents hold, and works hard to help them continue to make a difference in the lives of children young and old.

Go here to check out Nona Nita’s Grandparenting Blog.

Mary Ward
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Where to Find Frugal Family Fun Blog:
Blog URL: http://www.frugalfamilyfunblog.com/
Category: Parenting, Entertainment

Frugal Family Fun Blog

We’ve featured blogs with frugal topics quite a few times now. Many of them have been frugal living tips or tips for frugal grocery shopping, etc. This blog is a bit different—a place for families to come and learn frugal ways to have fun and stay entertained.

Frugal Family Fun Blog – Why You Should Go

Living on one income as a family in a day and age when dual incomes are the norm is no small feat; but Frugal Fun blog writer Valerie has done it with great success:

“I have learned many strategies for saving money and having fun on a budget, and am grateful for the opportunity to share them with you. Thanks to my penny-pinching techniques, our family has been able to stay out of credit card debt, have an emergency fund to cover several months of living expenses, go on vacations, and stay on track for an early retirement.”

Along the way, she joined a local Mom’s group and became the Activities Coordinator, which put her in the prime spot to man a blog like this; and so, Valerie brought her knowledge, experience, and fun family-friendly activities to her own blog, a top resource for family entertainment and fun activities that won’t break your budget.

Summing Up Frugal Family Fun Blog

Valerie’s Frugal Family Fun blog has many great tips and tricks for staying in budget without giving up the best in life. Enjoy yourself without the morning-after guilt by checking out all the great tips and suggestions here…

Go here to check out Frugal Family Fun Blog.

Mary Ward
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Where to Find Spunky Homeschool:
Blog URL: http://www.spunkyhomeschool.blogspot.com/
Category: Parenting, Lifestyles, Education

Spunky Homeschool

The homeschool community, and indeed anyone interested in or researching homeschooling, has benefited greatly from the advent of the Internet as a multi-use platform. This blog is one of those great benefits.

Spunky Homeschool – Why You Should Go

What homeshoolers needed in the past was better resources for information, curriculum, and very importantly, networking. The Internet made a better place for all of that to happen. This blog is one advantageous result.

Spunky Homeschool is maintained by Karen Braun, a homeschooling mother of six who is deeply devoted to her role as a mother and an educator, and also as an advocate of homeschooling. On this blog, she discusses many topics of interest to homeschoolers and prospective homeschoolers (and maybe even a few open-minded opponents). Posts can range from curriculum matters to recent accomplishments and accolades for her homeschooled children, to advocacy through commentary on homeschooling in the news and policy-making.

Summing Up SpunkyHomeschool

Spunky Homeschool is an award-winning blog that has become a first-line resource for information, resources, and insightful commentary. Karen has come to be a highly respected member of the homeschooling community, and an unparalleled resource for a community in need.

Go here to check out Spunky Homeschool.

Mary Ward
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Where to Find Keeping The Castle:
Blog URL: http://www.blisstree.com/keepingthecastle/
Category: Personal Interests, Home, Cooking

Keeping The Castle

They say a man’s home is his castle, but the same is true of a woman. Home is the castle, and keeping it comfortably is an art—an art that Karen Weideman excels at, as evidenced in her blog.

Keeping the Castle – Why You Should Go

Keeping the Castle has a little bit of everything for the home. Karen herself is a stay-at-home-parent who also works from home, so has lots of insights into those avenues. Along with that are many ideas and posts about child rearing, cooking, general kid’s activities, party planning, family time and issues, and more. There are posts to help you plan for the day to day and special events, and posts to help you get more enjoyment out of your home and living area. Karen also writes the B5 media’s Thrifty Mommy blog, so some cross over from there is present as well (both Thrifty Mommy and Keeping the Castle are part of the B5 network via their new Blisstree site).

Summing Up Keeping The Castle

Keeping the Castle is a one-stop shop for homemakers of all kinds. While Karen is a stay at home mother, her tips, tricks, and resources are useful and inviting to all and, mother or father, we could all use a few more tips and tricks up our homemaking sleeves.

Go here to check out Keeping the Castle.

Mary Ward
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It’s been a heartening week full of awareness here at Do You Digg It.  It started with an inspiring collection of stories from a young girl with autism, and grew to a theme of its own from there.

Week In Review, April 18, 2009

• Actually the week started with Easter well-wishes, including an update on Sean Rasmussen’s internet marketing seminars and travels.  Tough to keep up with that one!  Enjoy our belated Easter message, or as the case may be for some of you, consider it timely if you celebrate this week!
• The official blog review kick off for the week found us at Amy’s Short Stories blog.  Amy is that inspiring, insightful young girl I mentioned who is teaching all of us through her blogging, writing, and outlook on life.  Be sure to stop in and meet this young talent.
• Amy’s blog led us to several others of similar interest, focusing on increasing the awareness of autism and spectrum disorders, and in supporting and educating others.  The next blog, Beautiful Spectrum, is one of these blogs, a true celebration of the diversity of life.
• Faces of Autism is an equally informative and compelling blog.  It is just as it sounds, a photoblog celebrating the diversity of life and increasing understanding through photos and artwork.
• The next site is dedicated to special needs, including a large segment of autism-related works, but has a bit broader topic, too.  5 Minutes for Special Needs is a blog supported by an expert and experienced team of writers dealing with special needs in many forms, and offering both education and support.
• Our final blog review for the week was a visit back to a blogging friend we reviewed last year, the inspiring Glenda Watson Hyatt.  Glenda is an amazing woman doing amazing things in the face of insurmountable odds given her diagnosis of severe Cerebral Palsy.  It’s hard to maintain a poor mood when Glenda is around!

That rounds out our week here at Do You Digg It.  In case you missed it, here is last week’s Recap Review of all the previous week’s works and reviews.

Mary Ward
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Every time we start talking about exceptional people with special needs and exceptional skills, my mind goes back to Glenda Watson Hyatt of the Do It Myself Blog.  And so, I thought this was a good time to check up on Glenda and what she’s been doing.

Still Glenda

For those of you who are not familiar with Glenda, aka the “Left Thumb Blogger,” take some time to get to know this inspiring woman.  Glenda has cerebral palsy and has been categorized by doctors as being “non-verbal,” but her blog definitely proves otherwise!

I’m happy to report that Glenda is still every bit Glenda, still cracking jokes and working away, putting the rest of us to shame.  She is currently working on her presentation for SOBCon 2009 and taking up the battle of making the internet and social networking sites accessible to people with all types of disabilities, not just those with visual impairments as so often seems to be the case.

Glenda continues to be one of the most inspiring bloggers around.  Revisit this old Digg It favorite for a healthy dose of knowledge and inspiration, and a great many laughs, too!

Go here to check out Do It Myself Blog.

Mary Ward
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Where to Find 5 Minutes For Special Needs:
Blog URL: http://www.5minutesforspecialneeds.com/
Category: Parenting, Personal Interests

5 Minutes For Special Needs

Those of us who are not intimately dealing with special needs on a daily basis probably can never really understand all of what life with children with special needs implies. That is the express domain of parents and families with special needs. However, through their first-hand experiences and heart-felt sharing we can get an idea of what that life is like, and come to a higher level of understanding and enlightenment.

5 Minutes For Special Needs – Why You Should Go

5 Minutes for Special Needs is a blog maintained by a team of parents and professionals with first-hand experience with special needs. Their goal in contributing to this blog is to increase understanding of special needs in order to help others understand them better, and in an effort to build a community of support and learning for others in similar circumstances. The experiences of these contributors varies greatly, as there are a great many primary diagnoses involved, and a much longer list of secondary diagnoses and conditions. All in all, theirs is a deep well of life experience and knowledge with much to offer.

Summing Up 5 Minutes for Special Needs

The authors of this blog have built an excellent resource for parents, educators, and the public at large. They do not ask for your sympathy, they ask only that you open your mind and allow them this chance to offer you support, insight, and inspiration, as your need may be. This blog is very much about celebrating life in all its diversity, and helping others to do the same. Take 5 Minutes out of your day to increase your understanding and knowledge of the real meaning of life with special needs.

Go here to check out 5 Minutes For Special Needs.

Mary Ward
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Blog Review Team
Do You Digg It! © 2012