Glad you found the tips useful Tiffany. I have recently started trying to map out my themes and ideas in advance, although I can't manage to get further than about a month ahead at the moment. I know some bloggers who plan their content for a whole year but I can't be that organised!
Hi Heather, I have loads of stuff sitting in my "Pocket" waiting for me to find time to read it! I like your outline tip, in fact I did that with this post. It is a great way for getting started especially when you don't really feel like writing or have time to do a whole post at that time.
Hi Valerie, That's a good idea about treating yourself like a client. I try to that by putting my blog posts onto my weekly planner alongside my paying clients, but it doesn't always work! I haven't committed to a blogging challenge yet as I am working pretty much part time at the moment and I don't want to commit to something I probably won't finish, but I'm planning on trying one in a month or so when I have more hours for working.
Hi Laure, Thanks for stopping by. I hope you find the tools I mentioned useful.
Hi Victoria, Thanks for stopping by. I'm glad I have decided to keep going with it - now to stick to my resolution and build it up a bit. And you are right, seeing interaction and getting comments from people definitely helps with motivation.
Thanks for stopping by pmoppins. Nice to meet another parent of an only child. I feel like our family is complete too, with just the three of us but it can be hard explaining that to other people sometimes! I'll be sure to stop by your blog soon.
I'm not sure if she really meant to imply that or not Sandy, but I don't think her comments were very clever especially from someone in the public eye. I think she compounded her problems with the comments about not coping when she didn't have her nanny for just 10 days which makes her sound a bit out of touch with the real life of many people.
Glad to hear from another parent of an only child by choice. I'd go mad with more than one child too. I don't think mothers of multiple children are crazy either (or maybe I secretly do too!).
I think you are right. Most people feel like a Mom from the moment their child is born. I don't feel like any less of a mom even though I only have one child.
I'm pretty sure Banks didn't actually mean to offend anyone, but it reminds me that if you are putting comments in the public domain you really should think the through, especially if you are a celebrity and lots of people might be listening.
Enjoy being a mom! The stage you are entering with you son is one of the ones I found most rewarding and entertaining with my boy because it was a stage of such rapid development.
I'm so glad it isn't just me! We sat and talked to him about whether there was anything going on but he said there was nothing wrong and he's normally pretty good at telling us things. I think it is a little to do with him being so into everything and wanting to know everything that is going on, so he felt like he is missing out when he goes to bed. Eventually I was so over it that I told him for every time he got out of bed after bedtime he would have to spend time in his room during the next day to make up for it! A little while spent getting bored in his room seems to have done the trick and for the past two nights we have been back to normal. Fingers crossed it stays that way and the bags under my eyes disappear!
It is nice. Monkey is at the age now as well where he remembers her visits so that makes it even nicer because that he remembers things from one visit to the next and enjoys spending time with her. And you are right it is nice for Hubby and I to have someone else around the house (although after a few weeks of all living together we’ll probably be ready for a break again!)
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