Faves « Traveling with Baby

Faves

I’d love to share my favorite blogs and websites with you. I’m updating this regularly, so if you don’t see your site here yet, perhaps you will in the near future! Also, you’ll find my go-to sites for everything about pregnancy, babies, fitness, greenness, and healthy living.

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PARENTING BLOGS

Mom Blogs 5 Minutes for Mom

Twin sisters Susan and Janice bring the best stuff to moms and promote moms’ sites. They host the annual Ultimate Blog Party and weekly Wordless Wednesday carnivals where I love to view fun photos across the blogosphere.

St. Louis Working Mom

The title is somewhat deceiving since Marijean Jaggers resides in Charlottesville, although she’s FROM St. Louis. It’s fun to read her posts about motherhood, the ups and downs of a working mom with older kids. MJ’s blog features a weekly column called Blogs that Rock which is the ultimate blog roll! She also hosts a weekly news feature on CVille blogs on WCAV. She’s a blogger that’s made it to the little screen.

Metropolitanmama.net Metropolitan Mama

Stephanie is a proud mom of 2 beautiful girls (including a newborn). I enjoy her themed weekend posts with thought-provoking reviews and giveaways and her insightful Tuesday Tours of the web. She leaves interesting comments and I enjoy our virtual friendship.

Mom Going Green

My dear friend and colleague Dr. Heather writes about life as a new mom while starting up a chiropractic practice. She features regular posts and tips for making green changes.

Absolutely Bananas

Jenn blogs about life in the ‘burbs of Seattle with her hubby, son CJ, and dog Bella. Her humerous posts and photo shop skills leave me chuckling. Jenn wrote a guest post on my site for Tuesday Travels in Seattle.

rudecactus Rude Cactus

I became a fan of Chris’ blog long before I became a parent. and long before I moved to Virginia (where he also lives). He blogs about life as a Dad (with an incredible panache for capturing life with photography) as well as his endless slew of boring meetings at work. Every Monday, he spices it up with Monday Haikus and invites readers to participate. Chris guest-authored a post on Tuesday Travels–Washington D.C.

Adventures in Babywearing

Stephanie from Indiana blogs, photographs, and videos her perspective on mothering 3 boys and a baby girl. She’s super sweet and very timely in responding to e-mails in spite of her very busy household. I enjoy her tender and precious posts on mothering. Stephanie also did a great guest post on Tuesday Travels in Chicago.

Scribbit

Michelle is a mom in the Alaskan frontier who writes about life in Alaska peppered with posts on crafts, and yummy recipes. She also hosts a monthly write away contest.

Courterblog

Long-time friends Aaron and Kristen blog with lovely photos, funny videos, work rants, poems, original music, and more.

Pioneer Woman

Suburbanite falls for cowboy and becomes a rancher’s wife. Ree is a gifted writer and mother of 4. It’s 5 blogs rolled into one: photography, homeschooling, ranch cooking, home & garden, and confessions–all geared around home on the range.

Seeryus Mama

Sky Seery blogs family friendly reviews and co-edits prize listings at Prize-a-Tron. She’s sweet and quick with email replies. I love her thoughtful comments and fabulous product reviews–let’s not forget the rad giveaways.

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LOCAL

Charlottesville Blogs - Charlottesville blogs aggregated into one site.

Suzy Said – My friend Amy Eastlack is the brainpower behind this fun and trendy galpal network for CVille. She shares events, discount codes, and shopping tips with her readers…and she hosts networking parties (my favorite!).

Edible CVille – where local noshing nods will fret any appetite.

CVille Entremom is a feature of local Mompreneur businesses. Get in the know for where to find the best boutiques, meeting spaces, kid-friendly photographers, and Mom-made goods.

Better World Betty, a.k.a Teri Kent, shares about eco-savvy green goodness starting with Charlottesville and branching out to the entire planet.