{"id":11457,"date":"2012-01-13T10:07:11","date_gmt":"2012-01-13T18:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/?p=11457"},"modified":"2012-01-12T19:19:56","modified_gmt":"2012-01-13T03:19:56","slug":"mommy-bloggers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/?p=11457","title":{"rendered":"Mommy bloggers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" language=\"JavaScript\" src=\"http:\/\/pix04.revsci.net\/H07707\/b3\/0\/3\/0806180\/662868722.js?D=DM_LOC%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.zoe.browdy.net%252Fwp-admin%252Fpost-new.php%26DM_CAT%3DNYTimesglobal%2520%253E%2520General%26DM_EOM%3D1&amp;C=H07707%2CH07707\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" language=\"JavaScript\" src=\"http:\/\/pix04.revsci.net\/H07707\/b3\/0\/3\/0806180\/585404909.js?D=DM_LOC%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.zoe.browdy.net%252Fwp-admin%252Fpost-new.php%26DM_CAT%3DNYTimesglobal%2520%253E%2520General%26DM_EOM%3D1&amp;C=H07707\"><\/script>While doing research for my <em>other<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/scopeblog.stanford.edu\/\">blog<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(which, because I helped create it\u00c2\u00a0just before Avery was born, I consider my &#8220;work baby&#8221;),\u00c2\u00a0I often come across tidbits that have more relevance to my personal life.\u00c2\u00a0A study I <a href=\"http:\/\/parenting.blogs.nytimes.com\/2012\/01\/11\/does-blogging-make-new-moms-happier\/\">read about<\/a> this week, for example, was about new moms\u00c2\u00a0who blog &#8211; and it found that blogging was linked to improved well-being and health among the women. Eighty-six percent of those in the study said they blog in order to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153stay in touch with friends and family&#8221; (that sounds familiar!) and the study author suspects doing so helps the women feel connected and supported during what can be an isolating and tough time.<\/p>\n<p>For me, five-plus years after starting this thing, I can&#8217;t really imagine life without it.\u00c2\u00a0Posting quickly became part of my daily routine, and\u00c2\u00a0the blog, in turn,\u00c2\u00a0wound up serving not only as a\u00c2\u00a0 bridge to loved ones far away, but also as\u00c2\u00a0a journal, a confidante, and (perhaps most significant to my kids someday) a rich family archive.\u00c2\u00a0Writing in it has\u00c2\u00a0saved my sanity countless times, and reading\u00c2\u00a0old entries has brought me out of a dark mood more than once; though I probably can&#8217;t be called a new mom anymore (something that is simultaneously a badge of honor and a little sad), blogging\u00c2\u00a0<em>still<\/em> helps my well-being!<\/p>\n<p>-M<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While doing research for my other blog\u00c2\u00a0(which, because I helped create it\u00c2\u00a0just before Avery was born, I consider my &#8220;work baby&#8221;),\u00c2\u00a0I often come across tidbits that have more relevance to my personal life.\u00c2\u00a0A study I read about this week, for example, was about new moms\u00c2\u00a0who blog &#8211; and it found that blogging was linked to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-66-two-kids-january-12"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11457"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11479,"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11457\/revisions\/11479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}