One of the best things of being a mom blogger is meeting other bloggers, and it’s been great connecting with Jessica Mouneimne, who seems blogdicted with three blogs http:// www.mommymatters.co.za, http://www.capetownmommylogues.com and http://www.hurricanehamze.blogspot.com. Here’s her bio: Jessica is an editor, writer, blogger and frustrated author. A former investigative journalist and radio personality, Jessica traded making headlines and chasing deadlines for poop shovelling and midnight bottle runs . She is mom and ‘momager’ to her toddler son, Hamza, a coffee snob and a chocolate/ social media addict. She is a mixed martial arts enthusiast and takes any opportunity to blow off steam at the family gym. Follow Jessica on Twitter at: @JessMouneimne OR @MommyMatters.
Being a mommy blogger or digital mom, is a natural next step for many first time moms who suddenly find the need to document or tell the world about this amazing and challenging journey that they are one. It occurs less frequently however, that these digital moms are hard news journalists- like me.
It’s been a long journey to finding the balance between work and motherhood as a mommy blogger -and many days I wonder if I have at all. While I very rarely have the same adrenalin rush I would when exposing some kind of political scandal or highlighting social injustice, blogging about Hamza and all things mum, definitely still comes with its own set of proud moments.
The one that makes me the most proud I guess, is figuring out how to actually make money, not only doing something that I love, (writing) but to make money writing about something that I love, is an ultimate cherry on my cake of life.
It can become a little overwhelming sometimes when it feels like motherhood has literally become your business and stories are generated, not by world news, but by the actions of a 17 month old.
It’s one thing documenting your child’s life and quite another knowing that thousands- okay maybe hundreds of people ‘out there’ are waiting to hear about it.
Between the pressure to get a post out and the constant development on the social media front, an entire day often goes by without me lifting my head from my laptop , which does get me thinking about whether the move to a home based career was really the best choice for all.
The perspective usually comes the morning after a long night spent soothing a sore tummy or nursing a teething fever. It’s on these early morning that I crawl into bed not only finding comfort in the fact that I don’t have to be at the office by nine, but that my employers (effectively you the reader) will respond with true compassion and empathy when I blog about it later.
