I feel like a $hitastic Mom after reading the Kelly Hampton blog. Am I the only one?
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Anonymous
| Another mom of a SN child here. I think that she is very visually oriented, having a facially deformed child would probably have been even harder for her. It is easier to normalize your SN child when they are a baby and can be carried everywhere. The reality of difference and people's reaction to it hit super hard for us around 3 or so. Nothing wrong with wanting to present yourself a certain way, and doesn't she make $ from the blog? I know she is always promoting different companies. If she was being real about being a mom, never mind a SN mom, it would probably not make her blog as appealing. I check it out now and again, my kids tend to love her soundtracks. If it makes you feel bad, stop reading it! |
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For a different -- and more local -- parenting blog, check out No Monsters in My Bed:
http://bedtimemonsters.blogspot.com/ She takes BEAUTIFUL pictures and posts lots of great ideas for Things to Do and Places to Go with your kids. Also, there's no pretense of perfection -- she definitely keeps it real, in a light and likeable way! 
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This is Darcy, from No Monsters, thanks to whoever posted this. You made my day. |
Anonymous
| The blog is pretty. It's well-designed and it's pleasant to read but take the whole thing with a grain of salt. She's marketing herself and her family because she wants a TV show. Of course she isn't going to talk about anything too serious. Check out her video about her TV show idea. I think that self-marketing is the main purpose of the blog and that's fine. Who cares? It seems like it would be a pretty boring show but Kelle and her kids are certainly well-dressed. She even looks fully made-up when she's in labor. Not a hair out of place. |
Anonymous
| Ugh. I've read her blog a few times but a TV show? Seems kind of exploitative of the kids. There must be a lot of pressure involved in looking so hip and lovely all of the time. |
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I have always enjoyed looking at her blog from time to time but the latest post, about her friend's tragedy seemed so ME, ME, ME. Big turnoff.
She must spend a fortune on the kids' clothes. I saw their room on apartment therapy. I hadn't noticed the TV show idea but I guess it's not that great of a surprise. For her kids' sake I hope that they never develop cystic acne or anything, such a focus on appearance. |
Anonymous
Yeah I like her blog, but I agree with you on today's post...called "Shaken," about a friend's child who was just killed in an accident. Toward the end of the post she talks about how sometimes it's good to be shaken up being things settle more soundly afrewards or something. I just think this is a bit much...it's not good to be shaken up if it is as a result of a child dying tragically. I mean I understand where she was going with her larger point...but yeah, this is an example of her realllllly stretching to find something positive about something adverse. I felt after I read the post...boy I hope the little boy's parents didn't read this. Would hate for them to read about how their child's death has further expanded her mind to the wonders of the universe or whatever. |
Anonymous
| I'm all for moms having creative outlets. |
Anonymous
I was a Kelle defender earlier in the thread, but I admit this excerpt from her latest blog entry is, well...
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LOL |
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I thought her latest post was in poor taste. I saw another blogger's post about KH and she had left a comment telling her how disgusted she was at the fact that KH had turned the kid's death around to make it all about HER, and KH deleted it!
I must admit, I do enjoy reading her posts and looking at the pics. But it doesn't make me feel like a crappy parent because I'm not a parent
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lol. so fake. |
Anonymous
Have to say I'm not surprised. The post is in really poor taste. She watched the sunset and "suddenly felt at peace"? Um, someone you know lost their 8 year old in a sledding accident and that is your mood hours after the news? And you blog on about crayon scribbles and painted Ikea frames as though that is what really matters? Don't think I'll be headed to her blog nearly as often. I like to look at pix of her kids but the ones of them in the bike trailer with no helmets drive me nuts! |
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It is her choice to write what she wants and our choice whether we read what she writes, but it is posts like this that bother me:
You know what I love? I love getting e-mails from mamas who are pregnant and just found out their little has D.S. I love the way my heart leaps for them because I know just where they are. I love that when I hit "reply," there is a blank screen there and that my fingers can't type fast enough to fill it. And I want to scoop them from their place and wormhole them through the Internet into our home. I want to hug them and say, "Look. Look here. Happiness, Babe. You're gunna be fine." I like that. The thing is, she doesn't know that... But it is a nice thought. |