My new baby

For the last couple of months, I've had to learn a whole host of new things that I feel sure my brain wasn't equipped to handle. I learnt some basic HTML coding, I learnt what a web domain was and what web hosting was and how they were two different entities altogether. I've learnt how to install plugins, use Photoshop, read FAQs and forums on various but necessary applications. All because I got it into my head one day that I wanted to set up a web site. Not just a blog like this one but something a little bit more sophisticated and something with a little bit more reach.

Through my working years, the one thing I have realised about myself is that I'm happiest helping others. Not in the "assist the elderly across the street" type of way but in the "I'm happy to share information, help you get information, point you in the right direction" kind of way. A career test I did last year highlighted that point strongly and at the same time, it also highlighted that one of the jobs I was most suited for was to write. And about 2 months ago, I decided that since I spent so much time surfing and looking at other people's blogs and I would occasionally get mail asking about various things I blogged about that I was going to pull all that together and form a blog resource for moms.

The reasons behind that?

So that mums didn't have to trawl the forums for information and reviews about things they wanted to try.

So that mums who had an appetite for something more introspective and occasionally thought provoking than information based articles (which I have nothing against, by the way) had somewhere to go.

So that mums who wanted to know where other mums took their children when they were out of school had somewhere to refer to.

So that mums, who had something to share with other mums, had a platform to do so.

And most importantly among many other reasons, so that mums knew that they weren't alone in what they felt.

Anyway, myself and two other like-minded mums (Offsprings and Bottoms Up) decided that these were reasons enough to start this website- www.mums-a-musing.com.

The name says it all. If it's purely information you're looking for, you're better off looking at babycenter or one of those parenting websites. But if it's other mums' perspectives you want to hear, look no further.

We don't claim to know it all, we don't claim to be able to have it perfectly up and running. But it's there and we're hoping that you'll like it, link us, use it often and spread the word. The more mums we can reach, the more we can do, the more we can do, the more it'll benefit you and all the other mums out there. For once, a cycle that is not vicious at all. :)
















So, knock yourself out, have a visit around and let us know what you think.

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