Babble has been around now since last Fall, and it's increasingly a gathering place for live-out-loud, sassy, funny, whip-smart mamas and papas, their strong opinions, leather outfits, and big brains. There are, of course, the snarktastic women of StrollerDerby, Sarah, Kelly, Karen, Melissa, Stefania, Alisyn, Patti, and Jessica.
And the fabulous personal bloggers California Breedin, Straight from the Bottle, Baby Squared, and Knocked Up. Queen Ada writes kick-ass editor's notes on topics ranging from step-mothering to the parental time crunch. And now the ladies are helping us watch celebri-tots, and drool over gorgeous baby swag.
Sometimes mothering when one is neither June Cleaver nor Courtney Love is a scary lonely business. Mainstream parenting magazines often miss the whole messy, funny point of growing into motherhood -- that it's not all roses and smiles, that it's complicated deep and enriching. And that when you find other people who write their experience in an authentic way, it's more than heartening: it's life-saving.
