Thank You!!

I just wanted to take a few minutes to say a big THANK YOU to my readers and all the people that have helped to make Mommy Vomitpants what it is today!

In the short time that it has been in business (3.5 months) I have over 200 posts filled with information for parents (especially me). It just feels like the time to acknowledge the people that have made this website possible.

I literally get comments from people all over the world and I am so very appreciative to everyone who takes the time to read what I write in here. I also love to see when people search for things like "Sterilization", "Temperature and Fever", and the "BRAT" diet using Google and click on Mommy Vomitpants for information (hopefully in part due to the catchy name)! Please use the search function if you are looking for something! It is very powerful and there's a good chance you will find something you are looking for if it's not apparent in the labels. (And heck, if you can't find what you are looking for I am always open to suggestions for content!!)

I work very hard to give good, well researched information. I try to link to organizations that are talked about in the articles I read as well as places like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Dental Association (just to name a few) because I think that the information I provide should come from the experts whenever possible. It literally takes me an average of at least 1.5 hours to put together a post.

Most of all, I want to thank my friend Amanda Robbins who designed the website and came up with the "Mommy Mascot" that you see in the header. Please contact her if you have need of a graphic designer. She really is the best and very easy to work with. This site would be a lot less "pretty" if it wasn't for her and for that I am so very grateful.

I am just so happy with how wonderfully this website turned out (I really love the way it looks) and I want you to know that I enjoy working on it every day. I think I FINALLY have a format I am going to stick with for a while. (I even like how the Google ad's turned out.)

Lastly I want to thank my husband David and, the inspiration for the whole thing, my daughter Willow. Their patience and understanding as I have been working on this means so much to me.

Hopefully, one day, this blog will turn into something that I can count on for an income. But even if it never does, I still love working on it. I hope you continue to read and comment!! I look forward to reading everyone's opinion (when they have one)!! Read more!

Why Mommy Vomitpants?

I was reading my Live Journal (LJ) and a former friend touted the "syndication" of her LJ and it made me wonder. When this person told me they were making $600 a week on their other website I was intrigued. Especially after I saw the website and it was nothing special. (Neither is her blog, but that's another story) And by "nothing special" what I mean is, there was nothing to it. There was a few badly laid out pages with little to no content and an Amazon Affiliates Store. And the pages that were there were not special or flashy any way you try to look at it.

I thought to myself, I would love to make a website with advice and observations for mothers. Something that talked about things in the news and answered questions that I found myself answering all the time when new moms or moms-to-be asked me for advice since I had a new baby myself. Something where I could write it all down while it was still new in my brain.

And I asked my sister for help since she is a stay at home mother or four and she has been my source for information when I had questions about Willow and her development. And then I asked my husband if he would like to contribute and he was excited about it too.

The thing my sister always says when I visit her and have vomit or spit up on my shoulder or shirt is that those things are the sign of a new mom and they are kind of like a badge of honor. I was playing with Willow one night and she vomited all over my pants and the name "Mommy Vomitpants" just came to mind. So, I bought the domain name for $10.

Then I started trying to build my web page and spent a few days working on it before throwing in the towel and using Blogger. I have been using Blogger for months (since Willow was born) and it's super easy and well laid out. I am still trying to figure out how to make Blogger redirect to my .com domain but I am happy right now where we are.

When it was all said and done I didn't care if anyone bought things from my Amazon Store or clicked on my Google Ad's. Would that be nice? SURE!! But my main goal is to just get advice and observations out there for other moms to look at.

You can take my advice or leave it. I am no expert in anything and I don't claim to be. If you like what I have to say then GREAT!! If not, that's okay too because it's a free world we live in. If I help even one person one time, that's all I'd like to do. So, if you find the information here helpful, please comment!! I would love to hear your thoughts and opinions!

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