By a Mom For Moms About Moms

Why start an anonymous blog about being a mom? Because the internet is a fucking crazy place and anonymity makes me feel a sense of safety from this electronic wilderness. Why start a blog at all? I thought about journaling but it just didn't quite seem able to scratch the itch that I have to talk about motherhood. And also because I have found that I truly appreciate the women that get out there and share their experiences, information, suggestions, and relateable content across the multitude of platforms I regularly traverse so I thought.. why not me?

Before our modern society it was commonplace to have a community/tribe/village of women that helped each new mom navigate the emotional and physical complexities of becoming a mother and growing as one. Now that seems to have been hijacked by big pharma (which I will talk about a lot here so if you're a fan of them you won't be of me), the impersonal western medicine factory (I know it's not all bad all the time), and corporations that make billions off of the miseducation of moms. But I do love seeing so many moms using everything from Instagram, to Reddit, to blogs, to TikTok, to Facebook and beyond to build bridges and connect with each other.

But before I start delving into all of that.. I'll tell you a little about me, the anonymous mom. I am happily married with a beautiful son under the age of one. I work a full-time job in corporateland and we own a beautiful house (at least we think so), along with two terroristic little Frenchies. I am a middle aged millenial whose accomplishments include paying off all my of student load debt for my utterly useless bachelors degree, earning six figures before the age of 30, becoming a wife and of course becoming a mom to the cutest kid alive. I was one of the seemingly common women of my generation who wasn't intially sold on the idea of motherhood. It really scared the shit out of me to think of the responsibility.. pain of childbirth.. losing my body as I knew it.. and all of the things I would lose if I became a mom like time with friends, time to myself, time to travel.. it seemed like so much time would be lost. But now here I am, loving every snot and diaper filled moment with the light of my life. I count myself lucky that I surived my 20's without fully comitting to the soulless life sucking "career is everything.. independent woman..pro choice..live selfishly" lifestyle that seems so popular to young women these days. I entered my 30's with a good man, got married, and started a family and am happily in my mostly-crunchy.. anti big pharma. my job is the least important thing about me mom era.

So.. if you find yourself in that same era.. you've come to the right place. I am your tribe, your friend, and your supporter. I hope you find this blog useful as a new mom looking for recommendations for treating basic ailments, useful products, childhood vxcne schedule information, and hopefully somewhere that you find some occassional comic relief from the always new and never boring experience of being a mom. Cheers!

Yours truly,

The Anonymous Momma