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Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Mamasource.com

I wanted to take a minute and talk about this great site called mamasource.com. I discovered this site when my daughter was just born and cannot express how much it has helped me this past year and a half. First of all, let me tell you a little bit about it. It's a community site for local moms. The local part is awesome because if I want advice about a store to go to or a new doctor, these women can give me their personal experiences because they all live near me. I've also gotten advice about local play groups and other meet up groups for moms. It's also a place to go to for advice. You post a request at any time and I guarantee within just a few hours you will have 4 or 5 responses. Every morning an email comes with recently posted requests that more people then respond to. So now you're getting even more advice from women all over the board. New moms, moms with lost of children, single moms, working moms, stay at home moms, mixed family moms...the list is endless. The advice is priceless because it's based on experience. Many people also take the time to refer books or specific studies depending on what type of problem you are having. I have highly recommended it to all of my pregnant friends and family. The main reason I think mamasource is different from other communities is that your post isn't lost in a sea of posts on an obscure message board hidden in a forum. You post a question and everyone will get an email with your question. You are guaranteed that everyone with something to say about your question will see it and be able to respond. And you get an email every time you get a response. It's a very intimate community that I am happy to be a part of.

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