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    cae ed philly®@com | article collections =L Collections » Private Lives ‘Ads by Goose SHARE YOUR STORY PUBLISH YOUR BOOK eee) on It's almost as good as being there = E%~m © Baby blogs have become more than just virtual picture albums. By Kathy Boccella INQUIRER o 0 November of ieee] [Smt FF WRITER Even though shelves in Philadelnhia and her two grandchildren lve in New Mexico, Deborah Lear knows exactly what they are doing every day. But then, so does everyone ese, The children are the subject of their mother’s baby biog in which she logs every milestone, funny cutburst and cute picture on her frome page, Anna's Soapbox, at www annelear.com, Lf you want to know what Lazarus, 2, got on his birthday or how Maggie, 7 months, eacted to her fist haircut, i all documented, along with lots of heartfelt outpourings from Mom, on the Werld Wide Web, “The blog “has made a huge diference for me,” said Lear, who lives in Queen Vilage with her husband, sim. “I don® want to just call up all he time, 01 look im onthe biog and see what's happening. I fee! Iie Ym partiopating inthe ves." Baby blogs are fest becoming the new mommy (oF d2cdy) must-have, lke 8 Playtex Diaper Genie or Baby Bjom infant carrer. Like other kinds of blogs, they vary in quality and styl, ut at their core are ‘oodles of adorable baby pictures, practical parenting advice, and such nuggets as "Bobby did the cutest thing today." “They may have started as a way to keep distant relatives in touch with @ new baby in the family, but they often are read by compete strangers, thanks to myriad Wed inks connecting baby blogs wortewice “The sites, with names such as Dadayzine and Blogginamornmies are this generation's baby books, jainough many bloggers also scrupulous record every burp, giggle and pote n book form as well - Which makes you wonder when they have time to actualy care for the baby. Cf course, it's impossible to know how many baby blogs there are, but "they've taken off faster than ‘ther bogs," said Clancy Rati, who is wring spout gender-specinc Web logs for her doctoral dsertation ot the Unversity of Minnesota. “The trend starte'in the late ‘90 withthe advent af sites such 2s Lifesournal that make It easy to create your own blog. At the same time, Rati said, realty TV blurted the lines between public and private ves. "People are much more wiling to make thelr private ves public,” she sae (Orit may be that baby blogs are nothing more than 2 form of high-tech bragging. In the pre-internet ea, you Tipped open your wallet to show of pictures of the granckids, saa Lee Rain, director af the Pew Internet and American Life Project. Rae ee ome | neem | nee | meme penery philly®com | article collections =a nus 9 ST feds © DealYo ‘South Jersey Phily-com Express Nation World Lattary Polties Rolipion Weird News logs EdRorial | Education Stience Obituaries Colections » Private Lives Aasby coma It's almost as good as being there Bm 9 S08 ERGOBABY ORIGINALCOLLECTION Baby blogs have become more ZEBRA BABY CARRIER than just virtual picture albums. 7° e@° eae | November 08, 2004 | By Kathy Boccolla INQUIRER STAFF WRITER, bemeee) (Suet) ae (page 203) “rn the internet era, you con post pictures for the whale world to see, which some people think Is coo, lane same of us might Eink is patty creepy,” he

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