Babylune » TMX-Elmo http://www.blisstree.com/babylune Adventures in post-partum recovery. Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:58:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 No More Gratuitous Celebrity Mother Mentions http://www.blisstree.com/babylune/no-more-gratuitous-celebrity-mother-mentions/ http://www.blisstree.com/babylune/no-more-gratuitous-celebrity-mother-mentions/#comments Thu, 21 Sep 2006 08:50:36 +0000 kate baggott http://www.babylune.com/no-more-gratuitous-celebrity-mother-mentions/ Post from: Babylune

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Motherhood, especially the postpartum period, is not glamourous. I’ve been known to mention it when celebrities like Angelina Jolie or Britney Spears give birth, to increase the style quotient of this blog. By the way girls, I hope you’re both recovering from those c-sections and that the scar doesn’t show.

But, to tell you the truth, I also do it to bring more traffic to the site. And, with any luck, the information those visitors get will eventually help a new mother who deserves some comfort.

My strategy, though, has been deeply flawed. Jolie, Spears, even the Gilmore Girls, are just not big enough blips on the pop culture radar. They really just don’t have enough fans. No, my friends at Play Library, have proven that to really bring people who read to your blog, you need a really big star. Someone like….

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My lesson learned, I will now mention Elmo whenever possible, or TMX Elmo as he is now known. He’s not a mom. He’s not recovering from childbirth, but he laughs and laughs. And, what postpartum mother doesn’t need reminding that tummies are for tickling.

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