Quick Tip: Blogging Your Kid’s Memories
By: Karen Musclow
Entering the nanny world from childcare centers, I had grown very accustomed to photographing most everything the children did for their portfolios. In talking with Mr. and Mrs. D, it became quite apparent that they had no desire for any sort of portfolio or documentation of their children’s growth and activities. I, however, love photographing children and wanted to have a way of visually sharing our days with Mr. and Mrs. D. (And I wanted to have pictures of the children to look back on myself!)
When I learned that Mr. D’s family is across the Atlantic and Mrs. D has family down South, I began to think of starting a blog to share photos and quick write-ups of our adventures. This idea took further when I learned that the D’s are not very good about taking pictures of the children themselves. With their permission, I started a very simple blog using WordPress. I did not make it private, but I did keep it hidden from search engines. This way, the D’s can share the address with anyone they choose, but the whole world won’t easily find it. Of course, I only refer to the children by their initial and never directly indicate where we’re located.
At first, I blogged on a regular basis, writing up specifics of our activities, It has since become mainly about sharing pictures as I heard feedback from relatives via the D’s how much they were enjoying the photos. It doesn’t have to take much work and I put new photos up about once a week.
A bonus: The boys enjoy seeing themselves on the internet and will at times ask me to take pictures of something specific to share with their family members.