No More Gratuitous Celebrity Mother Mentions
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….
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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16 opinions for No More Gratuitous Celebrity Mother Mentions
Sarah
Sep 21, 2006 at 4:15 am
Cute - funny- you got me at the ‘ really BIG celebrity…red more’!
Hsien Lei
Sep 21, 2006 at 5:17 am
Tickle me!!!
Kate
Sep 21, 2006 at 6:03 am
Sarah- Now, if I could only “get” a few thousand more people like you….
Hsien- Tee hee, hee. Got you too.
Kerri
Sep 21, 2006 at 8:19 am
There should be a warning to keep TMX Elmo away from a newly c-sectioned mother for a few days. I’ve not had one (a c-section, not TMX Elmo), but have had a surgery with the same external slicing, and the thought off all that laughing right off sounds dreadfully painful!!! :D
kbaggott
Sep 21, 2006 at 10:21 am
Kerri- Excellent point.
So, when was your tummy tuck and was it worth the money?
Or was it an appendicitis, in which case, sorry.
Kerri
Sep 21, 2006 at 11:01 am
Yeah, tummy tuck. If you’d seen me, you’d know that wasn’t the case. Or you’d be advising me to sue the doc for SERIOUSLY botching that one. ;) Removal of a cyst and the fallopian tube that it stretched out of the realm of safely functional. Bald Man, however, was so envious of my scar that he went and exploded his appendix beyond recognition last July, and has his own impressive scar to match now. :D
kbaggott
Sep 21, 2006 at 11:58 am
Wow. Scar jealousy. That’s very manly.
You know, if men could get pregnant, I bet they’d stand around comparing stretchmarks.
“Ah, but mine is a lot redder and angrier than yours.”
“Yeah, but look how mine looks like the kid tried to burth through the button, like the baby in Aliens.”
Kerri
Sep 21, 2006 at 12:04 pm
LOL!!!!! You’ve got me cracking up! Probably b/c it’s so true.
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Jenn
Sep 25, 2006 at 11:05 am
I love it, Maybe I’ll have to start mentioning the funny guy too!
Kailani
Sep 25, 2006 at 4:34 pm
The things we do for traffic! LOL! Hmmm . . . not a bad idea.
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