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	<title>Deep Jive Interests &#187; parenting</title>
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		<title>Thoughts on Being a Dad and a Blogger</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Hung</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My son is almost two now, and I find that as he&#8217;s getting older, its becoming tougher to regularly blog *and* be a Dad who is &#8220;present&#8221; at home.  I&#8217;m finding something that most new parents already know: as babies (&#8230;)</p><p><a href="http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2008/08/30/thoughts-on-being-a-dad-and-a-blogger/">Read the rest of this entry &#187;</a></p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My son is almost two now, and I find that as he&#8217;s getting older, its becoming tougher to regularly blog *and* be a Dad who is &#8220;present&#8221; at home.  I&#8217;m finding something that most new parents already know: as babies turn into toddlers, and as toddlers turn into children, they actually demand more and more out of you.  That&#8217;s presuming that you want to be a good parent, of course.</p>
<p>I guess it speaks to your own blogging habits as well.  I used to be able to blog when I got back from work and maybe after dinner.  I used to pride myself on how fast I could blog, but even so, it takes about 20 minutes of uninterrupted time to put something even remotely intelligible.</p>
<p>Why has blogging changed for me?  Well, I just don&#8217;t have 20 minutes of uninterrupted time any more, until the Boy goes to sleep.  And quite frankly, I&#8217;m not even doing most of the heavy lifting (points to wife).</p>
<p>And after that, there are other household obligations that need to be taken care of.  Perhaps I&#8217;m getting older, but I find that I just don&#8217;t have the stamina to stay up an extra 30 &#8211; 60 minutes to do extra stuff, when I have to be up the next day for work.</p>
<p>I can&#8217;t even imagine what it would be like to try all this with two children (<a href="http://www.louisgray.com/live/index.html" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.louisgray.com');" target="_blank">or twins</a>), nevermind one.</p>
<p>Bottom line &#8212; blogging has been taking a bit of a back seat to parenting these days, and has made me appreciate all of those &#8220;mommy bloggers&#8221; out there for two reasons:  *being* a mom, and being a mom AND a blogger ;)</p>
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