wright brothers lately

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i love these little boy so. crazy. much. i honestly feel like i am going to burst sometimes with how richly i adore them and how deeply i care for them. i feel enormously blessed to be moses and gabriel's mom.

both of the wright brothers are growing up and changing every day. here's a snapshot of them each, at 2.6 years and 9.6 months old, so i can remember as time flies past.

(the pictures at the beginning and end of this post, of the boys together, are from just after christmas, in their semi-matching christmas jumpers. the pictures of them on their own are from our trip to the canary islands - we just got back a few days ago!)

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he's really a remarkably good, clear communicator and it's so fun to have conversations with him. some of the things he says really often right now are, "not right now, in a little minute," "ready, steady, go," "i love it!" and "mommy, can i please have..." he is constantly learning and using new words, like "actually," "usually," and "especially." he often repeats our names (mommy or daddy) more than once in a sentence when he's talking to us, and sometimes his brain goes faster than his words can and you can just tell there's so much he wants to get out!

he continues to love stories and asks me to tell him a story at least a half a dozen times a day. sometimes i have to tell him that "my brain is really tired of stories and needs a break"! for the past six months or so he has been asking consistently for jack and the beanstalk. i seriously probably have told him that story more than a hundred times. he had a phase of loving "chicken stories" that his dad would make up, and lately if we are telling a story on the fly he likes to interject his own ideas for what happens next. he especially likes to make up names for characters in stories and they are always something totally off-the-wall like "hagaiaii."

mo is very inquisitive and full of questions. lots of "why?" these days.

he loves to sing and very often is making up songs around the house or in the buggy. his songs are mostly jibberish interspersed with actual words. these songs are such a fun little window into his mind!

about a year and a half of requesting that he say please and thank you has finally paid off and mo has turned into quite the polite young man, saying the magic words without any prompting and very often.

a couple of weeks ago, daddy gave moses a sticker chart (actually just an unused paper plate, ha!) and let him pick out some stickers at the store. mo was told that if he was very obedient for an entire day he could get a sticker on his chart, and when he earned five stickers he could go get ice cream with daddy! i so wish i had a video of when moses earned his first sticker and when he earned his fifth. you can't imagine the excitement and joy that was just bursting out of his little dancing, bouncing body. this week moses got a new chart and is going for five days of being very gentle.

he started climbing out of his crib about a month ago, and last saturday we went to ikea to pick out a big boy bed! we haven't put it together yet, but mo is pretty pumped about it. he has gotten really good at waiting for "mr. sun to wake up" on his special clock (this means he can get out of bed and come wake us up).

his favourite food continues to be mangoes - he's passionate about them. he's been a bit picky when it comes to eating lately, but it helps when we use imagination to bring some animals to mealtimes. (moses usually shows us how a hedgehog or warthog eats the food we are having!) once he takes a first bite he usually loves whatever it is we are eating - but that first try can be so difficult! every single morning he has at least two bowl-fulls of multigrain cheerios and milk. and every single morning he says, "i love cheerios and milk!"

mo is so excited when daddy comes home at the end of the day. he waits in the big bay window in front of our flat. sometimes he will go there totally unprompted as soon as he feels like it's probably about time for daddy to be home and says things like, "daddy, where are you? come!" when he sees his dad, he gives a big wave, waves his chest to sign "i love you," and runs to the front door to give hugs and kisses!

he can now say a prayer pretty much entirely by himself. 99% of those prayers include "thank you for farm animals and thank you for the grinch." but pretty much each day he thinks of something different and thoughtful to include in his prayer. often when mom or dad is praying aloud, moses pipes up to contribute something to the prayer. last night while i was saying a blessing on the food, moses said, "and please bless the refugees." we hadn't talked much about refugees since christmas (when we decided as a family to donate some money to a refugee camp), but mo had remembered and wanted to pray for the children whose pictures i showed him.

we have started going to the library every tuesday. moses got his very own library card and is quite the proud owner of that thing. his appetite for books seems quite insatiable, and he usually gets really into one of the four books that we check out from the library at the end of each visit. his favourite books in the world are richard scarry books (gifted to him by his grandparents).

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mo has started saying "i love you" spontaneously, and the person he says that to the most is definitely gabriel. he adores his little brother. he gets so excited when he hears that gabriel has woken up in the mornings and rushes in to him, saying "gabey baby, gabey baby!" in a sweet baby talk voice. he is a fantastic helper when it comes to gabriel's needs and he gives his little bro dozens of hugs and kisses everyday. he loves to make gabe laugh, and seeing them giggle together is mommy's favourite thing ever!

moses loves painting, bath time, and dancing (his moves just get better and better - he's now perfected a spin-on-one-leg), and his deep passion for the colour blue continues. he's getting a bit better at independent play, but he usually really, really wants mom or dad to play with him. he's into games lately, like hide and seek and duck duck goose. he always gives away where he is hiding immediately after "ready or not, here i come" is said, haha. we also have a few little games with dice that he loooves.

it is still very often that moses is found crossing his ankles. we first noticed him doing this in the womb via ultrasound and it's been a distinct mannerism of his ever since!

i have been impressed by his awareness of others' emotions. he has said to me, "mama, you look upset," and "mama, you're not running out of patience?"

moses is loving joy school and has developed some really sweet friendships with his classmates. he gets soooo excited to see his friends, especially when joy school is at his flat. he is a really excellent listener during lesson time, and he's struggling with being gentle during free play time. he sings the joy school rules song multiple times a day (i think it just gets constantly stuck in his head!).

he recently earned 10 pounds by doing 10 jobs around the house (cleaning the toilets, helping sort laundry, taking out the trash, etc). he saved one pound to "give to jesus" (for tithing) and spent the other 9 on an awesome pack of animal toys that we ordered from amazon.

mo loves to laugh and often laughs very heartily at himself - things he says or does that he finds totally hilarious. he has an amazing memory and absorbs things he is taught remarkably well. he is learning how to control his body and his voice (homeboy can be wild and loud!) and likes to test boundaries and see what happens when he disobeys. he's affectionate and gives excellent hugs and kisses, and he is probably the most excitable person i've ever met.

we love our moses soooo much!

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he's officially, as of yesterday pretty much!, a crawler! for weeks he has been getting around pretty much any way he can figure out besides actually crawling - scooting and dragging himself both on his belly and his bum. something must have just clicked and now he's scrambling around on his hands and knees! he has also started pulling himself up to kneeling and standing, especially in his crib.

four big teeth popped through the top of his gums all at essentially the same time at the beginning of februrary. while baby boy produces lots of drool, he doesn't seem bothered by teething pretty much at all.

gabey is such a giggly baby. he has the best laughs that range from chuckles to squeals to hearty belly laughs. once you get him started he has total giggle attacks that go on for a quite a while. he particularly loves being tickled and being spun around or tossed up a little.

he loves eating (as evidenced by the pictures above!). and he often eats so much that you wonder where the heck he puts it all! he has jumped up percentiles in weight from his low at 0.3% to now about 6% - hooray! his favourite food bar none is breastmilk. we are going on a trip without the kids the day after his first birthday so we are working towards weaning but gabriel really loves nursing. when i hold him in a way that it's obvious that he's about to get milk, he starts kicking his legs and smacking his lips like crazy, just soooo excited. of solid foods, he likes bread (with peanut butter), crackers, strawberries and avocado the best.

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his two tricks are that he often gives kisses when asked and the sometimes repeats back "mama" and "baba" when prompted. we are working on some other tricks like waving, clapping, signing, etc.

if we give gabriel an exciting toy or something new to eat, he often will look up at us with his huge blue eyes and expression that looks a bit like, "wow! this is awesome! can you believe this?" and then a big huuuuge smile with his two darling dimples.

gabe adores his brother. whenever he sees moses he truly lights up. he can watch mo dance or run or play for long periods of time, mesmerized. he has started hugging and kissing moses back, which is so sweet!

he kicks his legs whenever he is excited, and he is verrry excited when daddy comes home from work.

gabey is a good sleeper for the most part - now sleeping from 8pm to at least 7am straight through most nights. he seemed to have a growth spurt a few weeks ago and was sleeping close to 13 hours a night (as well as gobbling up sooo much food!).

he is wiggly as all get-out, and often getting his diaper changed and clothes on is a big feat that probably counts as a workout for the day. he hates having his face wiped clean but he loves making a mess while eating.

he can be very loud, but that loudness is not often crying. 90% of the time it is happy squealing. he's really discovered his vocal cords in the past few weeks.

gabriel loooves swinging in a swing at the playground and he looooves bath time with his brother.

we love our gabriel soooo much!

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ian and i are just obsessed with these two wonderful boys. every single night we lay in bed and talk about how awesome they are. so often we share a moment when we just look at each other incredulously as our hearts melt at something moses or gabriel has done. we have so much to learn from these special souls. sooooo glad they are our sons. 

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i have a question for you, blog readers. what do you think about posts like this one?
as my children are growing, i am becoming more and more sensitive to their privacy. it's not like i have some huge internet following, but a good amount of strangers read this blog. i want to keep my blog public, because many have suggested they enjoy reading it and find it uplifting, and because i feel that i am very enriched by interactions i have with and insights i gain from connections made here. but this blog's primary purpose is family record-keeping - it's a place for me to organize pictures and keep tidbits like these that i really want to remember. so i want it to include details like this about my children. 
do you think this is violating their privacy? would you mind information like this about you as a small child posted on the internet? should i keep posts like this in a separate place so they aren't available for all to read? or are these types of posts good ones to share? 
what do you think? i'd really value the sharing of any perspectives/thoughts on this!

Comments

  1. Hi Charity!
    I am a stranger who enjoys your blog. I really enjoy your posts about travel and life outside the U.S.

    I think social media posts about children who can't give their consent is a violation of their privacy, especially if any money is being made. I wouldn't like to find out my whole life had been posted on the internet, and if I have children, I will not share their photos or life stories on social media.

    I get the part about record keeping but most of us grew up with baby books and photo albums that weren't available for public consumption and possible ridicule. The internet is so big and there are people who do terrible things with pictures and information of children. Why take the risk if you don't have to?

    Your children are adorable and obviously so loved but I don't really need to know that. I think your children's privacy and safety is more important.

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  2. Hi! I think you might get a lot of comments encouraging you to keep these posts, because they *are* so fun to read. Just like reading about fictional characters or memoirists that we love, it’s so wonderful to feel like we get to know someone and to learn the details of their lives (even if you are only sharing a curated selection of details, as you have stated before). However, unlike fictional characters, your boys are real people living real lives, and unlike memoirists, they are not able to control what parts of their life stories are being published to the world.

    It’s not as big of a deal now (these are all pretty benign facts you shared today), but by the time your boys can read and use the internet you have to expect that their friends will all read your blog, and several of them will find and read any commentary forums about it as well. I have seen some of those forums and would be mortified if strangers were discussing me in that way because of stuff my mom voluntarily published on the internet, and I would have been really REALLY embarrassed if my friends (or frenemies) in middle school, for example, had read it. Obviously you’re not encouraging people to comment unkindly on your child’s life, but you allow it by putting their life on display on the internet. Telling the entire world details about your children is not necessary (in fact, many young parents I know are moving strongly away from this impulse, asking grandparents not to post pictures without approval, etc), and it’s not the norm. It’s hard enough to be a kid these days without the anonymous internet commenting on your looks and your life.

    Would you have felt weird if, when you showed up to college, your freshman roommate had googled you and had seen 10,000 pictures of you and knew that you had a bunch of surgeries as a toddler and what your mom and dad fight about and how much money you made for allowance (and whatever else you plan on sharing online in the next 15-20 years)? I enjoyed deciding as an adult when and how to share stories and details like this with people as I became close to them.

    However, because I feel this way, I don’t have a public blog or instagram and I don’t share much on Facebook. With your parents’ books, it’s possible that you do know what it’s like for details about your life to be available to the world before you can consent, and you may have a better idea about this than most of us. Ultimately it’s up to you.

    I do want to point out that you don’t have to give up your family record to increase privacy. It’s obvious this format works well for you. You can keep a private family journal through your blog and evaluate each post individually for its appropriateness to make public, or to make public with some edits. You have been very generous with you life story thus far, and you owe us readers nothing.

    I also encourage you not to cross any personal boundaries in the name of blog integrity — don’t be afraid to delete or edit posts after they’ve published, and don’t feel obligated to post negative things about your life or your children to “keep it real.” Who cares if people start to find your blog boring because you stop providing so many personal details? Humans are storytellers and we are wired to love drama, but we can read books and watch movies. It’s not your responsibility to provide it for us.

    Good luck as you navigate this new and tricky stage of life!

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  3. i do think that people sometimes overdramatize the effect of having some part of the child´s life exposed.
    You present innocent stories in a very respectfull manner about your kids. You do it with taste and consideration.
    I am pretty sure youy boys will grow up with a healthy dose of self worth and self esteem and in that case if there will be any bullies stemming from having some parts of their life exposed to a grander public I am pretty sure they will be able to handle it without too much emotional scars.
    I grew up having a couple of friends with some level of notoriety not from their own will but because of their parents. some from entertaiment industry, a set of siblings with parents in politics, or fame from medical career. my own dad had some level of notoriety because of his academic activities. I remember sometime in our late highschool and early uni times realising this ´fame´stretching beyond our local community and that people thought they `knew´us. I have to say that is that it was never a problematic issue. Once or twice we would laugh of stories that landed in the media. Maybe it did cause us to sometimes filter our behaviour a bit more and raise our expectations for ourselves a bit, but no anxiety or resentment or anything of the kind. Some poor shots at buliing here and there but nothing traumatic. Good dose of self esteem, accepting whoever you are and whoever you were whenever (as a kid, as a teen, as a young adult) and you don´t have problems with your social media past or any kind of past is my belief.

    Have you asked your sister´s kids? I love shawni´s blog, she presents her family life in such a well balanced and respectfull way. Her kids are now basically grown up and she started documenting all at quite young. How do they feel about this? did they face any backlash, problems because of this online documentation? maybe t6hat is your best source.

    Or yourself, I read you had parts of your life exposed to the grand public because of your parents. Do you feel it caused much discomfort or problems?

    I do love reading your blog, i love your style, your lifestyle, your attitude. I selfishly wish you had more time to document, your writings from your pre-kids years are/were tremendous source of inspiration for me.

    greetings from a first time commenter long time reader of yours!

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  4. I think your blog posts are lovely and not violating the privacy of the boys at all right now. I think you screen very carefully the personal aspects of family life and keep those for your eyes only. I don't think the boys will need therapy :).

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  5. Your boys are darling! I have a boy six months older than Mo so I enjoy reading about him. He reminds me of my son in so many ways! I wish they could play- their imaginations together would blow our minds I'm sure!

    As for your question, I do not think you are violating their privacy at this age nor do I think it will have any negative impact on their lives (like being bullied or needing therapy!). I think you do a good job at sharing your life without going into too many personal details. Let's be honest, there's really nothing too personal going on -- every toddler cries, has tantrums, can be a picky eater, has sleep challenges, learns to share, be gentle, poop and pee in the toilet... you get my point! :) Privacy is a topic that I'm sure you'll always be thinking about, especially as your kids get older, but for now, I think you're good.

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  6. Hi Charity! I have LOVED reading your blog for many years, and I enjoy reading about your little boys. I am always surprised by how much private and intimate information you share publicly on your blog. I am sure you always think carefully about what and what not to share on the blog. I wouldn't share any information about my kids on the internet, not even pictures, to protect their privacy. Imagine a stranger talking to your kids like he was a family friend, because he thinks he knows them from reading your blog. Isn't that a scary thought? Just for the record: I certainly don't mean to criticize you! ♥️

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  7. Hi Charity! I'm a long time reader of your blog. I enjoy reading posts like these, and would miss them if you stopped sharing them. However, if I were in your place, I wouldn't post this much information publicly about my children. I don't have kids, so I can't necessarily relate to the decision you're making, but if I ever have kids, I would feel uncomfortable sharing lots of pictures or information about them on the internet. Everything you share seems benign, as others have pointed out, but you just don't know how this information could be used in the future, or how your boys will feel about strangers knowing so much about their early lives. I don't think you've crossed any lines, and like the previous commenter, I don't mean this as criticism. I selfishly hope that you keep your blog public because I enjoy reading it. But if you're asking for this stranger's opinion, I think you should keep the sharing more about your own life and less about your kids' lives, out of respect for their privacy :)

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  8. I have a family record keeping blog that only a handful of friends and family read. I think posting about baby and toddler years is perfectly fine. But my oldest is almost 5 and I've posted less personal things about her as she's gotten older. I do still post lots of pictures and I feel like the chance of bullying or anything like that coming from it is very small. More likely she would be grateful for the family journal. Also you can make your blog unsearchable. That's what I have done. It is still a public blog but if people google our names then the blog won't come up. Good luck! Personally I have been inspired by your blog and I hope you continue writing about your famiy.

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  9. What a beautiful post! I don't think you need to worry much about your boys' privacy at such young ages. All of this stuff is adorable and innocuous and will be for at least 5 -6 years. I think you should continue to trust your own good instincts. For example, I notice you are very cautious when discussing Mo's health condition that has required a couple of surgeries which makes good sense since it involves his private body.

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  10. I like your response. Definitely things I hadn’t considered and I love how positive to Charity you are.

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  11. How could you document your life, without talking about the kids?!?!? I think worrying about minutia and what-ifs, can keep you from being present. I am from a different generation, and more optimistic about people and life in general. I would take this question to Heavenly Father - He knows you and your heart and His plan for your life.

    I can't get over how much Gabe looks like your dad! I would miss these cute mugs if you didn't post about them, but would totally understand.


    Laura

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  12. Hi Charity. I am a long time reader / follower of your blog. I so enjoy the honesty of your blog - the good the bad the ups and the downs - the reliance on faith. It is refreshing. Your boys are adorable and since my own children are now out of the nest, I love reading the updates on Moses and Gabriel. Your updates bring back wonderful memories of when my kiddos were little. I think deciding what to put out there on the internet is a personal decision for your family. But, that said, I don’t feel that you’ve crossed any imaginary line by anything you’ve posted thus far. Perhaps as the boys get older they will be more vocal about what you post. I think for certain they will be grateful later in life for such a beautifully written history of their childhood. It is priceless. God bless.

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  13. I think this is something you have to pray about and decide for yourself. I have been a blogger for 11 years and basically a big part of my blog is my children. My children ages 19-4 don't have a problem with the blog. Well, I should say my three oldest don't have a problem with the blog the others are probably too little to consent to it. I think today in an age of social media it is hard not to be impacted by it in someway or another. While some moms may not blog others may use Facebook or Instagram. I think the most important part is keeping what you write positive and later would not hurt them in anyway. Those details may be should be saved for a private journal. I think what you write adds lots of value to the community by letting others know your struggles and what works for you. I think other moms can find encouragement from that. Moms need to know they aren't alone.

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  14. Your blog is great & I hope you never make it private.

    I love to read about you & your lovely family.

    I especially enjoy all the pix & updates etc.

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  15. I also found your blog through Shawni's blog and second the suggestion to ask her and her kids.

    I'm old enough to have grown up pre-internet, but kids photos with names and ages where often printed in local newspapers. I remember it being a source of pride and some embarrassment when I was called "botanical beet face" in middle school after my family was photographed starting a garden plot one spring in the community gardens.

    I agree that you present your family in a respectful and thoughtful manner and I just love these posts!

    Libby

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  16. As a blog reader, I say it's okay!
    I don't get the feeling that you exploit your kids for blog fodder and as all of the above have said, I enjoy reading all your posts.

    As a mother myself, I say that I wouldn't post those.
    I think Shawni does a good job about posting less about her teenagers than about the younger kids (as in struggles or personal information). Yet I know so much about your nieces and nephew and I am a complete stranger.
    The things you have posted so far are cute and nothing really bad will come from it; you have said you aren't a very private person yourself. But what if Mo and Gabe turn out to be private persons? You will have prevented their will not to share even cute things about them.

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    1. Also, ignore what I and others have said and keep on blogging!!!
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  17. I love your blog and what you share. I think as the children get older you will sense what is appropriate to share and what is not. Each child is different and you will find you share accordingly, they will be your guide.

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  18. I really hope you'll keep your blog public! I really enjoy reading about your life and adventures. I think, unfortunately, I would keep these super detailed posts private though (even though I enjoy reading them). Thank you for sharing what you do share. You've helped me see things from a different perspective and that is extremely valuable to me.

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  19. I think it's cool that you're taking a step back and asking yourself about this. I don't know if there is a universal right or wrong answer. Studying and listing out the pros and cons for your family is important. I really believe through this analysis and prayer, you will know what is best for your family. Love you, guys!

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  20. I don't have a blog but have posted a lot of tidbits about and pictures of my kids on FB over the years. I have always considered it as sort of record keeping/journaling about important events in our lives. That said, my 10 year old daughter has just recently started to ask me not to post things and I have respected that. Maybe when it comes to that point for you, you can switch to a private blog.

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  21. Hello, I have enjoyed your posts as of late as I LOVE seeing your travel pictures and reading your thoughts about traveling with small kids. I think you raise an interesting question. How much information on the internet about our kids is too much? Initially, my thoughts leaned toward plowing ahead with whatever you want to share. Your kids are adorable and your thoughts and feelings regarding raising and being their mom are super interesting. But, after more reflection, I think that less is more. I think that a little more privacy and less information could be a good thing. I keep a daily journal and write my feelings about motherhood and my children each night before I go to bed and for me this serves as a recording of this sweet and challenging time of my life and a way to vent and express how I feel on paper.
    Maybe when the time is right you can move to a private blog or maybe keep the super personal thoughts and feelings to a minimum in this forum.. or maybe just carry on as you have been? Heartfelt prayer won't lead you astray and as you continue on you will get the help you need.
    Have a great weekend-you have a darling family.

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  22. Hello.
    Long time reader, and I believe I found you through Shawni’s blog. As a Mama to 3 young kiddos (4,3 and 4 months) I believe in cautiously sharing their lives. I have family spread out across the US, and use my blog, and social media as a way to communicate and share our lives with them (along with using it for family record). I think it’s wise to consider what your sharing, and also glean knowledge from your family that walks this fine line so well (from your parents to your siblings). Do what’s best for the Wright Family. Personally, I love reading about your darling kiddos, and I don’t think it’s an overshare. As they grow, your posts and information will change. Pretty sure I just talked in circles, and I’m not sure it will help. But kudos for thinking of the future and planning accordingly.

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  23. I don't have a thick skin like you do, so I could never handle putting my thoughts and feelings out there into the world to be picked apart and belittled, etc. (Even commenting like this sort of freaks me out!) Though I do so love looking at your adventurous life and feeling your happy, optimistic vibes, I don't think you should share pictures of your kids. From sad experience in my own family's life (I have 6 kids ages 8-20), there are a looooot of bad people out there. So bad that typical people like you or I couldn't even think up the kind of evil they participate in on a daily basis. I have multiple friends who work with children and families (one a child psychologist and one an FBI agent) who say that it is way too big of a risk to the personal safety of children to put so much info about them out there on the internet. My cousin's wife used to have a family blog. She is a great writer. It all came to a complete halt when she found out that some man was copy/pasting pictures of her beautiful boys and "using" them as his own cyber-kids. Yuck.
    Having said that, I do really love the sunshine and love you put out into the world. Maybe there's a way you could screen readers? Best of luck to you.

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  24. I keep two different blogs. One is private and I use it for printing at the end of each year. It includes almost everything about what's happening with my family (and lots of photos). The other blog is for the "public" which basically means extended family members and a few close family friends. It is not as detailed, nor do I share as many photos. I'm glad I was raised in an era without social media.

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  25. It’s between you and your husband.

    What is the likelihood that anyone would be looking up stuff on their mom’s blog about them when they were 3 decades in the future? Who has that kind of time? Their future spouses might but they would see the baby pictures anyway. Parents who are blogging aren’t really blogging about the kids, but about themselves. It’s really not them but your perspective being their mom. The audience learns more about you than them. The audience is in a similar boat or has been in a similar boat I would quess. They are either parents, members or expats. And get information that is helpful at times. With cell phones having cameras I’m more worried myself about a stranger capturing an image at the playground or some public place where I’d also never know for some wrong purpose. We still leave the house. I don’t see the point in being parnoid cause someone might decide to do something wrong. My husband has felt privacy is the best had set up social media to only be by invitation to see a photo. I don’t blog and share photos publicly. I have never tried to change his opinion to mine. I don’t need him to have the same opinion as mine. If I was the one wanting to shelter and keep private I would not want him to attempt to change my opinion.

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  26. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/02/when-kids-realize-their-whole-life-already-online/582916/

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  27. I enjoy reading your blog, and have enjoyed hearing about the boys. That being said, they don't have the ability to consent:(
    One thought might be to post less photos of the boys' faces, and most more "artsy" type photos: from behind, or of their hands, things like that. That way, their images/faces are not linked as strongly to what you write about them.

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  28. I thought this was an interesting listen!

    https://www.younghouselove.com/58-stopped-sharing-kids-internet/

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