Welcome to Bonafide Motherhood, a blog dedicated to understanding and surviving modern motherhood. Things are different now, and right now, it’s crucial that we stick together. This means creating support systems, being smart about what choices we can make, and sharing our collective knowledge.
We believe:
Motherhood is different for everyone: No one mother is the same, just as no one baby is the same. We want to acknowledge those important differences and create a site that caters to everyone. Ultimately, this means a strong belief in kindness.
An inclusive space is essential: We want to welcome all mothers and parents. We feel it’s also important to be specific and say that LGBTQ+ are welcome here, and black lives matter.
Quality is so important: This means two things. One, we want to provide good articles that are helpful to our readers, so we will do our best never to publish something that doesn’t serve them. Two, we will never recommend a product that we haven’t done our research on or don’t believe in. This also means not recommending products we think you don’t need or aren’t helpful.
About the Founder, Erin
This blog has gone through many iterations, but the main goal has always remained the same: I want to be as helpful as possible. Sometimes I didn’t do a great job, but that was always the hope.
When I first started that blog, I had a really narrow idea of what a blog could be, and I was trying to emulate the worst type of blogger. From the beginning, my goal was to try and be as helpful as possible, but I did fall into the trap of creating content for the sake of trying to be successful in this very specific way (read: traffic and money).
I don’t think that making money off your blog is bad. (It’s labor, after all.)
But I want to transition this blog to be something more authentic. I want to transition this blog to be more part of the solution rather than part of the problem. I want to create a space where moms can share advice for surviving and thriving in our current capitalistic hellscape.
My bonafides? I had my first son in Spring of 2021, and my second son in Fall 2022 (they’re 18 months and a day apart). Now, facing down my third pregnancy, I’m sharing the journey.
You can reach me at info@bonafidemotherhood.com or through my main website.
A few of my favorite things…
Fav drink
Sweet tea
Fav TV Show
The West Wing
fav music
Pretty much everything
Fav Pasttime
Writing