Although it hasn't stopped completely yet, I wanted to post a little something in recognition of the upcoming end of one of my favorite Web sites, the Trixie Update. It was one of the very first "baby blogs" I ever found, and I didn't then appreciate how atypical it was -- well-written yet lively; funny yet respectful; loving yet unsentimental; hip yet polite; and always meticulously designed.
I think I found the Trixie Update via its hilarious and useful feature entitled Milk Week, which was linked from Kellymom, a breastfeeding / attachment parenting site. I was a new parent then, and I had been reading with grim seriousness information on pumping and storing breast milk. It turned out what I really needed was humor, which I found in the mock seriousness of the Trixie Update. I got a big kick out of the narrative voice -- Trixie's father Ben pretended to be an objective baby experimenter while clearly he was head-over-heels in love with his daughter.
After this introduction, I began to tune in for the art -- every day Ben, a trained artist, posted an amazing photograph of his very pretty little girl. Then I got hooked on the data analysis -- he didn't just complain about her naps, he collected data and created graphs to visually demonstrate her schedule. But when I realized that I could easily do this myself with Trixie Tracker -- well, my readers know how enthusiastic I am about that! So then I was completely sold.
Although sadly the Trixie Update comes to an end, thankfully Trixie Tracker continues. Here's a big thanks, Ben, for all the creative work you've shared with us.
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