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It all
started innocently enough. I bought everetthanson.com when my first son was almost one year old. I was doing research on
acquiring domain names for my job, and it seemed like a good idea to practice all the mechanics of getting a web site
together before I wrote FAQs on the subject.
Soon, I was addicted. I started my own blog, with my own website, and switched from my previous "lazy" use of Microsoft Publisher to full-on, hand-coded HTML. Then I decided I needed to teach myself CSS. Everett's web site got permalinks, archives, an RSS feed (I was working on product development for a news/feed reader). By the time Truman was born and my Blogging Baby colleagues bought me trumanhanson.com, I had a system going. His website was operational by the time he was 10 days old. Why? Partly, for work. Mostly, because I'm a ridiculous overachiever enthralled with her children's adorable-ness.
When I read Melissa Summer's post about kids getting their own domains, it was obvious that the practice was going to be heavily pooh-poohed by the Times. But even worse, the writer points out, is a child's own email address. Hooray! I thought. I'm vindicated. At least I haven't done that yet. I'm going to wait until they can read, silly.
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
1-15-2006 @ 10:12PM
Justin said...We had a website for our four month old son a month before he was born. It was one of the best things that we did.
We spent about a week in the hospital with him in the NICU. We have a lot of friends and family that could not visit us because of the distance. We were able to keep everyone informed as to what was going on. It also kept our cell phones from ringing off the hook.
We use the site for the same purposes now. We post tons of photos and updates on milestones in his life.
It was a natural thing for to have. I work in the online industry. But, we have encouraged many of our friends to start up blogs so that we can keep up with their families lives.
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1-15-2006 @ 11:06PM
Lauren said...We also live hours away from relatives, and starting a web site for our daughter has been very informative for family and fun! My Husband is very creative and we love posting her sweet face for everyone to see. Love it!
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1-16-2006 @ 10:12AM
Hillary said...I don't think it is silly to set up an email address for a child. We set one up for each of our children as soon as they were born. Excited friends and family sent heartwarming messages to them on the occasions of their births, and those messages are saved for them for when they care about such things in the future. Also, my 5 yr old and 3 yr old both love getting email from friends and family - email containing pictures or video clips! You don't have to wait til they can read! Even the baby (turning 1 yr old in a couple of weeks) likes to get email from her aunt Lisa, who frequently emails a lullabye or upbeat children's song to her.
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1-18-2006 @ 11:25PM
Jason said...My kids don't have their own domains, they use sub-domains of our family website.
rachel.trommetter.org
thomas.trommette r.org
Rachel's site didn't get setup until she was in 1st grade.
TJ's site was setup before he was ever born.
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