About Mommy Too!
Mommy Too! was created in October 2003 by Jennifer James to counter the dearth of parenting information relevant to moms of color and their families. Since day one our motto has always been: We’re mommies, too! That said, we have created a place where black mothers can come, network, converse and discuss parenting and motherhood.
With blog posts updated five days a week that focus on topics from pregnancy to family and work issues, Mommy Too! is one of the most sought out resources for mothers of color across the country and around the world. Mommy Too! has been been featured in Essence, Upscale, BET.com, ABCNews.com, the Boston Globe, Women’s E-News, The Network Journal and on hundreds of local urban radio stations. Plus, we’ve cornered the market on ethnic parenting and motherhood and syndicate our articles nearly every day on major news sites such as Reuters, iVillage.com and local news sites around the country. Plus, our articles are linked from CNN.com, Time.com, and the WashingtonPost.com on a daily basis as well.
About Jennifer James
A seasoned blogger and creator of niche web communities since 2003, Jennifer has blogged for Mothering magazine, Capessa (Procter and Gamble), Mom Logic, Club Mom and the Pull-Ups expert blog. Recognized as an influencer in the mom blog community, Jennifer has been invited to two Disney Mom Blogger Mixers, Johnson and Johnson’s Baby Camp, the EA Sports Active retreat, the Pampers Mom Blogger Event 2009, and Google’s Digital Moms Panel and is a participant in Nielsen’s Life360 Project. Jennifer is also the creator of the Mom Bloggers Club, one of the largest social networks specifically for moms who blog. With over 6000 members, the Mom Bloggers Club is one of the most recognized sites for mom bloggers.
News & Updates
March 2009: Jennifer James invited to Pampers Mom Blogger Event which will take place in April 2009
February 2009: Jennifer James invited to speak at the annual Blogher conference. She will speak on the Blogging as a Homeschooling Tool Panel.
January 2009: Jennifer James invited to attend EA Sports Active weekend retreat in Santa Barbara and blog for www.easportsactive.com
January 2009: Mommy Too! Magazine co-sponsored a study about online moms and race conducted by BSM media.
September 2008: Jennifer James invited to blog about historic breastfeeding for Mothering magazine.
August 2007: Jennifer James invited to write for Capessa.com, a part of Yahoo! Health. She will write about breastfeeding history.
June 2007: Blog posts from our blog, the Black Breastfeeding blog, are regularly syndicated on iVillage’s Parenting & Pregnancy section.
May 2007: Black America Web: Black Moms on the Net
April 2007: Jennifer James, Editor of Mommy Too! magazine, selected as a Pull-Ups parenting expert.
January 2007: Upscale Magazine
August 2006: Essence: Mom Manual: Making Time for Your Child The working mothers’s guide to sustaining a strong bond
June 2006 The News & Observer | By black moms, for black moms
May 2006 USC Annenberg’s Online Journalism Review | E-Mamas Rewrite Parenting Niche
May 2006 COCOACHiC | Mommy Too! Magazine featured in COCOACHiC’s Mommy Chic
May 2006 Jennifer James, editor of Mommy Too!, becomes parenting expert and niche blogger for ClubMom.
February 2006 Mommy Too! partners with Black Family Today magazine.
December 2005 Mommy Too! Magazine listed as a motherhood resource in The Mocha Manual to a Fabulous Pregnancy (Harper Collins) by Kimberly Seals Allers
November 2005 Mommy Too! Magazine was featured in The Network Journal, the premier black small business magazine.
August 2005 Jennifer James, editor of Mommy Too!, is listed on the parenting advisory board of TickleU, Cartoon Network’s new preschool block of humor programming.
August 2005 MamaZine: Making Sure Mamas of Color Are Seen and Heard
April 2005 Mommy Too! is featured as a cool link on BlackPlanet.com, the number one web destination for blacks.
February 2005 ABC News Mommy Too! is mentioned in an excerpt from the book, ‘Lazy Husband.’
February 2005 Mommy Too! is featured in a Womens eNews article: ‘Mocha Moms’ Down-Shift Careers for Motherhood
November 2004 Praise from Jennifer James, editor of Mommy Too! Magazine, is used for Barnes and Nobles’ bestseller Great Expectations: Your All-in-One Resource for Pregnancy and Childbirth
October 2004 Mommy Too! is featured in Clipart.com’s October newsletter for creative use of image and font media. Clipart.com’s newsletter reaches over 400,000 subscribers.
July 2004 Boston Globe: Mommy Too! featured in an article about mothers, Parental guidance.
May 2004 Mommy Too! was featured in a Mother’s Day article on BET.com.
April 2004 Mothers Movement Online: An Interview With Jennifer James, Founder of Mommy Too! Magazine
January 2004 American Urban Radio Networks: Mommy Too! Magazine was featured on over 400 urban radio stations across the country
November 2003: Moms Business Magazine: Media Mavens
