Mum’s the world for blogging communities

New mothers needn’t feel isolated thanks to a growing number of blogs and online forums with practical advice and tips for those persistent problems.

YOU’RE a new mum of a two-month-old baby living in a suburban town. Your neighbourhood 9am-5pm isn’t so much a housing estate as a ghost estate. You feel isolated.

Just like the mum who’s working a demanding job with colleagues whose minds are on the next board meeting — so there’s no one to talk through her worries about her shy 10-year-old who’s being excluded at school.