I've been writing on Medium for a long time and I love the platform but I have noticed a decrease in engagement. Fewer views, even fewer comments. I mostly write about writing, parenting, lifestyle, freelancing etc.
https://medium.com/@madihaamjad
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I am writing a blog about creative weekend projects for couples and I want to add diy miniature kits. I want to know if anyone has created a diy project over the weekend as a couple. Share pictures if possible. How was your experience making it.
Dear husband! If you really want to help your wife, who is a new mom, notice what needs doing in the house and DO IT without waiting to be given a list.
Love,
Your overtired, sleep-deprived wife
So I have a theme page on Instagram, and my niche is parenting. My intended target audience is new moms in the US and UK. I have tried different posting times, and at some point, my audience is from the countries I intend my content to reach, but as the day progresses, the audience shifts to India. I don't know what I am doing wrong. It isn't that new moms in India can't benefit from my content, but I want my audience to be from the US and UK.
Any help would be appreciated.
I wrote a blog and while ago about what today's brides want to read. I reblogged it yesterday with a new title about search intent because that's what matters today. Here is the blog https://smadihaamjad.wordpress.com/2026/06/03/what-is-search-intent-and-why-is-it-important-for-business-blogging/
Let me know if you learned anything new from the blog and how you are incorporating search intent into your business blogs.
My youngest just turned 14 and I was looking at old photos from our different travels and I realized that we took so many trips when my kids were babies. It was like we were fearless or courageous. But yes, nothing could stop us from travelling. we had car rides, train rides and traveled by air with our kids at all ages.
My kids are all grown up now and few months ago, we traveled once again and it was an amazing train journey when something happened that took me back in time. Me, FTM, travelling with my 3 months old. On the seats just behind us was a young couple with an almost 1.5 yo cute baby girl. The train started and the child started crying. It was loud and annoying. within a few minutes everyone started looking at them like they had made the biggest mistake of travelling with the baby. And it was then when I went back in time and remembered my first time traveling with my baby. I remembered the stares, the comments and I wanted to just run away.
I wanted to offer help but didn't want to invade their privacy so during that train journey, I opened Google doc and created a guide from my experience.
Here are a few things from my guide that I wish someone had told me:
The crying you're terrified of usually lasts 20-30 min max. Not the whole flight. Your brain makes it seem worse than it is.
Most people don't care as much as you think. Yeah someone might sigh but they'll forget you exist in as soon as the baby stops crying in 10ish minutes.
Your stress makes baby's crying worse. Babies literally feel your anxiety. Calm yourself first.
The "wait till they're older" crowd is full of shit. It doesn't get easier, just different. Go while they're portable.
Preparation > luck. Parents who seem like they have it together? They just prepared better.
Honestly I made a whole guide during my train ride and loved creating it.
So, you're gonna be fine. The first trip is definitely scary. The second one is easier. By the third you'll wonder why you were ever worried.