Mommy blogger Shellie Ross's 5000 plus followers on twitter were used to random tweets about her kids and pets.  But on Monday, they were shocked and saddened by several tweets that documented her two year old son's fall into the pool and his eventual death only hours later.   Needless to say, the mommy blogger community can be both a ferocious support network but also filled with critics ready to pounce on other moms' every online move.  In this case, Ross' public announcement of her son's death prompted both sympathy and anger, many so taken aback by the shocking announcement that they wondered if it was a hoax.

It's not unusual for moms, via their blogs, facebook and other social networks to share their triumphs and tragedies. For so many of these women, their online networks are their only support systems and they use them as such.  Those who contribute to or study this new online conversation, like Lisa Neal Gualtieri, an adjunct clinical professor of the health communication program at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston and an expert in social media and public health knows this to be true.  She shared this on  Good Morning America...

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