Blogging "etiquette"

As I'm starting this blogging adventure I have a few things I need to think about. The main thing is how much privacy I want to keep. I'm planning on blogging about my daily life, and I hope to be able to put across some fairly intimate thoughts and feelings at times, so in that respect I'll open up completely. On the other hand I'm debating with myself whether or not to use my own name, my husband's name, and most importantly - my little boy's name. When writing "anonymously" it takes a lot of focus to use generic terms - Me being Scandimum married to Scandidad with our Scandiboy (or just Boy for simplicity). This means that even though I open up and write about personal things I get to stay a little bit anonymous, though if or when people who know me in person come across my blog they may understand (or at least strongly suspect) who I am. However, if I  were to start using names and give out some more personal information it takes away any doubt. I'm thinking of my son's future, and how he would feel about taking away his anonymity.

I could keep his name hidden and just let my own details come out, which means only people who know us personally would know what I write about my son is about him. This would preserve his anonymity somewhat, and even if he was to come across my blog when he's older, he would hopefully not feel too exposed.

This really is something I feel like I need to figure out sooner rather than later. Chances are my blog won't reach a very wide audience, and it won't really matter too much, but I can't help but thinking what if? What if I really get into the whole blogging universe, that my blog reaches a wide audience and that my writings will be read my thousands? I'm only imagining this, I highly doubt it will be the case, but what if? More than likely I'll end up writing mainly for myself, maybe reach a few other readers in the mummy/daddy blog universe, and potentially a relative or two.

Whichever the outcome of the reach of my blog, how much do I want to make public - to stay on the World Wide Web for all eternity? What do you think?

Picture source: Mimi and Eunice