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Seeking a Good Book for First-time Dads
I just asked my husband what his best reading material was as a new dad and he said that having Spock as a reference and sharing reading Erma Bombeck books ...
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- I think the most helpful books give you a "heads up" on what sort of developmental things are going on with your baby. I particularly like 2 books: 1. Touchpoints (...
- We had the SAME issue and I didn't really find one book that helped that but the American Academy of Pediatrics "Caring for your child, birth to age 5" is our mainstay...
- Congratulations on the new baby and on the awesome birthday!! I totally wanted to do that but didn't plan appropriately. I just asked my husband what his best read...
Trying to Find a Poem
Sep 17, 2009 ... Erma Bombeck wrote one called "If I Had My Life to Live Overgain." She wrote it when she found out she was terminally ill. ...
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- How about his one it is one of my favorites!!! One hundred years from now It will now matter What kind of car I drove, What kind of house I lived in, How much m...
- I hope my children will look back on today And see a mother who had time to play. There will be years for cleaning and cooking But children grow up while we're not ...
- Here's a poem that is on a print my mom had framed for me when I first found out I was pregnant with my twins. I hope my children look back on today and see a paren...
Weight Loss Immediately After Giving Birth
Here is a quote by Erma Bombeck I would like to share with you: "Instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy, I'd have cherished every moment and ...
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- hi, S., i am a thin type and weighed 105 lbs. and was 5'7" when i got pregnant. i gained 55 pounds! i loved the extra weight and finally had perfect legs! anyway, i...
- Ok, S...something I wish people would have told me....Immediately after birth I weighed myself....NO weight loss. I was shocked, how can you push out 8.4 ponds and not...
- With my son I lost the weight in about a week. It took about 5 months for my jeans to fit again though. I think, with me anyway, your bone structure changes a little a...
Book Suggestions
You may think this sounds strange, but if you want to laugh, find anything by Erma Bombeck. I just love her writing style. She passed away quite some time ...
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- Notes from the Back Seat by Jody Gherman (spelling?) Or anything else by her
- Chasing Harry Winston. I don't recall the author's name, but she wrote "The Devil Wears Prada". It's not the type of life I would lead, but it's a fun, quick, easy r...
- This one sounds good and funny! Are you There Vodka? It's Me Chelsea by Chelsea Handler Hardcover 272 pages Simon and Schuster April 22, 2008 Borders
Grumpy
The other thing that worked for me was to plan for what Erma Bombeck called " arsenic hour" - cocktail hour for homes with small children. ...
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- A., the key to a good relationship and working things out is to TALK, TALK, TALK! It took me many years to figure that one out! Men are just like you said, not in tune...
- I truly understand and I can say that I have been there. The best part of this situation is that there is a solution. The second best part is that you and your hu...
- You have already received some wonderful responses. Communication defintely is key. All I would add is to also take time for yourself. As a stay at home mom I know tha...
Family Disputes .......
Erma Bombeck (humorist author) wrote a book years ago called: Family:the Ties that Gag and Bind!! Find it in your local library and have a laugh! ...
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- Like you, I had family issues come up, especially with my brother-in-law, and sometimes even with my own mother. I read books on communication and listening and tried ...
- Yes, I also married into a family like this. It has taken years to get used to it since my family is nothing like this. The only way that I have found to cope is to j...
- Hi R.- I had to laugh as I read your post because you sound like my mother in law! Her heart is in the right place, but she spends so much time worrying about ever...
Best Baby Shower Gift You Received
There is also a wonderful poem about motherhood by Erma Bombeck that I have been known to print on my computer, use some of my scrap booking embellishments ...
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- I don't know how soon you need a gift, but I ran across something called a "mommy pot by gail" it is a short flower vase, perfect for the flowers that the kids pick. ...
- my standard gift to moms is a spoon, baby hangers and electrical plug covers. These are necessary items and cost maybe $10 -$12. Go to the Dollar Tree for gift wrap an...
- Okay, so I had a baby 5 months ago, and there were two really cute ideas I got, one was a blanket cake, she used cloth diapers and bought two blankets that matched our...
Good Fiction About Motherhood
Asked by T.A. from Providence
on January 21, 2009
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I am looking for suggestions of good fictional books about motherhood. I'm not looking for parenting guides, just some humorous fiction about life as a mom.
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- Jenny McCarthy's Belly Laughs AND Baby Laughs (the first year with baby)....HILARIOUS. There's a part in Baby Laughs where she is talking about how other moms make st...
- The absolute best book of all is by Anne Lamott: Lamott, Anne (1993). Operating Instructions: A Journal Of My Son’s First Year. Pantheon Books. ISBN ###-###-####....
- Try "Dirty Little Secrets" I think the author is Trisha Ashworth - the author of "I was a really great mom until I had kids". It's a book with a bunch of one liners t...
Seeking a Good Book for First-time Dads
I just asked my husband what his best reading material was as a new dad and he said that having Spock as a reference and sharing reading Erma Bombeck books ...
Answers
- I think the most helpful books give you a "heads up" on what sort of developmental things are going on with your baby. I particularly like 2 books: 1. Touchpoints (...
- We had the SAME issue and I didn't really find one book that helped that but the American Academy of Pediatrics "Caring for your child, birth to age 5" is our mainstay...
- Congratulations on the new baby and on the awesome birthday!! I totally wanted to do that but didn't plan appropriately. I just asked my husband what his best read...
Trying to Find a Poem
Sep 17, 2009 ... Erma Bombeck wrote one called "If I Had My Life to Live Overgain." She wrote it when she found out she was terminally ill. ...
Answers
- How about his one it is one of my favorites!!! One hundred years from now It will now matter What kind of car I drove, What kind of house I lived in, How much m...
- I hope my children will look back on today And see a mother who had time to play. There will be years for cleaning and cooking But children grow up while we're not ...
- Here's a poem that is on a print my mom had framed for me when I first found out I was pregnant with my twins. I hope my children look back on today and see a paren...
