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Just had a baby? Lie down, rest your weary womb, and muster up a rousing cheer! (Shh! Don't wake the baby!) Now, from the author of The Girlfriend's Guide to Pregnancy, comes the book all new moms have been waiting for, whether they know it or not. Vicki Iovine talks turkey ... and stitches, and weight loss, and depression, and sex (trying it for the first time after labor and delivery? "Inebriate and Lubricate"). Vicki--yeah, I know I'm calling her by her first name but after reading this book you'll be on a first-name basis with her, too--is funny, informative, and utterly (udderly?) irreverent. New mothers have never had it so good.
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Iovine follows up her successful The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy (Pocket, 1995) with this breezy, irreverent guide to the first year of motherhood. She covers everything from labor (when you feel "like you've swallowed a bucking bronco") to "poo-poo that smells like roses" to nursing, sleeping (or not), postpartum depression, and more. The idea here is to provide insider information (girlfriends share and share alike, right?), but the tone is more often flippant than confidential. There's not much new material that is not already found in classics like Arlene Eisenberg's What To Expect the First Year (Workman, 1988), and nervous first-timers may not respond well to Iovine's approach. Not a priority purchase.?Barbara Hoffert, "Library Journal"
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Walk down the baby-and-chiId-care aisle in any bookstore and you will notice the shelves groaning with the weight of countless books on how to care for babies, how to make them smarter, how to make them sleep through the night, how to teach them party tricks like drinking from a cup or using the potty and how to keep them from blaming you to their psychiatrists when they grow up. Read the first page
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hit the nail on the head,
By A Canadian Mother "mom" (Kitchener, ON Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Girlfriends' Guide to Surviving 1st year mother (Paperback)
I'm surprised people were disappointed in this book. For me, she nailed every postpartum experience perfectly with her descriptions. It was so comforting to know I wasn't the only person having these thoughts/experiences/body changes.I read it when my first child was born and again when my third child came 6 years later, and I enjoyed it just as much the second time. I love her middle-of-the road parenting philosophies, the way she just kind of stumbles along like the rest of us and doesn't measure herself against any extreme philosophical view. A friend of mine bought the book as a gift and I am still so grateful that she did! A great book to read in your first few weeks postpartum, since it's about the only thing you can do for yourself during that time anyway!
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Not my girlfriend either,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Girlfriends' Guide to Surviving 1st year mother (Paperback)
I'm sorry I read this book. It made me depressed. I read it before giving birth and my experience was nothing like this book describes. My delivery was easy, my husband is a terrific partner and father, and my girlfriends had the same experiences I had.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not MY Girlfriend,
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This review is from: The Girlfriends' Guide to Surviving 1st year mother (Paperback)
OK, she can be funny--so two stars for a cutting sense of humor. She's funny as she mocks everyone who disagrees with her style of child rearing. She's funny as she explains how VERY unhappy you will be after giving birth. She's funny as she reminds you time and again that men are only useless sperm donors(as the back cover of her book says so clearly, "Husband, what husband?"), so don't expect the father to get off the couch for you. Basically, she's funny as she describes how very miserable your child will make you. My son is five months old, and I love being a Mom. I did natural childbirth--hey, it's not for everyone, but Ms. McCarty thinks that means I'm some kind of freak. I love spending time with my son. Some people get the baby blues, but according to her if you don't hate life within three hours of labor, you aren't really a "Girlfriend". My husband is a fantastic father, who not only changes more diapers than I do (*gasp*) but actually takes fathering seriously, and was an invaluable support for me during the postpartum recovery period. Since he's not a jerk, I can't be a "Girlfriend". If you are having a very difficult time adjusting to motherhood, if your partner is an unsupportive clod... it should make you feel better. If you are struggling and overwhelmed and ready to take most of what she says with a large grain of salt, it might cheer you up. It is NOT a good read if you want to remain positive about your first child entering your life. Vicki Iovine is an expert, has a monthly column in Child magazine, makes the rounds of the talk shows. But I have to question her qualifications. Since when did being a Playboy centerfold make you a "Girlfriend"? What makes a snide high-powered media insider a "Girlfriend"? Life in the fast lane living with rock stars makes you a "Girlfriend"? Sorry, but out here in the real world, we work full time at home or at a job, don't live in Malibu, don't live in your world, Vicki. And we seem to enjoy motherhood a lot more than you do.
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