- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: SEAL PRESS (Mar 13 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1580050824
- ISBN-13: 978-1580050821
- Product Dimensions: 19.1 x 14 x 1.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 286 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
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#13,211 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #13 in Books > Parenting & Families > Humour
- #20 in Books > Entertainment > Humour > Parenting & Families
- #23 in Books > Parenting & Families > Family Relationships > Motherhood
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“Wonderfully honest (and often hilarious).” -- City Parent, May, 2004
Book Description
According to Andrea Buchanan, "mother shock" is the state in which many new parents exist during those first confusing, chaotic, and often comical years of parenting. It is the clash between expectation and result, theory and reality; a twilight zone of 24-hour-a-day living where life is no longer neatly divided into day and night. It is the stress of trying to acclimate quickly to the immediacy of mothering; of formulating a new conception of oneself, one's role in the family and in the world; of shouldering a fearful new level of responsibility and a new delegation of domestic duties. In this much-needed and delightfully funny collection, Buchanan shares the insight she gains as she moves through the stages of mother shock. From "Fear of the Double Stroller" and "Confessions of a Bottle Feeder" to "I'm an Idiot" and "Everything I Needed to Know I Learned in Playgroup," Buchanan details the unimaginably difficult and unbelievably rewarding process of becoming a mother. Spanning the first three years of her daughter's life, these amusing ruminations on mothering will strike a chord with every new mother. "
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A wonderfully real guide to life on Planet Mom,
By Ann Douglas "pregnancy/parenting author" (Peterborough, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Mother Shock: Tales From the First Year and Beyond -- Loving Every (Other) Minute Of It (Paperback)
Andrea Buchanan has written a wonderfully real guide to life on Planet Mom (that strange place we all end up inhabiting after the birth of a baby!) She's not afraid to speak frankly about the sometimes frightening emotions of new motherhood, nor does she fall into the all-too-common trap of sentimentalizing the early days of life with a new baby. I found Mother Shock to be a funny, honest, and refreshing account of new motherhood and have already started adding it to the lists of recommended readings in my own pregnancy and baby books.
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AWESOME BOOK,
By Laura (Chestermere, Alberta Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mother Shock: Tales From the First Year and Beyond -- Loving Every (Other) Minute Of It (Paperback)
This book is incredible. A lot of the things and stuff I thought I was thinking or doing that made me think I was crazy all of a sudden doesn't seem so BIG...knowing that all mother's feel this way and I wasn't the only one. Excellent book and highly recommended. Please take the time to read it. If your a pregnant mom or a mother now.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect for new moms,
By A Customer
This review is from: Mother Shock: Tales From the First Year and Beyond -- Loving Every (Other) Minute Of It (Paperback)
A wonderfully honest and funny book for new moms. Its short essay format works well for the limited reading time available to new parents. Just one chapter every now and then can brighten even the most collicky, sleep-deprived, poopy-diaper-ridden day.
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