I bought this book months ago when i was having a 'down' day. It really cheered me up, made me feel like i wasn't the only one feeling like motherhood was a neverending chore. It is full of practical advice, i keep it by the bed and dip into it time and time again to read relevant chapters. Thanks netmums.
I have just finished reading this book and to be honest it's a shame I've finished it. I thought it was a brilliant book, very funny, informative, a bit sad but most of all, enjoyable! Whilst reading it I realised I was sitting on the settee chuckling to myself and getting some funny disapproving looks from my cat.
I am going to be a dad in about 2 weeks (or anytime really) and it has...
I was recommended this book and it didn't disappoint. I was impressed by the author's down to earth realness and occasionally brutal honesty. Instead of offering platitudes and ways to come to terms with grief and listing the stages one should be passing through in order to "grieve in the proper manner", I really warmed to the reality of her words...
i'm a dissenting voice here i'm afraid. i thought it was pretty limited on names, wrote little about them and was generally a lightweight effort. wish i hadn't bothered.
This book is a good read and is very funny in parts. I also don't doubt that it is an accurate portrayal of things as they were, presumably somewhat "hyped up" given that he is selling a book.
My main problem is his view of pregnancy and labour was fearful and somewhat cynical. I'd hate men to think they can't do better and that this is the best they can hope to achieve.
I took this book on holiday with me in the last 2 weeks to read. I found it very emotional reading it. Having lost a baby son 28 yrs ago that lived just 4 days with a hyper plastic left heart. Reading the letters and stories and Gloria's words I now realise that it doesn't matter what age you loose your child, be it 1 day old to 50 yrs old the pain is the same. The feelings and thoughts in this book...
This book reads as easily as a novel--quite a relief after reading the traditional and often humourless parenting guides. The reader of The Best Friends' Guide to Surviving the First Year of Motherhood won't emerge with an encyclopaedic knowledge of nappy- changing techniques, but they will discover how it feels to be changing nappies all night and why on earth any sane person would...
