Synopsis: Okay, so every day since the baby was born has been a dirty sweats/no mascara/bad hair day kind of day. You don't need your mother to tell you it's time to lose that just-home-from-the-hospital-
In this sensibly chic guide, Wood reveals the secrets of surviving the emotional, physical, and spiritual challenges that emerge in that bleary-eyed, sleep- and time-deprived first year. In the trademark Momover style popularized in her eponymous blog, she provides the motivation you need to hop off the new-mommy self-pity train, and get with a new and improved post-baby program. What's more, she proves that doing it right by yourself is just another way of doing right by your baby. mom·over: Because centered, happy you = centered, happy baby!
Author Bio
Dana Wood is a mother, wife, and the writer of "Momover," an online column that explores the collision of age and first-time mommyhood. Currently the senior fashion features editor of W, Wood has served as the beauty director of W and the health and beauty director of Cookie. In her twenty-plus years of journalism, she has also written for numerous national publications, including Glamour, Harper's Bazaar, InStyle, Women's Health, Self, and People. Learn more about Wood and her her popular blog at Momover.net. She lives in New York, NY.
About the Foreword Writer
Veronica Webb is one of the world's leading supermodels as well as a television personality, journalist, author, actress, and prominent philanthropist for a number of important causes.
Review: This is an amusing book! I'm not sure if some things are practical- for instance having a pre-delivery contract with your husband of all hormonal freak outs for 6 weeks only post delivery and posting all over the house is really gonna help! You're gonna freak out no matter if there's a paper or not- stress AND exhaustion can do that to a person!).Her ideas on post-delivery exercising are great, but again, not everyone can find as much time as she did-it depends on the help you have available! Her post-delivery eating tips are right on- ditch the Diet Coke and drinks lots of water (easing dehydration, makes you LESS tired). Taking a Mom Time Out and having some me time without baby is definitely a stress reliever for most moms!
I think younger mom-to-be will get more out of this book, just my gut instinct. I think older moms have a different take on Motherhood and may not be so gung ho as Dana was (and she was an older Mom!). But it would be a great baby shower present for any new mom to be! And now you can win my copy!
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