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This book is amazing . . . It doesn't tell you what to do but reassures you that you're not alone (MOTHER AND BABY July 2010 )
A great book if you're feeling like a less-than-perfect new mum (Now Celeb Mum & Baby: 4 star review )
The best book on parenting brilliantly insightful. (Guardian )
I wish I'd had this book years ago - to show to bosses who didn't understand, to friends who couldn't grasp why I was permanently tired, and even to myself - to know that I wasn't the only one who wished for an extra eight hours in the day. (Anne Diamond, television presenter, mother )
If you haven't read [Naomi Stadlen's] books, please do so. They will inspire your mothering (Battersea Yoga )
A great book if you're feeling like a less-than-perfect new mum (Now Celeb Mum & Baby: 4 star review )
The best book on parenting brilliantly insightful. (Guardian )
I wish I'd had this book years ago - to show to bosses who didn't understand, to friends who couldn't grasp why I was permanently tired, and even to myself - to know that I wasn't the only one who wished for an extra eight hours in the day. (Anne Diamond, television presenter, mother )
If you haven't read [Naomi Stadlen's] books, please do so. They will inspire your mothering (Battersea Yoga )
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Have you ever spent all day looking after your baby or young child - and ended up feeling that you have 'done nothing all day'? Do you sometimes find it hard to feel pleased with what you are doing, and tell yourself you should achieve more with your time? Maybe it's because you can't see how much you are doing already. In this unique and perceptive look at mothering, Naomi Stadlen draws on many years' work with hundreds of other mothers of a wide variety of ages and backgrounds. She explores mothers' experiences to reveal what they - and you - are doing when it may look, to everyone else, like nothing. If you are a mother, and have ever felt: that nobody understands what you do all day; overwhelmed by your feelings for your baby; tired all the time; that nothing prepared you for motherhood; uncertain what your baby seems to want; short-tempered with your partner - you will find this the most reassuring book you have ever picked up.
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45 of 45 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
My husband bought me this book before our baby was born and I started to read it and didn't find it relevant (as I hadn't had the baby yet!)
But when the baby came....so did the book and it was such a good help and confidence booster in the mad hazy first weeks of having a new baby at home with you. I wish I had read it before.
But when the baby came....so did the book and it was such a good help and confidence booster in the mad hazy first weeks of having a new baby at home with you. I wish I had read it before.
The book, unlike other advice books, is a no nonsense, straight from the hip advice from other mothers. I loved it because it was just so honest....a relief in times that you start to doubt your abilities as a mother. It help me to realise something that I suspected from the start - to trust myself and my intuition. I really think that this book should be read by every mother.
From one very happy Mam and a very healthly baby - enjoy!
32 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have two really small children and a very tiring, chaotic life. Reading this (which I did in two days, despite aforementioned children) really cheered me up and helped me feel validated in the work I am doing. I will be buying it for all my new mother friends and I highly recommend it for everyone who is trying to mother their new children and feels overwhelmed, distressed, fearful and/ or exhausted. This will make you feel better and put some of it into perspective. I've never encountered another book which explains my current life better.
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book made a great impact on me because at the time of reading I was feeling very down about being a new mum and unsure of my abilities and decisions that I'd been making about my daughter.
The main point of the book is that the best way of parenting is to find what works for you and your child. It advocates a much more natural way of parenting and it also re-affirms the fact that being a mum is a valuable and important contribution, not just to your child but to society as well. A real confidence boost!
The main point of the book is that the best way of parenting is to find what works for you and your child. It advocates a much more natural way of parenting and it also re-affirms the fact that being a mum is a valuable and important contribution, not just to your child but to society as well. A real confidence boost!
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finally!
What an amazing book! I can't praise it enough. It shows how the difficulties of motherhood are shared by many mothers so mothers don't feel isolated. Read more
Published 3 months ago by belkis
the best parenting book i read
i have three children & used to write for a parenting magazine. this is the best book on mothering i read and the one i always recommend first to friends when they become new... Read more
Published 5 months ago by kate
If there's only one book mothers should read, this is it.
Incredibly insightful - and therefore profoundly reassuring - this book uncovers many if not all of the thoughts that keep us new mothers up at night. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Elledeebee
Heartwarming and reassuring
I am really glad I read this book. It has reassured me about my approach to parenting and made me feel like I'm doing a good job. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Elis
made me feel much better
I started reading this book when my son was 10 weeks old and I'd had 2 nightmare weeks. This book felt like a hug. Read more
Published 6 months ago by sarag76
would recommend this book
This is an excellent book for new mums. It differs from most in that it contains words of wisdom rather than words of advice, though there is some advice in there. Read more
Published 6 months ago by lorrainem
A different perspective
I found this book really comforting. It made me feel more confident and trusting towards my baby and accepting of his sometimes erratic (particularly at night) behaviour. Read more
Published 7 months ago by katban
Mothering
I absolutely love this book and would recommend it to all first time mums. I would go as far as suggest that this book should be the first book you read about motherhood. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Lovely M
Fascinating
A really fascinating book for the psychologically-minded mum, dad or anyone interested in the early months and years of caring for a baby.
Published 9 months ago by Kate
A review outside the norm.
Bought this book when my baby was 7 mths old, but only managed to start reading when she was 11 mths. A frank, truthful insight and very well written. Read more
Published 15 months ago by sssv76
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