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published
October 1st 1997
by Perigee Trade
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Paperback, 288 pages
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0399523308
(isbn13: 9780399523304)
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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, ...more
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Read in July, 2007
recommends it for:
new moms
As a new mom with few pregnant girlfriends, it's been very comforting to read Vicki Iovine's books and get some good advice about what is in store from me.
Humorous and frank, this book is more about how to take care of yourself while you're in labor at the hospital and what to do during those first few months your newborn.
The book is full of anecdotes from her personal experience and Iovine uses them to illustrate the reasons behind her advice and tips. For example, she advocates having...more
Humorous and frank, this book is more about how to take care of yourself while you're in labor at the hospital and what to do during those first few months your newborn.
The book is full of anecdotes from her personal experience and Iovine uses them to illustrate the reasons behind her advice and tips. For example, she advocates having...more
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Read in May, 2005
Skip all the parenting classes and books in preparation for the birth of your first child. Honestly, if you showed up to the hospital, the doctors and nurses would instruct you in everything you needed to know and you could ask as many questions as you wanted! It's AFTER that baby comes home that you need the help! This book was my saving grace. I realized I wasn't going nuts and was sane and just trying to adjust to being a mom. A MUST read for all moms-to-be.
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Read in October, 2007
recommends it for:
anyone expecting, or has a new baby
I definitely give this book 5 stars! Vicki Iovine has an incredibily funny way of sharing her own, and her girlfriends' experiences as a mom, and the trials and tribulations they went through. She has great advice, and its like sitting and talking with a great girlfriend about her experiences, hearing the good and not-so-good from a real point of view, versus informational books. Its a book you don't want to set down!
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Read in April, 2008
This is a book of advice and tips for surviving the first year of motherhood. It's fairly well-written, often pretty funny, and usually provides a forgiving and encouraging pat on the back for new mommies. I didn't think it always flowed very well, and the author's brassy tone and hard line on certain types of parents rubbed me the wrong way at times.
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Read in January, 2003
recommends it for:
new parents
Pretty good and funny. I did not find it as amazing as Girlfriend's Guide to Pregnancy. Maybe that post-partum funk left me not in the mood for silly humor anymore; I just wanted more quick info in a no-nonsense manner. The BEST book about the first year and beyond is The Baby Book. The Sears' theory of attachment parenting is the best.
This book provides a funny look at the first year of motherhood. Although I could relate to a few things here and there I did not identify with most of this book. The author and her friends seem to be rich So California woman who think that not having the time for a bikini wax because you are now a mom is the end of the world.
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Read in March, 2008
Although the author is hilarious and has many stories from the caos of motherhood, this book is not nearly as well written as her Pregnancy survival guide. I feel as if she were writing to older moms, or moms with multiples. As a young, single mom, I could not relate to a lot she had to say... nor would I want to!
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Read in July, 2004
recommended to Nadine by:
Julie P. Laurenterecommends it for: first time mothers! it's a WONDERFUL guide and very very funny as hell!
special thanks to my wonderful friend Jules Laurente for giving me this book as a gift when Cory was born back in 2004! Thanks jules!
this book gave an ARMFUL of advice both scary and hilarious as hell. Vicki Lovine asnswers questions, calms the readers fears, and cracks you up as a girlfriend can!
this book gave an ARMFUL of advice both scary and hilarious as hell. Vicki Lovine asnswers questions, calms the readers fears, and cracks you up as a girlfriend can!
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Read in July, 2007
This book was just a fun read. Sometimes when your a new mother you feel all alone in the world. This book made me realise that I wasn't alone and that it was all perfectly normal what I was going through. I would recomend it for any confused, hormonal new mother. Don't worry! You'll get through the first year!
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Read in December, 2007
Very informative...although do NOT read this until you are ready. It's not all pretty. I do like the way the author writes, as though you are actually her girlfriend, as opposed to a doctor writing to a patient, etc. V. helpful to make the not-so-pretty information go down a little easier.
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Read in January, 2005
I could NOT have survived the first month of being a new mother without this book. It helped me laugh at some of the really HARD things about becoming a new mother. This book was given to me by a dear friend who always seems to know just what I need. She is a mother to admire.
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recommends it for: new mothers
recommends it for: new mothers
A MUST read for any new mother. I laughed out loud at several points in this book. It offers a refreshing, not so serious look at becoming a parent for the first time. So much of what she says resonated with me, and reassured me that I am not/was not going crazy.
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new mommies who do*not* have PPD
Having a colicky child and living on 2.3 hours of sleep each night, I found myself crying uncontrollably halfway through the book. I never got up the courage to pick it up again. Humor (dark)notwithstanding, it was too depressing at that point in my life/motherhood.
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recommended to Myfanwy by:
Katrina
As with her pregnancy book, this book gave me information, made me laugh, and helped me to not take myself so seriously. It also gave me a great deal of comfort. It doesn't give quite the detailed information other first year books do, but then I didn't expect it to.
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Read in May, 2007
maybe it's easier to laugh about something you have yet to experience... i read this guide months before jb was born. and, i couldn't put it down. i haven't exactly used it as a guide, but i have laughed out loud from her crazy explanations of this mommy job.
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Thank you to Jesika for buying this for me. This book is hilarious and insightful - actually made me laugh out loud more than once. It's 10 years old and that makes parts of it a bit outdated, but it's still hilarious and informative.
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Read in October, 2007
recommends it for:
parents
As with the Girlfriends Guide to Pregnancy, this book is funny and informative, too. They really help you feel less tense and panicked about the new things you seem to encounter during these times in life. Another good book to have around.
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Read in December, 2007
as funny as "Girlfriend's Guide to Pregnancy" for the new mom gal-pals. She's hysterical. If anyone out there is pregnant, these two are the only books I would recommend.. everything else made me paranoid and just freaked out in so many ways.
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Read in February, 2007
recommends it for:
anyone with a newborn or one on the way
I cannot stomach the "real" books about raising kids so this series (I recommend the third about toddlers too) has proven helpful in that it gives advice but also makes me laugh and realize that raising a child is fun and actually really funny!
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Read in August, 2007
recommends it for:
new mothers
I didn't like this book as much as Girlfriends Guide to Pregnancy only because it didn't seem as funny, almost like she was trying too hard this time. Lots of helpful information though & I still laughed out loud at parts.
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