The Sh!t No One Tells You Quotes

“I am not the only parent in the history of the planet to have their asses handed to them by something they could fit in a purse.”
― Dawn Dais, The Sh!t No One Tells You: A Guide to Surviving Your Baby's First Year

“As it stands now we are all told that breastfeeding is the ONLY option for feeding your child, if you actually love that child and ever want them to have more than a third-grade level reading ability. If you don’t breastfeed your baby you might as well just drop it off immediately at your local prison, because that is where it’s going to end up anyway, with such a horrible start to its life. Breastfeeding is beautiful and natural and the best and only socially acceptable way to nourish your baby. It is the most natural thing on the planet, you see. Fast-forward to a severely sleep-deprived, hormone-riddled new mom whose baby is not latching on correctly. If maybe perhaps she had been warned that breastfeeding would not necessarily be easy-peasy, then maybe perhaps she wouldn’t have to add “severe guilt” and “feelings of extreme failure as a woman and mother” to her already long list of postpartum difficulties. So say it with me now: “Breastfeeding is really f’n hard.” Repeat it to yourself, even as you attend classes and read books.”
― Dawn Dais, The Sh!t No One Tells You: A Guide to Surviving Your Baby's First Year

“You’ll know you’ve officially become sleep deprived when you have the unique feeling of being drunk, high, and on a psychiatric hold all at the same time. Some”
― Dawn Dais, The Sh!t No One Tells You: A Guide to Surviving Your Baby's First Year