I Was a Really Good Mom Before I Had Kids: Reinventing Modern Motherhood (edit title/settings)

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• “I thought having a baby would be like having a pet”

• “I mean, I always pictured myself with kids, but I didn't expect to be barely keeping it together 99 percent of the time”

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• Learn to accept the fact that you are going to be responsible for many of your children’s tears.

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• Define yourself by your best moments, not your worst. Find one thing you did do right today, and focus on that.

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• The overwhelming, crushing responsibility of it all still lies with the mother. It’s a false sense of being ‘equals.’”

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• Take a deep breath, sister. Motherhood is about love, not performance. Let it go.

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• If we expect to make dinner seven nights a week, if we expect to home-bake the cookies, if we expect to never lose our tempers, if we expect to never need time for ourselves, if we expect to be happy every single day, we will set ourselves up for failure.

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• He rarely says, “Thank you” or “I appreciate that you …”

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• If a mother wasn’t bringing in a paycheck, often she was trying to prove how valuable her “mommy” work was.

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• Let go of the pressure to do it all and to do it all perfectly. Sometimes, it’s OK for things to be “good enough.”

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• So we put up this front that we’re OK, we’re fine. And really we’re maxed out, but we’re afraid to ask, because that could lead to a big ugly drama, which is worse than just putting the kid down for his nap yet again.

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• Cut yourself some slack if you’re in a tough phase. Husbands evolve over time. Wives evolve over time. Children grow up. You will find your rhythm again. A lot has changed quickly. You’ll find a new groove.

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• Houston
• San Francisco
• Los Angeles

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1. Trisha Ashworth (Author)
2. Amy Nobile

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• Dewey: 306.8743

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• Books › Health, Mind & Body › Personal Health › Women's Health › Pregnancy & Childbirth
• Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Sociology
• Books › Parenting & Families › Family Relationships › Motherhood
• Books › Entertainment › Humor › Self-Help & Psychology
• Books › Parenting & Families › Parenting
• Books › Home & Garden