Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-319).
Contents:
Your new normal. Your hospital discharge -- Your first few days at home -- Settling into motherhood -- Adjusting to parenting with your partner -- Prioritizing sleep -- Asking for help -- Your postpartum body -- Your emotional health -- Handling unsolicited advice -- Navigating friendships -- Finding childcare -- Your new normal.
Summary:
"Enough already with all those guides solely focused on caring for a screaming, crying, pooping infant! New moms deserve better. Writer Becky Vieira wants to help them unapologetically prioritize self-care, create healthy boundaries, and stay sane in our newborn-obsessed culture. Drawing on her own experiences as well as interviews with both moms and experts, she gets to the bottom of the toughest and most taboo topics--including how to manage nosy in-laws and an anxious partner, survive the first postpartum poop, soothe a battered nether region, and seek out treatment for depression. Enough About the Baby is filled with hacks, tips, tricks, and to-do lists that could only come from the most seasoned--and enlightened--mom"-- Back cover.
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