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This book is a nessassary for the new mom!!


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The Hip Mama Survival Guide Advice from the Trenches on Pregnancy Childbirth Cool Names Clueless Doctors Potty Training and Toddler Avengers Ariel Gore 9780786882328 Books Reviews

This book saved my sense of humor, perhaps even my mind, while I was pregnant and about to become a single mom by choice.
Other books will tell you about developmental stages, what's considered 'normal' or conversely, what's not -- but this book is the only one written directly to the person who exists, thinking and feeling, alongside the growing fetus and burgeoning identity of mom-to-be. For sensible, down-to-earth parenting advice I recommend pediatrician Penelope Leach, but for writing that speaks to your soul and can make you laugh out loud with wry recognition and/or joy, Ariel is the goddess.
My only disappointment is that sets a limit of five stars for us to bestow -- I'd happily give this book eleven ***********!!
I loved this book. I practiced birth control during my teens and 20s and my former husband practiced it for me in my 30s. Now, at 37, I'm seriously considering the fact that I'm not going to have a Family -- I'm going to have a child, probably by myself. Do I feel regret having put pursuit of $$$$ ahead of my fertility? Hell yes! Books like this just go to show that you can make it, even when making it doesn't look like a Vogue ad. I don't have piercings or what have you, but knowing there's someone who hasn't been completely brainwashed by modern capitalist culture is a help. As Martha says, it's a good thing.
Ariel Gore founded a website to go with her book. I found the website when I was pregnant, and frightened. The " you can do it" and "You don't need a stroller" saved me.

I am Christian, conservative, Republican, married, and in my thirties. We lived, at the time, surrounded by single mothers with careers. Ironically, I was the most hippy amongst them. Ariel Gore, her reassurance, her sense of entitlement to things like- you know- food- and education- kept me alive in the midst of the most horrifying Post- partum depression. Being married to an employed man doesn't mean the cupboard isn't mighty thin at the middle of the month. Being committed to your child, no matter what, to your principles, no matter what, to your friends--that's what I learned from Ariel Gore.

I keep buying copies of this book, and keep giving them away, to mothers struck, and frightened, in the midst of fear, divorce, spousal death, unemployment...........

two thumbs, and two big toes, up.

twc
This book is informational and REALLY funny. I have given it to several pregnant friends who have loved it.
Bleah. Narrow-minded, holier-than-thou assertions about what's best for your baby. Not so much "hip mama" as "self-righteous" mama. I read this before my first child was born, and immediately felt inadequate; after she was born I learned what most experienced moms already know - no one can predict your situation or how to best handle it ahead of time. First time mothers beware, do what's best for your baby and you, not what a "one-size-fits-all" self-help book says.
When we were expecting, my wife bought every child-rearing book under the sun. I bought her this one.
While the other books have caused her endless consternation, Ms. Gore's advice speaks to the world we live in.
We have bought copies of this for our friends as they became parents and all agree there is great wisdom herein.
I'm sure this book's very useful for mamas living in dire financial conditions, but as for me, most of the advice the book has to offer was irrelevant. I hope I'll never get to a situation when returning an old used sweater to the store will seem like the only way to get some cash. (Not to mention the fact that where I live, you will never ever get money back for a returned item from a store. ) )
As for the style of writing, I found the book mildly entertaining at first, refreshing even - but then it just went on and on and I soon found myself bored.
This book is a nessassary for the new mom!!