I Was a Really Good Mom Before I Had Kids – Book Review
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I just finished “I was a really good mom before I had kids – reinventing modern motherhood” by Trisha Ashworth and Amy Nobile. This was my seventh book of the year.
Amazon Description:
“I don’t know how she does it!” is an oft-heard refrain about mothers today. Funnily enough, most moms agree they have no idea how they get it done, or whether they even want the job. Trisha Ashworth and Amy Nobile spoke to mothers of every stripe—working, stay-at-home, part-time—and found a surprisingly similar trend in their interviews. After enthusing about her lucky life for twenty minutes, a mother would then break down and admit that her child’s first word was “Shrek.”
As one mom put it, “Am I happy? The word that describes me best is challenged.” Fresh from the front lines of modern motherhood comes a book that uncovers the guilty secrets of moms today . . . in their own words. I Was a Really Good Mom Before I Had Kids diagnoses the craziness. It offers real solutions so that mothers can step out of the madness and learn to love motherhood as much as they love their kids.
My Thoughts:
This is a funny book. There are some things in here that while good advice doesn’t apply to us. However, that’s all parenting and self-help books. They talk a lot about mommy guilt. I’m not in the league that some of these women are in. I wouldn’t say I have no mommy guilt but these ladies have a ton.
Some of the dirty little secrets had me dying laughing! The concept of having to do everything myself simply because I am the mom is foreign to me. I couldn’t imagine not expecting my husband or kids to do anything for themselves. As a mom, if anyone doesn’t do their chores it feels like they get dropped on me. It was nice to know that others feel the same way. If you are a mom struggling with all that is expected of moms (you know just to be perfect super moms) then you may enjoy this book.
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