I Was A Really Good Mom Before I Had Kids by Ashworth and Nobile

(review by Julie)
After seeing a book titled Didn't I Feed You Yesterday at the bookstore I couldn't forget about the title. It feels so fitting right now for my life with a 7 month old. I looked on Amazon to figure out what it was about and if it was worth reading and right there under "customers who bought this book also bought:" were several other great sounding books about motherhood, including, I Was A Really Good Mom Before I Had Kids by Trisha Ashworth and Amy Nobile. I looked for all the books listed, but this was the one my library happened to have, so I put it on reserve (my order-ahead-drive-thru library service) and picked it up the next time I was there.  It's right there in the same genera and Sippy Cups are Not for Chardonnay, which I've heard is great, but never read.

Overall it was a great read.  It was a quick read (only took me one or two days of ignoring my children to read through it) and a balanced mix of so-true-it-hurts and LOL. The best part about this book though is that it's not just a bunch of complaining. They give great suggestions at the end of each chapter about how to make motherhood a little more enjoyable. The topics they cover include setting more realistic expectations, making peace with your choices, stopping the judgment cycle, loosing the guilt, and finding ways to "love being a mother as much as we love our kids."

Do you think I could request that my library start buying more snarky mommyhood books?