Product Description:- Whatever your age, becoming a mum for the first time brings with it excitement, anxiety and numerous challenges. But how do you cope when, to top it all, you discover you are old enough to be the mother of everyone else in your NCT group? The story of one woman, one new baby, a slipped disc and rather too many wrinkles, The Secret Diary of a New Mum (Aged 43 1/4) follows the tale of a midlife mum as she tries to make the transition from experienced TV producer to utterly inexperienced parent.
One in five babies is born to a mum over 35, and the number of over 40s giving birth has doubled. The first humorous narrative account of what it’s really like to be a midlife mum – whether it’s deftly side-stepping any questions about age and baby number two or weeping as younger counterparts ping back into their size ten jeans within thirty seconds of giving birth – this is the thoroughly entertaining, insightful and often hilarious account of what happens as you face up to menopause and new motherhood at the same time.
Review:- I have chatted to Cari Rosen for sometime on Twitter before I got this book to review. I have to say I was extremely excited to read it. Cari is so sweet, funny and lovely, I couldn’t wait. The book did not let me down, it was sweet, funny and I felt I was right along there with Cari on her journey. I read it within a few days, it was just one of those books you were addicted to reading. Every mother has been through the majority of what she is describing, you can relate to it all.
There were so many times I laughed and snorted out loud at the funny things you do as a new mother. She really has the experience on paper down to a T. I read so many pages and thought I did that, I remember that and oh yes I’d forgotten about that one. I was laughing so much that my hubby would ask what I was reading and I’d read the paragraph out and he’d be laughing too.
The book covers Cari’s her journey from pregnancy as a “mature” mother to the first two years of her daughters life. I love the way Cari compares her childhood to her daughters, it shows how much parenting has changed.
This book sums up motherhood perfectly. Like most mums Cari is in awe with her daughter and motherhood and this comes through in her book.
I would recommend this book to every mother, every grandmother, every mother to be and anyone who wants to have a good laugh. I’m sure the dads would get a kick out of it. Cari, is a fantastic mother who shows there are a lot of positive things in being an “older” mother, even if you feel like a dinosaur compared to your peers. What you waiting for… Other than the sequel.
Disclaimer:- I was sent this book in exchange for an honest review, which I have given.
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