How to Endure and Possibly Triumph Over the Adorable Tyrant
who Will Ruin Your Body, Destroy Your Life, Liquefy Your Brain,
and Finally Turn You
into a Worthwhile
Human Being.
Written by Alice Bradley and Eden Kennedy
W. W. Norton & Co.
Bright Sky Press
The site that inspired the book!
At LET'S PANIC ABOUT BABIES, Eden Kennedy and I share our hard-won wisdom and tell you exactly what to think and feel and do, whether you're about to have a baby or already did and don't know what to do with it.
Sometimes I write things elsewhere! Here is where you will find links to them. This part of the site will be updated soon with more content. I will tell you when. You smell nice.
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Confronting the Dark Lord
"Henry was born in October 2002. 'I can't wait until the first time he watches Star Wars,' Scott said to me during one of our first days at home. He was looking down at our 7-pound lump of innocence whose mind was unblemished by Lucasian mythology. 'Can you believe he doesn't know about Star Wars yet? It's going to be amazing.'"
Oh, and there's more.
Eighteen Attempts at Writing about a Miscarriage
"I’m sure I’m not the only woman out there who has a problem with the word miscarriage. It sounds like a mistake I made: Whoopsie, I dropped the baby. I was carrying her all wrong. Forgive me. But what are the alternatives? 'I lost the baby'? How bad a mother do you have to be to misplace a baby who’s inside you?"
For several months, I wrote a column in the magazine called "The Imperfectionist."
About kids and their fears. And how to deal with them without losing your mind.
Some people really freaked out about this one, because apparently I was giving children everywhere permission to abuse their parents? Hmm.
I did it! More or less. Sort of. No, I did!
I don't know about you other parents, with your meditation and your whatever, but worrying is my second-favorite hobby.
If you feel like crying, here you go.
When your child becomes a knee-jerk contrarian, sometimes it's hard not to flip the hell out.
Motherhood as Competitive Sport
Look, it's not a sport when I win every time.
