{"id":166,"date":"2008-04-23T21:09:31","date_gmt":"2008-04-23T21:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackbeltmama.net\/bbmreview\/2008\/04\/23\/dirty-little-se\/"},"modified":"2008-04-23T21:09:31","modified_gmt":"2008-04-23T21:09:31","slug":"dirty-little-se","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackbeltmama.com\/bbmreview\/2008\/04\/23\/dirty-little-se\/","title":{"rendered":"Dirty Little Secrets"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When I was pregnant with my son, I always dreamed of the mom I would soon be.  I would be perfectly put together.  I would bake whole-grain cookies and serve balanced meals that we would all eat together at the table after saying grace.  I would do crafts and build cool forts with blankets.  I would be patient.  I would only buy gender-neutral, educational toys.  Then, I had my son.  And all those ideas, they flew out the window with my sanity.  Being a parent, more often than not, is just a daily game of survival-and often, I would easily get voted off this island.<\/p>\n

Dirty Little Secrets from Otherwise Perfect Moms<\/em> is a book to revel in our imperfections.  Mothers tend to "withhold the truth" from other mothers, as if revealing our imperfections somehow makes us a failure.  Instead, we bottle it up and act like everything is perfect and balanced.  In this new book, Trisha Ashworth and Amy Nobile (also authors of I Was a Really Good Mom Before I Had Kids<\/em>) got moms to reveal their deepest, darkest secrets of motherhood.  At times, I giggled.  Sometimes, my mouth dropped in horror.  Other times, I found myself nodding in agreement.  All the time, I was taken with how honest these mothers were being.  <\/p>\n

The hardest part of motherhood for me is the constant feeling that other mothers are better mothers than I am.  Dirty Little Secrets<\/em> makes me feel that I am not alone.  I have this book already packed up to send to a friend who is a new mother.  It’ll be a "Welcome to the World of Guilt and Incompetent Feelings"<\/del> "Happy New Baby!" gift.   <\/p>\n

If you have a dirty little secret of your own to share, head on over the book club at Mother Talk<\/a>.  Share your dirty little secret by May 1, 2008 and you might just win a $25 Amazon gift certificate or a free copy of the book.<\/p>\n

For a refreshing and honest look at motherhood and for reminding me that even if I get voted off of this island, I am  not alone, I give this a<\/p>\n

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