Motherhood doesn't come with a rule book. Sometimes you wonder if anyone feels the same way you do. Am I feeding them right? Am I loving them enough? Can I exchange this one for a newer model that doesn't cry so much? There's nothing better than feeling understood, like there's someone else out there who gets it.
This collection of two life long friends' motherly stories, quotes, and memories - both fond and ones they'd sooner forget - will show you there's no such thing as a perfect mum, and at the end of the day, maybe that's not such a bad thing.
After all; "Mothers are all slightly insane" JD Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye.
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Best friends 5 The Magic of childhood 6 Conception 9 Pregnancy 12 Hospital 14 Breastfeeding (Tracey) 18 Breastfeeding (Lis) 20 Mum's freedom 22 A dummy's guide to dummies...............................................24 Time (Tracey) 27 Time (Lis) 29 Trauma of toilet training 31 In sickness and in health 34 Flour 37 Feeding time at the zoo 39 Hard to swallow 42 Humpty Dumpty 44 Night terrors 46 Night owl 49 Locked out 51 In the genes 53 Living in the moment 56 Kids on wheels 58 Little fingers 61 Naughty and nice 63 Activities ( Tracey) 65 Activities (Lis) 67 A shopper is born 70 Collections 72 Recollections and collections 74 Bad teacher 76 Nessie ........... 80 High jinx 82 Little Monkey 84 Mummy's little helpers 86 Computer games (Tracey) 87 Computer games (Lis) 89 A hairy tale 91 Fishy business 94 Four legged friends 96 The Rainbow Bridge 98 Special friends 100 Odd socks .................................................. 103 Sock horror 105 Birthdays 107 Mother's worry 110 Mummy politics 113 Nine Eleven 116 Road trip 119 That's where clouds come from 122 So much more than just a mum 123 Blow, blow, blow your nose 127 Double double this this! 130 Mum knows best 132 Never ending eggs 134 Mum loses her temper 136 Eensie weensie spider 138 Boys will be boys 141 Race for the front seat 143 Planes, trains and automobiles 145 Pocket money ........... 148 The Wiggles concert 150 The F bomb 152 Sleep 154 Belt up 158 Memories 160 Mother's Day 162 Daddy's little helpers 164 TV and DVDs 166 TV world 168 Trouble .................................................. 170 What's that smell? 172 Venturing out 174 Yarram pool 179 Going once, going twice 182 The family home 185 The magic of Harry Potter 188 The little things 191 Toys "R" us 193 Trust 195 Everyone's a winner 197 Have a banana 200 Ode to my life partner 202 Revenge time 204 Me, myself and I 206 Family holidays 208 The Anzac on the Wall 211 Good guys don't always win 215 The circle game ........... 216 Fifteen minutes of fame 218 Blast off 221 Visiting Lorraine's house 224 End 226