In Mom: An Owner's Manual, you'll find everything you ever wanted to know about how to raise a perfect Mom.

With the same brilliant combination of humor and warmth she brought to bestseller Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott gives us a smart, funny, and comforting chronicle of single motherhood. It’s not like she’s the only woman to ever have a baby. At thirty-five. On her own. But Anne Lamott makes it all fresh in her now-classic account of how she and her son and numerous friends and neighbors and some strangers survived and thrived in that all important first year. From finding out that her baby is a boy (and getting used to the idea) to finding out that her best friend and greatest supporter Pam will die of cancer (and not getting used to that idea), with a generous amount of wit and faith (but very little piousness), Lamott narrates the great and small events that make up a woman’s life. "Lamott has a conversational style that perfectly conveys her friendly, self-depricating humor." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review "Lamott is a wonderfully lithe writer .... Anyone who has ever had a hard time facing a perfectly ordinary day will identify." -- Chicago Tribune

A manual for working mothers to achieve their own work-life balance. Real, raw, and funny - you will feel empowered and capable of having it all after reading! The manual contains fourteen topical chapters designed to give practical advice and inspiration through giggle-worthy stories. Chapters include: Stay At Home Moms Are Not The Enemy, Sex: Just Do It, and Mothers and Mothers-In-Law. Where Do I Start? Read an excerpt: Being a working mom is the most crazy, amazing, powerful, frustrating, loving experience you will ever have in your entire life. And I am here to tell you that you can do it! But you will never do it perfectly. Throw perfect out of your vocabulary. Just toss it out the window and keep on driving, because, sister, it ain't an option for you anymore. We've been fed a huge pack of lies. We've been told that we can bring home the bacon, fry it up in the pan, and feed our smiling, happy family with it. I am here to tell you that the quickest way to end up on a therapist's couch or crying into your glass of pinot noir at your girlfriend's house is to think that "perfect" and "working mother" belong in the same sentence. They don't. No one has it all. Save yourself the doctor's bill and the AA meetings and just accept the fact that if you choose to work and be a mom, life will be far from perfect.

How often have you heard..."Why don't kids come with an instruction book?" You asked, a lot of Moms listened and now they've delivered. The manual every Mom has been waiting for is finally here! Leni Engels (a mother of three, an RN by profession) plus more than 200 Moms have pooled their knowledge & experience and assembled a guide for mastering Motherhood. They share inspirations, tried and true success strategies, a few Mommy secrets, ideas, philosophies, opinions, poems and even some recipes. This is a unique parenting book - presented in concise, easy to read storyparagraphs. The Moms personal stories may have you laughing or perhaps shedding a tear, but all of their insights are thought provoking and helpful. Dependable advice will guide your parenting skills from 'infancy through independence' with creative and powerful suggestions. • Wondering how to get your baby to sleep through the night at just 6 weeks old? • Would you like some new toilet training ideas? • Wondering how to deal with whining and temper tantrums? • Want your child to be well behaved, cooperative and friendly? • Wish your child would eat a well rounded diet at calm, family friendly meals? • Want to teach your child to deal with real life, even when faced with negative feelings, fear, anger & disappointment? • Would you like to know if your child is ready for driving, dating, college & independence? • Wish you had a 'life skills check list' for teens to master before leaving home? The Book of MOM is a clever, convenient resource book, offering 100's of winning solutions. The expertise and wisdom of all these Moms will support you from the 'womb to the wedding!'

Calling all mamarazzis! Every camera-toting mom will want this guide! Moms, if you can't seem to take enough great photos of the children in your life, this is the book for you. Now you can learn how to photograph children with the style, clarity, color, and beauty you see in professional photographs. This fun guide combines humor with solid know-how to show you how to compose shots, handle cameras from basic compacts to advanced dSLRs, take portraits or candids, create prints that impress, and even work with kids! Packed with beautiful examples and written in a down-to-earth style from one mom to another, this book will help mamarazzis everywhere take better photos. Moms are one of the fastest-growing segments of the camera-toting demographic, and the blogosphere has a term for them, mamarazzis Mixes information, inspiration, and fun for women who want to take better photographs of the children in their lives Explains how to set up a camera and use the controls on basic compacts up to advanced dSLR cameras Covers shot composition, determining settings, exposing images correctly, the essentials of printing images, how to process for clear and bright color, and more Includes stunning examples of portraits and candids of children Become a better mamarazzi with this fun and informative guide!

This little manual is presented to help today's mothers in realizing and fulfilling the dignity of their state. It is hoped that these offerings will be instrumental in bringing mothers closer to the heart of Christ and will effectively join them in unity of prayer.

These on-call pediatric nurses and moms answer the questions all new parents have on topics from feedings and routines to common medical questions. Instructional DVD included.