The Sh!t No One Tells You About Baby ..., Dawn Dais
The Sh!t No One Tells You About Baby ..., Dawn Dais
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The Sh!t No One Tells You About Baby #2
A Guide To Surviving Your Growing Family

Author: Dawn Dais

Narrator: Dawn Dais

Unabridged: 4 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Seal Press

Published: 10/24/2017


Synopsis

The third book in Dawn Dais's popular Sh!t No One Tells You series covers all a parent needs to know once the reality of having two children settles in.

Around the time your first baby turns a year old your brain will turn on you. For reasons that are still not understood by science, the sleep deprivation and postpartum hormones you barely survived with your first baby fade from memory and will be replaced with idyllic images of your growing child.

This is when your brain, having officially lost all regard for your well-being, begins to fantasize about a second baby. And for the first time since becoming a parent these thoughts don't make you break out in hives.

Before you know it, you are dressing your first child in "I'm Going to be a Big Sister!" T-shirts and catalog-shopping for bunk beds. This will be fantastic!

But then that familiar morning sickness kicks in. And your adorable 18-month-old transforms into a two-year-old terror. That's when those hives start to return.

With Dawn Dais's trademark witty banter, The Sh!t No One Tells You About Baby #2 includes chapters such as "You Have Officially Lost Control of the Situation," "Siblings Aren't Nearly as Adorable as You Imagined," "You'll Have a Favorite," and "Having Kids Looks a Lot Easier on TV."

About Dawn Dais

Dawn Dais is the author of several guides to pregnancy and parenting, including The Sh!t No One Tells You About Pregnancy and The Sh!t No One Tells You About Toddlers. Her other books include The Nonrunner's Marathon Guide for Women and The Noncyclist's Guide to the Century.She lives in Sacramento, California.


Reviews

Goodreads review by sammi_reads on January 06, 2024

Flat out: this book was sh!t. It was a fluff money grab without much useful information or advice. I only give it any credit because any moms out there without mom friends or online mom groups will like seeing they are not alone in their daily struggles. However most second-time moms will read this a......more

Goodreads review by Nicole on October 19, 2021

Funny. Not particularly helpful but I appreciate the “I’m in the trenches with you” tone of the book.......more

Goodreads review by Nikki on May 24, 2018

This book is amazing if you're a mom at all. It's harsh truth coupled with joyous humor. This author is one of my mom heroes. Thank you, Dawn, for writing this book. I needed this book desperately to see that other women struggle with being a mother. You are an inspiration. This book has given me an......more

Goodreads review by KatieE on March 15, 2017

I thought this book was okay. It was sometimes funny but not laugh out loud funny. Most was common sense and I honestly found some of the stories from the other moms she references more discouraging than helpful.......more

Goodreads review by Taylyn on October 05, 2023

4.75! I adore Dawn's writing. I love commiserating with her lol. Expecting my 2nd kid in a few weeks and my children will be almost exactly 3 years apart, so the reviews of this book are correct, this is definitely geared towards parents if toddlers/very young kids who are expecting new babies! I li......more


Quotes

"Covers all the basic questions about the differences between having one child and two. It gathers advice from mothers who share the information they wished they'd had before their second child, and it provides anecdotes that are both funny and practical...From changed parenting decision processes to common assumptions about having and handling two children, this book offers a range of thought-provoking insights about the process and how it can better be managed." —Midwest Book Review