Reasons Mommy Drinks Includes 100 Cocktail Rcipes to Enjoy in Your Zero Free Time

by Martin-Evans, Lyranda; Stevenson, Fiona

• ISBN13: 9780385349291
• ISBN10: 0385349297
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-09-10
• Publisher: Crown

Summary

A wickedly funny look at the challenges of new parenthood.

With cocktail recipes. 
 
Being a new mom is “AHHHH! WHAT HAVE I DONE?” hard. Why are all these tiny clothes so expensive? Who wrote these mind-numbing board books? Will Mommy ever carry a purse again that’s not a diaper bag? And how is she even functioning off so little sleep?

Reasons Mommy Drinks is a fresh, insightful, and hilarious collection of the various struggles faced by new parents—from mommy groups and single-people envy to the end of maternity leave—with a well-deserved cocktail recipe to go with each one. This must-have resource will help sleep-deprived new moms survive the baby years with their sense of humor, if not their lives as they once knew them, intact.

Author Biography

LYRANDA MARTIN EVANS is an award-winning advertising copywriter who is currently a Creative Director at one of Toronto's top advertising agencies. She writes and performs sketch comedy, and her former life as a bartender informs the book's delicious drink recipes. FIONA STEVENSON is an award-winning brand marketer who is frequently leveraged as an industry expert and corporate host. A former journalist, she is also a trained improviser, and sketch comedy writer and performer. TOGETHER, they are the creators of the popular blog Reasons Mommy Drinks. They both live and work in Toronto.

Table of Contents

Contents
Introduction • 1 7
The baby shower • 2 0
Prenatal class • 2 2
Labor • 2 4
Trying not to break you • 26
 Naming you • 28
Nursing • 3 0
The nursery • 3 2
She couldn’t drink for nine months • 34
Visitors • 3 6
Mommy and Me movies • 3 8
The car seat • 4 0
 Mommy groups • 4 2
She can’t drink drink • 4 4
 The spa • 4 6
Wearing you • 4 8
No more pregnancy perks • 5 0
 She can’t take a sick day • 52
Sex • 5 4
Lack of sleep • 5 6
The office visit • 5 8
 Her hair is falling out • 6 0
The in-laws • 62
Celebrity moms • 64
Celebrity babies • 6 6
Labor in the movies • 6 8
Everything makes her cry • 7 0
The diaper bag • 7 2
Public transportation • 7 4
Explosive poo • 76
You’re sick • 78
Mommy brain • 8 0
Baby Gap • 82
Plastic toys • 84
Mommy and Me yoga • 8 6
Sleep training • 8 8
The family pet • 9 0
Ex- boyfriends • 9 2
The weather • 9 4
TV • 96
 Facebook • 98
Global warming • 1 0 0
 Swim class • 1 0 2
Flying • 1 04
Real estate • 1 0 6
She’s asymmetrical • 1 0 8
The growth spurt • 1 1 0
The babysitter • 1 12
Diapers • 1 14
 Nap time • 1 16
Hotels • 1 18
The laundry • 1 2 0
Home renovations • 1 2 2
The end of maternity leave • 1 2 4
The pump • 126
The business trip • 128
Wardrobe • 1 3 0
Disposable income • 1 32
Brunch • 1 34
Holidays • 1 3 6
The Nanny • 1 3 8
 Daddy • 1 4 0
"When are you having a second?" • 1 4 2
Single people • 1 4 4
Bath time • 1 46
Meal planning • 1 48
You’re a hair puller • 1 5 0
Photography • 1 52
The pediatrician • 1 5 4
Baby proofing • 1 5 6
Your first birthday • 1 5 8
Weaning • 1 6 0
Your first haircut • 1 62
Sippy cups • 1 64
Gadgets • 1 6 6
Teething • 1 6 8
Board books • 1 7 0
Grocery shopping • 1 7 2
Working from home • 1 7 4
9 PM • 1 76
The gym membership • 1 78
First steps • 1 8 0
Compulsively checking on you while you sleep • 1 82
The park • 1 84
Accelerated aging • 1 8 6
The stroller • 1 8 8
Sports • 1 9 0
Grandma • 1 9 2
Day care • 1 9 4
Houseguests • 1 96
Mommy Fear • 198
The Playdate • 2 0 0
Children’s music • 2 0 2
Restaurants • 2 04
Mornings • 2 0 6
Weddings • 2 0 8
Other kids • 2 10
Other Mommies • 2 12
Mommy nights out • 2 14
Vacations • 2 16
You’re growing up too fast • 2 18
Acknowledgments • 2 2 1