The Real Mum's Guide to (Surviving) Parenthood - Softcover

Jen Hogan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1786050323 ISBN 13: 9781786050328

Publisher: Orpen Press, 2017

Synopsis

Parenthood the greatest adventure of all. While everyone else on social media is dressed neatly and smiling happily at the camera the picture-postcard family you re chasing a half-naked toddler around and simultaneously trying to remove baby vomit from your shirt. Welcome to reality! In The Real Mum s Guide to (Surviving) Parenthood, mum-of-seven Jen Hogan is your expert guide, sharing her candid perspective on the rollercoaster of parenthood with all its ups and downs, challenges and rewards from pregnancy to the teenage years. Humorous and sensitive, realistic and always ready with an anecdote, Jen is full of practical advice while also appreciating the emotional involvement in rearing children. She understands that what works for some children doesn t for others, and includes realistic tools for overcoming certain hurdles. The Real Mum s Guide to (Surviving) Parenthood covers all aspects of parenthood, including: Pregnancy, childbirth and miscarriage The newborn stage Postnatal depression Adjusting to the new mum you and the importance of mum friends Toddler terrors and threenagers Adding to your brood and adjusting to the new family dynamic The primary school years The secondary school transition The Real Mum s Guide to (Surviving) Parenthood is for all parents, from expectant mothers to parents of teenagers.

About this title

About the Author

Jen Hogan lives in Dublin with her husband, Paul, and her seven children, Chloe, Adam, Jamie, Luke, Zach, Tobey and Noah. She is a blogger and freelance writer, and writes parenting articles for the Irish Independent and Irish Examiner and has contributed to articles in the Irish Times. She has also written for Maternity and Infant magazine, the Ultimate Maternity Guide and Mums and Tots magazine, and writes a regular column for Easy Parenting magazine. She often speaks about parenting issues on radio and television, including the Ray D Arcy Show, Brenda O Donohue s Like Family, Today with Sean O Rourke, Newstalk, East Coast FM and the RTEjr parenting programme Rearing to Go. Jen is passionate about all things parenting and about supporting mums and dads on the rollercoaster journey that is parenthood. You can follow the highs, lows and underwear battles of her parenting voyage on her blog, Mama-tude. To link with Jen on social media: Facebook: /mamatude7.ie Twitter: @mama_tude Instagram: @mama_tude Website: mama-tude.com

Edition details

• Publisher: Orpen Press
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1786050323
• ISBN 13: 9781786050328
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192