Googled it up... How to be a Happy Mum: The Netmums book

Maybe i should give this book a try..

As reviewed in Amazon..

This book, just like the Netmums website, came about because we know exactly what it feels like to be a miserable mum.

We know how it feels to want, so badly, to be a perfect mum, but to feel you are failing at every turn. We know how it feels when you look about and think that every other mum seems to know instinctively what to do, while you sometimes feel you are barely coping.

The truth is that no one finds it easy being a mum. It isn't easy! Everyone has difficult times and stressful times. But there are solutions. There are ways of coping with these stresses and of enjoying being a mum to young children. It is possible to be a good mum and a happy mum. And it's important for mums to be happy. Mums are the centre of the family and the centre of the home. If mums are happy, children will be happy.

Key topics covered:
Friends: why we need mum friends and how to keep them

How to stop your children's behaviour being so stressful and how to enjoy your children instead

Sleep: Without sleep everything seems worse...here's how to get more of it Relationships: It is possible to have a loving relationship with your partner post-children. Here's how...

Money and working: To work or not to work? And how on earth to juggle it all without collapsing

Childcare: Who to leave them with? How do you know?

Clutter and chaos: It shouldn't be so important but it is! Housework is the no. 1 stress factor in a recent survey of mums. Lots of ideas for how to deal with it and how to get a better sense of perspective

Lack of me-time: Do you always have to be last on the list? Why it's important and why it isn't selfish

Depression and stress: Are you depressed? or just stressed? Or just exhausted? How do you know and how to you start to feel better?The unexpected (or the stuff life throws at us): There's always something isn't there?

Just when you think you've made it, something else comes along.

How to cope with the unexpected and what to expect from life.

This book takes each of these problems in turn and examines them and the issues surrounding them. If you have a new baby, you may be all-consumed by sleep (Chapter 3),
but as that sorts itself out, you might find you are arguing with your partner more than usual (Chapter 4).
Then you find you have money worries, so you need to look at whether you should go back to work including loads of ideas for compromise and working from home (Chapter 5)
and how to find the childcare you will need (Chapter 6).
And of course keeping on top of the housework is something we battle with every day (Chapter 7)
while finding time for ourselves takes the lowest priority...find out why it is important and how to build in me-time (Chapter 8)

Our panel of hand selected experts offer an insight into and understanding of these problems and why they are so common amongst mums. We offer practical solutions, coping strategies, new ways of looking at things and crucially, we draw on the experience and wisdom of many other mothers who have been through these issues and lived to tell the tale.

Ask the Netmums:

What was the biggest shock for you about becoming a mum?
The sheer frustration and effort required to get ready to leave the house. No longer could I shove on a pair of trainers and grab my keys! Outings have to be planned with military precision and getting everyone ready takes so long. Three years down the line it is still driving me bonkers!
Sarah Jo

The fact that people automatically assume you know what you are doing! The midwives at the hospital were a nightmare. Sam is my first baby and nobody tells you how to do the basics. I remember getting frustrated because I couldn't burp him (he was later diagnosed with reflux). When I asked the midwife how to do it, the helpful answer I got was ‘you just do it'. There is this little person totally reliant on you and no instruction manual!
Michelle

The lack of sleep. I know people warn you, but I really wasn't prepared for it. I was breastfeeding and up every two to three hours for almost six months. I never got a full night's sleep until my son was eighteen months old. I spent a lot of time being excessively tired, grumpy and very short-tempered. It put a real strain on my relationship with my husband. It was absolutely amazing when my son started sleeping through; it was like a weight had been lifted from the house and everything started falling into place.
Irina, mum to Max, 2

Hmmmm..maybe i shall get this book afterall...

Bee-oucth