I Was a Really Good Mom Before I Had Kid

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Scratch the surface of the Super Mum and you may find someone who isn't even sure she can get through the day, let alone 'do it all. ' Or at least that's what Trisha Ashworth and Amy Nobile felt. Curious, they began asking other mothers and found that after 20 minutes of touting the joys of motherhood, mums would inevitably admit that they were stressed out, exhausted and depressed that their children's first word was 'Shrek'. After conducting over 100 interviews,Trisha and Amy discovered trends too similar and too widespread to be ignored. Whether the mum was in the office or in the home, whether she had one kid or four, it didn't matter; mothers everywhere were, at some level, unsure of whether they were doing a good job or whether they even liked that job. Were you a bad mother if you screamed at a four year old for getting up 12 times in one night? Were you a good mother if you stayed up late baking 50 cupcakes for the ballet recital? Would passing off Safeway cupcakes as home-made really be that bad? Fresh from the frontlines of modern motherhood comes a book that uncovers the guilty secrets of mums today, in their own words. With chapters on the fake cupcake problem and 'should I get her a soccer tutor?', I was a Really Good Mom Before I Had Kids diagnoses the craziness, and then extends a loving and helpful hand. It's the perfect book for any mother who has secretly had these thoughts: "I wonder if I could get my own apartment?" "What do I do more with my kids: yell or laugh?" "Is slowly browsing the aisles at Target by myself actually better than therapy?"

Trisha Ashworth has produced advertising for American Express, PepsiCo, and Levi's. She lives in Northern California with her husband and three children. Amy Nobile has led public relations programs for Visa, FritoLay, and Webvan. She lives in Northern California with her husband and two children. The authors have been on Oprah, Today Show, 20/20, Rachel Ray, Early Show, Fox News and NPR.