Table of Contents
Introduction It's Time for #NoShameParenting 1
Chapter 1 Drink a Little Wine! Why It's Okay to Break Most of the Pregnancy "Rules" 11
Chapter 2 C-Section vs. "Natural": Why the Way We Give Birth Shouldn't Be a Competition 31
Chapter 3 Protein Is Protein: Breastfeeding, Formula, and Why It Doesn't Really Matter Which One You Choose 59
Chapter 4 Knock Yourself Out: Letting Your Kid Cry Himself to Sleep Won't Ruin His Life (And It May Save Yours) 79
Chapter 5 You Don't Have to Be Mary Poppins: Why Your Kid Will Be Fine If They Go to Daycare (or Don't) 99
Chapter 6 Time Out! How to Discipline Without Losing Your Sh*t (Or Your Kid) 121
Chapter 7 Embrace Technology: There's Literally No Way We Can Keep Our Kids Off Screens Anyway 145
Chapter 8 Technically, French Fries Are a Vegetable: How to Get Meals on the Table and Make Dinnertime Less Stressful 171
Chapter 9 Busting the Myth of "Having It All": It Doesn't Exist (So Can We Stop Saying It, Please?) 197
Chapter 10 Get It On: How Much Sex Everyone Is Really Having After Kids 231
Chapter 11 There's No Such Thing as Normal: Embrace Your Family's Situation (Even If You Didn't Choose It) 245
Epilogue The Bottom Line: Seriously, You Can't F*ck Up Your Kids 263
Acknowledgments 269
Notes 273
Index 295