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rosiekorzie's review
5.0
I finished this book last night while cuddling my sleeping 11 month old son. This is one of those rare, special books that I realize while reading it will be one of my favorite books for life. I hope to reread this with each impending pregnancy, while.holding each baby, and someday to remember the magic of this whole experience of new motherhood. It is so beautiful and captures the poetry and magic of pregnancy and motherhood and precious sweet little babies. Oh my heart 🖤
lavaplant's review
fast-paced
2.0
Ebook. Idk how I expected this not to be twee but it commits the sin of having nothing to say
dreamofbookspines's review
4.0
Such a sweet little book. A good read for new parents or parents-to-be. Beautiful prose, as per usual for Block, and she describes her experience of parenting in the first year so well. I also loved all the different nicknames she came up with for her child. Some may find this too twee, but if you do have that problem then Block's writing in general is probably not for you.
msjoanna's review
5.0
This is a poetic memoir detailing the author's feelings during her pregnancy and her child's first year. The language was beautiful and felt like an honest recounting of the joys, fears, and sleep-deprived craziness of new motherhood. Though the book takes a bit of a romantic look at the experience, I loved the way that the author's love for her baby came through the vibrant language. At the same time, the author honestly reflected on the frustrations and annoyances--feeling a loss to her marital relationship, fear for the safety of her daughter even when there was nothing to worry about, desire to have time to herself while simultaneously feeling a physical need to hold her daughter at all times. Reading this helped me to reflect on my own feelings as the mother of a baby girl. Recommended for mothers wanting to read about the experience.
crowyhead's review
4.0
This was no great masterpiece, but like so many of Block's other books, it turns out to have been exactly what I needed to read at this point in time.
wannabemensch's review
4.0
Most books in the "New Mother" genre romanticize the experience, and this one's no exception. I loved the language, the endearments and the honesty, but I had to remind myself this small book is the author's experience, not mine. There's nothing romantic or endearing about colic and a little post-partum depression.
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