RESOURCES FOR GROWING A FAMILY AND GETTING A LIFE The resources below are organized in the following categories:

MOTHERHOOD: GENERAL

The Bitch in the House: 26 Women Tell the Truth about Sex, Solitude, Work, Motherhood and Marriage, edited by Cathi Hanauer.

The Three-Martini Playdate: A Practical Guide to Happy Parenting, by Christie Mellor.

The Lunch-box Chronicles: Notes fom the Parenting Underground, by Marion Winik.

American Mom: Motherhood, Politics, and Humble Pie, by Mary Kay Blakely.

Dispatches From a Not-So-Perfect Life: Or How I Learned to Love the House, the Man, the Child, by Faulkner Fox.

I’m Okay, You’re a Brat: Setting the Priorities Straight and Freeing You from the Guilt and Mad Myths of Parenthood, by Susan Jeffers.

Three-Ring Circus: How Real Couples Balance Marriage, Work and Family, edited by Dawn Comer Jefferson and Rosanne Welch.

The Mother Trip: Hip Mama’s Guide to Staying Sane in the Chaos of Motherhood, by Ariel Gore.

I Don’t Know How She Does It: The Life of Kate Reddy, Working Mother, by Allison Pearson.

The Big Rumpus: A Mother’s Tale from the Trenches, by Ayun Halliday.

The Price of Motherhood: Why the Most Important Job in the World is Still the Least Valued, by Ann Crittenden.

The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How it has Undermined Women, by Susan J. Douglas and Meredith W. Michaels.

Brain, Child: The Magazine for Thinking Mothers. brainchildmag.com

Hipmama.com

NEW MOTHERS

Breastfeeding & Breastpumps A site for specialist breastfeeding and expressing products, useful supplies of breastpumps and their accessories as well as baby art and gifts.

Mother Shock: Tales from the First Year and Beyond, by Andrea J. Buchanan.

Life After Birth: What Even Your Friends Won’t Tell You About Motherhood, by Kate Figes.

Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son’s First Year, by Anne Lamott.

Birth: A Literary Companion, edited by Lynne Barrett and Kristin Kovacic.

Breast Pumps Direct Dedicated to providing mothers with quality breast pumps and accessories. We offer all major brands including Avent, Ameda, and Medela.

STAY-AT-HOME MOMS

MommaSaid.net is the stay-at-home mom's coffee break

14 Hours ‘Til Bedtime, by Jen Singer will be published this November.

WORKING MOMS

Working Mother magazine and its website, workingmother.com

A Mother’s Place: Taking the debate about Working Mothers beyond Guilt and Blame, by Susan Chira.

When Mothers Work: Loving Our Children Without Sacrificing Ourselves, by Joan K. Peters

HAVING ONE CHILD

Onlychild.com

Anita Diamant’s essay “One,” in Pitching My Tent: On Marriage, Motherhood, Friendship and Other Leaps of Faith makes an eloquent case for having one child.

Alice Walker also puts the case for one well in “One Child of One’s Own: A Meaningful Digression within the Work(s),” in Mother Reader: Essential Writings on Motherhood, edited by Moyra Davey.

HAVING A SECOND CHILD

Three Shoes, One Sock & No Hairbrush: Everything You Need to Know About Having Your Second Child, by Rebecca Abrams.

Twice Blessed: Everything You Need to Know About Having a Second Child--Preparing Yourself, Your Marriage, and Your Firstborn for a New Family of Four, by Joan Leonard.

Keys to Preparing and Caring for your Second Child, by Meg Zweiback.

Your Second Child: A Guide for Parents, by Joan Solomon Weiss.

And Baby Makes Four: Welcoming a Second Child into the Family, by Hilory Wagner.

From One Child to Two: What to Expect, How to Cope, and How to Enjoy Your Growing Family, by Judy Dunn.

SIBLINGS

Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too, by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

SHARED PARENTING

Halving It All: How Equally Shared Parenting Works, by Francine M. Deutsch.

The ThirdPath Institute is a Philadelphia-based non-profit that conducts workshops on sharing parenting and balancing work and family. ThirdPath also works with organizations and employers to promote family-friendly policies. thirdpath.org

GET IT TOGETHER

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity, by David Allen.

For getting organized: juliemorgenstern.com

The Girlfriends’ Guide to Getting Your Groove Back: Loving Your Family Without Losing Your Mind, by Vicki Iovine.

Weight Watchers is family friendly and helped Jennifer lose 50 pounds. weightwatchers.com

STAY CENTERED

Inner Peace for Busy People: 52 Simple Strategies for Transforming Your Life, by Joan Borysenko.

For a calm, spiritual approach to parenting: themindfulparent.org

SHOP

solesole.com offers European children's shoes at American prices.

consumersearch.com has reviews and price information on double strollers.

LOCAL PARENTING INFORMATION

phillymama.com is an online magazine for Philadelphia moms

southflorida.com has information for parents in South Florida.

WRITERS’ RESOURCES

The American Society of Journalists and Authors. asja.org

The Authors Guild. Among its many benefits, the Guild offers free book contract reviews. You don’t have to be an author to join. See authorsguild.org

Becoming a Writer, by Dorothea Brande.

A Writer’s Time, by Kenneth Atchity.

Publicize Your Book, by Jacqueline Deval.

The Writing Life, by Annie Dillard.

Jeff Herman’s Guide to Book Editors, Publishers and Literary Agents.

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, by Anne Lamott.

How to Write a Book Proposal, by Michael Larsen

The Shortest Distance Between You and a Published Book, by Susan Page.

If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit, by Brenda Ueland.

The Savvy Author’s Guide to Book Publicity, by Lissa Warren.

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TRAVEL

Family vacations directory and resource for traveling with kids, including listings of family friendly attractions, advice, reviews, forums, and car game ideas.

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