“Your career should be the way you make your living, but your family should be the place you live your life.”

—Kathie Lee Gifford
“We all have an instinct. You should at least give yourself the option to not be afraid of it.”

—Meredith Vieira
“I stopped trying to turn them into something I wanted, rather than who they really are.”

—Ruth Peters, Ph.D.
“Sometimes it takes a snapshot to remind you of all those little moments and how fast they go.”

—Natalie Morales
”...from the instant I held Courtney, I knew she was mine.”

—Al Roker
“As soon as somebody validated my feelings, I realized that I was fine and normal, and from that night on I became the best mother in the entire world.”
—Leslye Fagin
“The first time I had to take the baby out by myself, I dealt with it as if I were transporting a ticking time bomb.”

—Matt Lauer
“There’s no question in my mind that being a mother has made me a better journalist and a better human being.”

—Ann Curry
“Babies don’t do weekends.”

—Claudia David Heitler
“The best thing about motherhood is that you get a chance to do it over again every single day.”

—Rachel Burstein
“Forget work, forget anything else. Raising my children is just about as good as it gets.”

—Matt Lauer
“It’s not what your kids eat at any particular meal or on any particular day—if they get good nutrition in a week then you did a good job."
—Jean Chatzky
“My breasts were the size of two Hindenburgs. My husband, Frank, used to say, “Don’t aim those things at me!”

—Kathie Lee Gifford
“We talk about our kids all the time in the makeup room. It’s one of the things we all have in common on the show."

—Matt Lauer
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Acknowledgments

Introduction


PART I - BABY BASICS


Where’s the Owner’s Manual
The Boob and the Bottle: All About Food
Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Pee and Poop
Getting Babies to Sleep
Skin Like a Baby’s
Baby Gets Sick
Gearing Up: What You’ll Need
A Box Is Better than the Toy Inside: Playtime and Travel Time


PART II - MOMMY BASICS

Mommy Needs a Life, Too
I Can See My Feet Again: Getting Back in Shape
For Better or Worse: Partner Time
What No One Wants to Bring Up: Postpartum Depression, the Baby Blues, and Unwanted Advice


PART III - WORKTIME BASICS

Making Your Job Work for You
Babies Cost a Bundle: Financial Planning
Child Care that Works When You’re at Work


Conclusion

Index
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