Mommyhood: The Ugly Truth, Volume One

By Shannon Harrigan

Momyhood: The Ugly Truth

Mommyhood: The Ugly Truth is based on the blood, sweat and tears that go into being a mom. A humorous series that provides honesty on parenting, the author used actual blood, sweat, and tears to share her stories in the hopes that other mothers have a laugh, realize that they aren’t alone, and fall deeper in love with Mommyhood.

Mommyhood:The Ugly Truth, Volume One

Volume One shares the ugly, yet funny, realities of parenthood. Shannon Harrigan dares to go off-script from other moms who paint their experience in rosy colors and instead shares the hard, yet humorous, truths of being a mom. From tantrums in public, to breastfeeding debates, and during a constant state of sleep deprivation, this read will take you on a journey through the wonders of Mommyhood.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Shannon Harrigan
• Release date: Nov 13, 2011
• ISBN: 9781466196438

Shannon Harrigan

Shannon Harrigan is a newly single mother to two sons. She has written guest columns for the sports section of the Hollister Freelance and also has her own blog journaling her missteps through motherhood.

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Mommyhood: The Ugly Truth

Volume One

By

Shannon D. Harrigan

Mommyhood: The Ugly Truth, Volume One

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Cover Art by Tiffany Aller

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First Edition, November 2011

DEDICATION

Dedicated to the men I love the most. You may be tiny in size but you are large in inspiration. All my love to you David and Anthony.

A special dedication to my beloved Papa. Your loss only makes me want to make you even more proud. Love you forever.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: Better than an Episode of the Real World

Chapter 2: I am not a Performing Monkey

Chapter 3: It Sure Felt Like Your Body Had Bones When I was Pushing It Out!

Chapter 4: Suck It!

Chapter 5: What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?

Chapter 6: There’s No Crying in Baseball!

Chapter 7: Conversations With Myself

Chapter 8: The Great Time Out Debate

Chapter 9: Falling with Style and Learning to Fly

Chapter 10: Tsunami David and The Lesson of Jinxing

About The Author

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I may be exhausted, crusty from spit up (I hope it’s spit up!), un-showered, and wearing sweats that have long since lost their elasticity, much like my post-baby stomach, but being a mom has also provided me with countless stories. Without the two littlest loves of my life, I would have none of these stories to share. In the three short years since I became been a mom, my son have taught me enough to last a lifetime. Without them, this book would not exist. And so, our journey begins.

CHAPTER ONE

Better Than An Episode Of The Real World

…because it is actually REAL. And terrifying, and exhausting, and hilarious, and beautiful. But one thing mommyhood isn’t: like what everyone else has told you. Doesn’t it seem that way with most of life? You prepare yourself as best you can, only to be blindsided by reality…which, sadly, you really just cannot prepare for.

While writing this, my first son (and only son, at the time) was on the cusp of turning two. I began to look back at my two years of experience as a mommy and asked myself, What the hell was I thinking??? And more importantly, Why didn’t anyone warn me?? Heck, now that I am thinking about it, let’s throw in the 13 months of trying to conceive, nine months of horror that