Entertaining, honest, and practical advice from real moms. I’ve read a few parenting books over the years, and by few, I mean three . . . The first two books completely contradicted each other and the third left me feeling like I’d read a manual on how to make certain your children will need intensive therapy by their late teens. Each were filled with do’s and don’ts and harsh judgments about your parenting skills if you weren’t doing things according to the advice they’d laid out.
I guess you could say I’m a bit skeptical when a new parenting book hits the shelves. When I saw who the authors of this one were though, I was intrigued. I’m familiar with their blogs and didn’t hesitate when given the opportunity to read for a review.
Lose the Cape was nothing like those books. Alexa Bigwarfe and Kerry Rivera aren’t telling you what will or will not work, they’re telling you what worked for them. They’re telling you they get it, what works for one family may not work for another, they’re telling you you’re not alone in your quest and the same questions you have are the same kind of questions we’ve all had at some point in our parenting journey.
The book is filled with the voices of real moms, sharing their own bits of wisdom and advice. The underlying message is that moms are human. We don’t know it all and we shouldn’t beat ourselves up for it. There will be triumphs and trials and we will learn and grow right along with our children through each one.
From breastfeeding to meal planning, bedtime to mommy time, marriage and mom squads and so much more, Lose the Cape covers so many topics facing moms today. The book also includes a fantastic selection of online resources concerning the topics they cover as well as some fantastic mommy blogs.
I’ll definitely be including this in every baby shower gift I give from now on . . .
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The Qwiet Muse 
I am really excited that you’ll be including this as a baby shower gift. Not only because it’s my book, but because I DO really believe it’s a great manual for new moms. And so reassuring! Thank you so much for sharing your review with your readers!
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I think teachers need to lose the cape, too!
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Definitely!! Teaching an parenting are so alike in many ways . . .
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Yes, that’s true. But I was a vastly improved (and less arrogant) teacher after I had my own!
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Great review! It makes me want to go back and start all over. I’ll have to check it out–for gifts. The approach sounds totally refreshing and empowering.
Elouise
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Thanks for the endorsement and sharing the book with your community. Hopefully we will succeed in getting this book into the hands of new moms early, because they tend to be questioning everything in those first few years. I wish I could go back to my new mom days and tell myself everything would be OK.
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Thanks for the endorsement! We are hoping the book will find its way into the hands of new moms since they are typically so stressed and questioning everything. I wish I would have had a mom pull me aside in those early years and tell me I would figure it out and know what’s best for my kids.
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Love the review. I’ll add this to my TBR bookshelf! ~ Laurie Kozlowski
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Excellent review I really enjoyed reading it. I had the opportunity to review it last month. An excellent book I’ll be reading again and again. And giving out as a baby shower gift. 😃
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