The Survival Guide for Rookie Moms

Finally - SOMEONE spills the dark and dirty beans about what it is really like to survive that first incredible year of motherhood. Filled with real tips from real parents, and based on their successful mommy blog - survival4moms.com, Erica Wells and Lorraine Regel answer all the questions you have been trying to get answered, AND all of the questions you didn't know you should be asking. Having a baby is easily the biggest lifestyle change you'll ever experience. It can be like entering a whole new world, without a map, guidebook or phrasebook. Erica Wells and Lorraine Regel experienced this first hand, and though they'd read their share of encyclopedic baby books, nothing compared to the support and humor they found among their 'Mommy' friends. These comrades provided a whole lot more truthful and helpful information for getting through the first year than what was in the typical baby book, and "The Survival Guide for Rookie Moms" shares these tips so that you won't find yourself saying "I never knew."

"I wish he had known...babies born to darker skinned parents often start life as fair skinned," said a midwife after having to diffuse the commotion in her delivery room caused by an African- American dad when confronted with his white baby."

With each chapter dedicated to a specific part of the body, this distinct guide is practical and effortless to use. Just flip to one of the baby zone or mommy zone chapters (yes, half of this book is devoted to you, your body, and your mommy issues ) and you'll zoom in on practical tips, expert advice, and the insight and experiences of hundreds of other real moms.

By helping you quickly focus in on the possible trouble zones, "The Survival Guide for Rookie Moms" will arm you with the real truth as you enter 'Baby World, ' making navigation in this strange land a whole lot more fun.

Bio's:

Erica Wells
A mother, wife and businesswoman, Erica Wells lives in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia with her husband and two children. Erica graduated from University with her Bachelor of Business Administration and has held numerous senior sales and marketing roles throughout her former corporate career.

Once Erica gave birth to her two treasured children she decided to take a break from the corporate life and spend time writing about her wonderful experiences with her two little ones. She now enjoys the challenges of being a Mortgage Broker by day and published author by night. As the co-author and co-founder of The Survival Guide for Rookie Moms, Erica is passionate about motherhood and a champion for women’s growth and development in her local community, on the web and across all aspects of social media.

Never one for a dull moment, Erica continues to engage mother’s around the globe with her video blogs, survival4moms.com web advice and appearances on TV and Radio.

Lorraine Regel
Resting on the laurels of winning second prize in a school novel writing competition at age 10, Lorraine took a break from her writing career; a long 28 year break. In 2006, inspired by her toddler’s voracious appetite for a good story and spurred on by the glut of dire picture books she encountered, she decided she could do better and began work on a children’s picture book. This book is still a work in progress, but moved to the back burner since the conception of The Survival Guide for Rookie Moms. So, Lorraine cannot boast an illustrious writing career, but even J.K. Rowling’s author bio must
have been fairly thin at one time.

Lorraine was born and raised in Essex, England. After a fairly unremarkable thirty years of schooling, art college and a career in banking she changed gear in 1999 and in a busy decade moved to Vancouver, Canada; got engaged in Alaska; was married in Las Vegas; had two babies and while getting to grips with her new career as stay-at-home-mom wrote this book.

Lorraine doesn’t claim to be a parenting expert in any way, but she has one important credential: she admits to excelling at being a clueless new mom. Having recently worked her way through the trials and tribulations of the first year of motherhood, she describes it as easily the biggest upheaval of her life and knows first hand the importance of support, friendship and comradeship during this period.