nomadreader

narrated by Abby Craden The backstory: I've been curious about Bringing Up Bebe  since it first came out, but now that I'm pregnant ( the nomadbaby is due August 9th ), it seemed like a great time to finally read it. On the recommendation of Jen at Devourer of Books , I opted for the audio version. The basics: Pamela Druckerman is a journalist and New Yorker who falls in love with a Brit and settles in Paris. Once they have a daughter, Bean, Druckerman begins to notice how different French children are than American children. They don't whine. They're not picky eaters. They sleep through the night earlier. yet when she asks French parents, they don't claim to do anything special or know what they're doing. In fact, compared to her U.S. friends who all espouse a variety of named parenting philosophies, the French parents insist that's just how children are. My thoughts: One of my biggest fears about motherhood is exhaustion. I've always been a sle...