Three Shoes, One Sock and No Hairbrush : Everything You Need to Know About Having Your Second Child

By Rebecca Abrams

A handbook of advice on all aspects of life with a second child. Having two children is different from having one in almost every respect. The book looks at the demanding task of looking after two... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Misc. Supplies
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0304354295
• ISBN13: 9780304354290
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Cassell Illustrated
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Great book

I really liked this book. It was thought provoking, though scary at first (who REALLY wants to know how hard a new sibling is going to be for #1?). But once I was going through it all myself, it was really steadying and supportive. The big insight I found was that the adjustment period is years, not days or weeks or even months, and continues to change with each new developmental stage. A really down-to earth, good read for a harried mum.

MUST READ for second time moms/parents.

If I had the money I would buy this book for EVERY mother (parent) who has, or is having their second child. Well researched. Easy to read. Humorous. Paints a realistic picture of specific challenges involved in moving from one to two (or more) children. Helpful for many reasons, but most importantly lets you know that you are not alone as you swing from the extremes of joy and terror that are involved in having another child.

read this (and believe it!) before conceiving #2

Rebecca Abrams really tells it like it is without shame or mincing words. Please note this is not, for the most part, a book of advice on how to handle two children. Neither is it a memoir of her own experiences (though she does mention them). It's a comment on both the practical and the emotional difficulties, and oh, how much better it made me feel to hear someone else talk about how little having one child prepared them for the next. The very different next -- the second child you half-hate for taking you away from the first -- the second child you almost love more than that clumsy, jealous, tantrum-throwing first -- the second child you sometimes think was a terrible mistake -- the second child you feel so guilty towards because you were a better mother when you had only one child. The second child you do, actually, eventually love too. Abrams is honest. Almost no one is honest in writing about what motherhood is really like. I loved this book, and it has made me feel so much better just to hear someone else describe what motherhood second time round has meant for me. Incidentally, for first-time mothers, I would recommend Nina Barrett's ``I Wish Someone Had Told Me'' on similar grounds.