Reasons Mommy Drinks Includes 100 Cocktail Rcipes to Enjoy in Your Zero Free Time

A wickedly funny look at the challenges of new parenthood.

With cocktail recipes. 
 
Being a new mom is “AHHHH! WHAT HAVE I DONE?” hard. Why are all these tiny clothes so expensive? Who wrote these mind-numbing board books? Will Mommy ever carry a purse again that’s not a diaper bag? And how is she even functioning off so little sleep?

Reasons Mommy Drinks is a fresh, insightful, and hilarious collection of the various struggles faced by new parents—from mommy groups and single-people envy to the end of maternity leave—with a well-deserved cocktail recipe to go with each one. This must-have resource will help sleep-deprived new moms survive the baby years with their sense of humor, if not their lives as they once knew them, intact.

LYRANDA MARTIN EVANS is an award-winning advertising copywriter who is currently a Creative Director at one of Toronto's top advertising agencies. She writes and performs sketch comedy, and her former life as a bartender informs the book's delicious drink recipes. FIONA STEVENSON is an award-winning brand marketer who is frequently leveraged as an industry expert and corporate host. A former journalist, she is also a trained improviser, and sketch comedy writer and performer. TOGETHER, they are the creators of the popular blog Reasons Mommy Drinks. They both live and work in Toronto.

Contents
Introduction • 1 7
The baby shower • 2 0
Prenatal class • 2 2
Labor • 2 4
Trying not to break you • 26
 Naming you • 28
Nursing • 3 0
The nursery • 3 2
She couldn’t drink for nine months • 34
Visitors • 3 6
Mommy and Me movies • 3 8
The car seat • 4 0
 Mommy groups • 4 2
She can’t drink drink • 4 4
 The spa • 4 6
Wearing you • 4 8
No more pregnancy perks • 5 0
 She can’t take a sick day • 52
Sex • 5 4
Lack of sleep • 5 6
The office visit • 5 8
 Her hair is falling out • 6 0
The in-laws • 62
Celebrity moms • 64
Celebrity babies • 6 6
Labor in the movies • 6 8
Everything makes her cry • 7 0
The diaper bag • 7 2
Public transportation • 7 4
Explosive poo • 76
You’re sick • 78
Mommy brain • 8 0
Baby Gap • 82
Plastic toys • 84
Mommy and Me yoga • 8 6
Sleep training • 8 8
The family pet • 9 0
Ex- boyfriends • 9 2
The weather • 9 4
TV • 96
 Facebook • 98
Global warming • 1 0 0
 Swim class • 1 0 2
Flying • 1 04
Real estate • 1 0 6
She’s asymmetrical • 1 0 8
The growth spurt • 1 1 0
The babysitter • 1 12
Diapers • 1 14
 Nap time • 1 16
Hotels • 1 18
The laundry • 1 2 0
Home renovations • 1 2 2
The end of maternity leave • 1 2 4
The pump • 126
The business trip • 128
Wardrobe • 1 3 0
Disposable income • 1 32
Brunch • 1 34
Holidays • 1 3 6
The Nanny • 1 3 8
 Daddy • 1 4 0
"When are you having a second?" • 1 4 2
Single people • 1 4 4
Bath time • 1 46
Meal planning • 1 48
You’re a hair puller • 1 5 0
Photography • 1 52
The pediatrician • 1 5 4
Baby proofing • 1 5 6
Your first birthday • 1 5 8
Weaning • 1 6 0
Your first haircut • 1 62
Sippy cups • 1 64
Gadgets • 1 6 6
Teething • 1 6 8
Board books • 1 7 0
Grocery shopping • 1 7 2
Working from home • 1 7 4
9 PM • 1 76
The gym membership • 1 78
First steps • 1 8 0
Compulsively checking on you while you sleep • 1 82
The park • 1 84
Accelerated aging • 1 8 6
The stroller • 1 8 8
Sports • 1 9 0
Grandma • 1 9 2
Day care • 1 9 4
Houseguests • 1 96
Mommy Fear • 198
The Playdate • 2 0 0
Children’s music • 2 0 2
Restaurants • 2 04
Mornings • 2 0 6
Weddings • 2 0 8
Other kids • 2 10
Other Mommies • 2 12
Mommy nights out • 2 14
Vacations • 2 16
You’re growing up too fast • 2 18
Acknowledgments • 2 2 1