We wondered why when a child laughed, he belonged to Daddy, and when he had a sagging diaper that smelled like a landfill, 'He wants his mother.'

My idea of 'roughing it' is when you have to have an extension for your electric blanket.

Grandmas can shed the yoke of responsibility, relax and enjoy their grandchildren in a way that was not possible when they were raising their own children. And they can glow in the realisation that here is their seed of life that will harvest generations to come.

Getting out of the hospital is a lot like resigning from a book club. You're not out of it until the computer says you're out of it.

Never order food in excess of your body weight.

Encourage independence in your children by regularly losing them in the supermarket.

I became hysterical and frightened and begged for sedation. And that was just the first prenatal visit.