The joys of being a new mommy or daddy are endless, but so are the worries and the advice. Jenny McCarthy, the New York Times bestselling author of Belly Laughs, told you the truth about pregnancy and childbirth. Now she's telling the truth about baby's first year.

With hilarious musings on desperately trying to recall lullabies, losing the weight, baby- proofing the house, encountering mommies with superbabies, postpartum depression, dueling grandmas, and still trying to lose the weight, Baby Laughs is the perfect companion for anyone trying to raise the next president, those just trying to get to the next naptime, and anyone who was ever in diapers.

Baby Laughs: The Naked Truth about the First Year of Mommyhood

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Congratulations, youżżżre a new mommy! Youżżżve brought your brand-new bundle of joy home, and thereżżżs so much to look forward to: photos; babyżżżs first word; clipping those oh-so-cute and very tiny fingernails; finding just the right stroller; sex again (gulp!); and, oh yes, losing the weight.

The joys of being a new mommy or daddy are endless, but so are the worries and the advice. Jenny McCarthy, the New York Times bestselling author of Belly Laughs, told you the truth about pregnancy and childbirth. Now sheżżżs telling the truth about babyżżżs first year. Not one to hold back, but always funny, Jenny will tell you żżżeverything about new motherhood your polite girlfriends wonżżżt tell you.żżż*

With hilarious musings on desperately trying to recall lullabies, losing the weight, baby- proofing the house, encountering mommies with superbabies, postpartum depression, dueling grandmas, and still trying to lose the weight, Baby Laughs is the perfect companion for anyone trying to raise the next president, those just trying to get to the next naptime, and anyone who was ever in diapers. *The Philadelphia Inquirer on Belly Laughs Jenny McCarthy onżżż Baby Poop: There is nothing in this world like baby poop. The aroma, the ability to defy gravity, the texture, and my favorite . . . the color. I remember thinking, żżżWow, Iżżżve never seen this type of green before.żżż You hear other moms talk about it. Maybe even get some stories from your own mom. But when you get to experience it firsthand, youżżżll realize thereżżżs nothing like it! Circumcision: If you donżżżt know what an uncircumcised penis looks like, you will once your baby is born. When I saw my sonżżżs for the first time, I thought it looked kind of like a wrinkled french fry. I had the hardest time knowing that I that I would have to be the one to tell the doc, żżżGo ahead.żżż How could I do anything to cause him pain? But I did, and my main reason was that I wanted him to have a pretty penis. Right now my husband is standing over my shoulder reading this, shouting, żżżStop calling it a pretty penis! Call it a battle sword or something!żżż Losing the Weight: Great, now I had no excuse. I could no longer get away with, żżżIżżżm not fat, Iżżżm pregnantżżż; żżżNo, silly, Iżżżm just retaining a lot of waterżżż; and żżżI need to eat all the leftovers because Iżżżm eating for two.żżż It was time to face a womanżżżs ugliest reality: looking at her fat. The day I decided to really look in the mirror will unfortunately be burned into the back of my head for the rest of my life. I still had two chins; purple, veiny, giant tits; cottage-cheese holes dripping down my thighs, to the point that I couldnżżżt see my knees; and the absolute worst was the deflated tire around my waist, a jelly roll that jiggled and slapped each side of my body when I shook. I just wish once in a manżżżs lifetime he could experience what a woman has to go through to give birth. Just when I thought things couldnżżżt get any worse, I realized I hadnżżżt look at my ass yet!

Author Bio: Jenny McCarthy is the former host of the enormously popular MTV dating show Singled Out and the New York Times bestselling author of Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth About Pregnancy and Childbirth.

FROM THE CRITICS

Booklist

...McCarthy brings you in and makes you laugh... A must-have for any childbirth collection.

The Miami Herald

Frank and humourous.

Los Angeles Family

A no-holds-barred account... Ideal for anyone who is pregnant, plans to become pregnant, or has ever been pregnant.

Library Journal

Fresh from the success of Belly Laughs, McCarthy returns with this far-from-dainty sequel. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 1/05.] Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.