Exploiting My Baby : A Blog by Teresa Strasser » Mommy books

Me Trying to Avoid Lame Book/Baby Metaphors. Failing.

Teresa Strasser — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:49:37 +0000

Books, like babies, are hard to deliver. They can tear you apart on the way out. I finished the first draft of my book this week. The baby, well, that rough draft will be on my hard-drive for years to come. I hope Buster will be compelling, rich and hard to put down, but if [...]

21 Weeks: Call Malcolm Gladwell, I’m a Weight Gain Outlier

Teresa Strasser — Tue, 26 May 2009 04:53:38 +0000

I gained 16 pounds my first trimester. To put that in perspective, “What to Expect When You’re Expecting,” the so-called “pregnancy bible” read by 90% of pregnant women in America, suggests gaining between two and four pounds in the first trimester. Oops. I see your two pounds and raise you 14. Author Heidi Murkoff delivers [...]

Bad Move: Calling Nancy O’Dell a “C-Word”

Teresa Strasser — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:44:27 +0000

Almost every idiotic thing I do can be traced back to one basic flaw: trying too hard. This explains how I ended up calling Nancy O’Dell a “stupid c-word.”

That’s right. I called America’s sweetheart a “c-word” on the Adam Carolla Podcast and I may have done it more than once, although it’s all a bit of a blur now, except oniTunes, where it screeches out at you with perfect clarity.