Mother Knows Best?: The Truth About Mom's Well-Meaning (But Not Always Accurate) Advice Book

Acknowledgments v

Introduction ix

1 Don't Gross Your Eyes and Other Things You Shouldn't Do 1

2 Chicken Soup Is the Best Medicine and Other Miracle Cures 22

3 If You're Carrying High, It's a Boy and Other Expectations for the Next Nine Months 68

4 …And Speaking of Sex 75

5 If a Newborn Baby Smiles, It's Only Gas and Other Parenting Proverbs 77

6 Don't Store Food in Open Cans and Other Advice to Chew on 98

7 You Can't Get Too Much Sleep and Other Waking Thoughts 114

8 No Pain, No Gain and Other Rumors of the Workout Room 119

9 If a Dog's Nose Is Hot and Dry, It Means He's Sick and Other Clues to the Secret Lives of Pets 126

10 The Full Moon Makes People Crazy and Other Weather Reports 130

Endnote 141