Baby Boot Camp: Basic Training for the First Six Weeks of Motherhood

by Rebecca Ingram Powell

Time at home with a newborn baby is wonderful and exhausting and at times bewildering. Who prepares new moms for all the mysteries a newborn can bring? Baby Boot Camp comes to the rescue with 42 daily devotionals to steer new moms through the first six weeks with a new baby, helping them find God's strength when they're tired, joy when they're depressed and the eternal rewards that follow the temporary sacrifices of new motherhood. Devotionals such as Welcome to Fort Baby , At Ease , Military Secrets from Moms , and In the Trenches are ideal basic training for the unknown world of new motherhood.

176 pages, Paperback

First published December 12, 2003

Reviews

[Heather · Rating 5 out of 5]

I honestly don't know how I would have made it through the first 2 months with my newborn without this book. An inspiring devotion, encouraging look at being a "first time mom," and full of understanding that lets you know you are not the only one with these feelings and discouragement and overwhelming thoughts. Some parts are rather old-fashioned, definitely from the "stay-at-home Christian mom of 3 kids" perspective, but despite a few of those moments, this book gave me the hope and awareness I needed at an extremely difficult time.

[Daphne Close · Rating 5 out of 5]

The BEST book for helping you to survive the first weeks of motherhood. As impossible as it seems, you can carve out 15 minutes a day to read this. It will help you get through the out-of-body experience that you're enduring, as everything is so different.

[Jen · Rating 3 out of 5]

started with the birth of my first child and still havent finished after number two but for first timers it's great, almost rejuvinating