Belly Laughs
By Jenny McCarthy
Yesterday was our little man's last day of first grade and the day before was the day I entered my third trimester of this pregnancy. Both seem like exciting news. Both second grade and this third child are coming theoretically about the same week. If that doesn't sound scary, I don't know what does. I'm excited about having a whole summer with my two kiddos before the new baby arrives. We have already signed up today for the two reading programs at the two local libraries. I have workbooks for our little guy and the summer pool pass has already been bought and used. Little lady will be taking her second ballet class starting in June and my sweet hubby and son have baseball most weekends. This summer will fly by faster than I know, and before I know it we will be back in hoodies and drinking pumpkin-themed things.
On to the book this week: Belly Laughs. It's by Jenny McCarthy and if you don't know who that is you are either too young or hiding under a rock. This book came out before she married my favorite New Kid on the Block or tried to convince everyone to stop vaccinating their children. For both of these reasons I kind of want to duct tape her to a chair. She was one of the loudest voices of the whole "vaccines gave my kid autism" movement (which has been proven wrong). I'm sure she was trying to do the best for her child, but convincing others to put their children at risk is never the right thing to do. When you don't vaccinate your child you put them at risk with illnesses that have been cured decades ago. Even if different vaccines did put your child at risk for autism, do you know what is worse than autism… your child dying from something that was eradicated years ago.
Besides thinking how ridiculous she is, I wasn't really all that entertained by the book. Perhaps if this was my first pregnancy and I enjoyed hearing a celebrity complain about these issues we all have to deal with when we are going to have a baby, I could have enjoyed the book. But honestly, I think anyone who has even been pregnant could have written this book. My current pregnancy has been different from my others due to the fact that I had two consecutive miscarriages before this bundle of joy. Have I been sick, tired, irritable, swelling, looking like Kim Kardashian in her killer whale dress or when she looked like Danny DeVito as The Penguin in Batman Returns… the answer is yes, yes a billion times, yes. But honestly I have been too busy with the two other little people that need me, and I have been so happy that this pregnancy has been successful to be bothered with all the demands of growing a small person. So long story short, I would not recommend this book.
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