Savvy Auntie: The Ultimate Guide for Cool Aunts, Great-Aunts, Godmothers, and All Women Who Love Kids [Hardcover]

This Best Selling Savvy Auntie: The Ultimate Guide for Cool Aunts, Great-Aunts, Godmothers, and All Women Who Love Kids [Hardcover] tends to SELL OUT VERY FAST!!

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: William Morrow (April 26, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061999970
• ISBN-13: 978-0061999970
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 8.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  

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This Best Selling Savvy Auntie: The Ultimate Guide for Cool Aunts, Great-Aunts, Godmothers, and All Women Who Love Kids [Hardcover] tends to SELL OUT VERY FAST!!

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In every family, an aunt plays a different role. She may be a fully integrated family member who is involved in the daily activities of her nieces ; nephews, perhaps filling a void where parenting is absent. Or she may just sweep in for the big holidays, spreading her love and cheer, only to disappear again until the next celebration. But the majority of aunties probably fall somewhere in between...and that is where this gem of a book can really help.
An aunt is a hybrid of sorts- mom, sister, best friend, and confidant. To thrive in her role, she needs to be armed with practical child-rearing knowledge (even though she may not have her own), and yet keep the "auntie spirit" alive so that her nieces and nephews do not view her as simply an apendage to their mother.
Savvy Auntie: The Ultimate Guide is chock full of advice and humor for aunties struggling to identify their role with their nieces and nephews. Aunts seeking clarity will find it in this extremely helpful, well-organized, and easy-to-read guide. Finally, they will feel validated, appreciated, and understood!

I became an aunt for the first time on January 14, 2001 with the birth of my oldest niece. In Savvy Auntie terms, this made me an ABR, or Auntie By Relation, as my niece is the daughter of my brother and his wife. Her birth - which I had the honor of witnessing - was the first of many incredible auntie moments I've been able to experience over the last 10 years.
And reading the "Savvy Auntie" book was like taking a wonderful trip down auntie memory lane.
The book covers everything auntiehood, and I found myself getting a little teary reading it, remembering all the amazing moments I've shared with my 2 nieces and 7 nephews over the years.
There was that moment when my first niece was born and I became a DebutAunt (the Savvy Auntie term for a first-time auntie)... the time I helped my sister-in-law make a cake for my second niece's (my goddaughter!) first birthday party, making me really feel part of the celebration... the baby showers I helped plan for both of my sisters-in-law and for my sister when she had her first baby boy... the very first times I held each of my nieces and nephews.
When you're a Savvy Auntie - defined in the book as "a woman who loves a child who's not her child," there is so much to learn... and so much to give these special people in your life.
This book reminds us that we have a very special role in the lives of our nieces and nephews. It includes fun anecdotes, but also practical advice from real aunts about gift ideas, celebrating milestones and traditions to share.
There are important how-tos, like: how to help plan a baby shower, how to niece- or nephew-proof your home, and how to care for your new niece or nephew (holding, swaddling and bathing - oh, my!).
It suggests great books to give (or better yet - read with) your nieces and nephews.
It covers how to handle the feeling of loving being an aunt, but wanting a child of your own.
The book reminds us aunties that we're all part of an important Auntourage (another Savvy Auntie term!), and we're a pretty powerful and special force!
Savvy Auntie: The Ultimate Guide for Cool Aunts, Great-Aunts, Godmothers, and All Women Who Love Kids makes a fabulous gift for any auntie... wouldn't it be a great way to let someone know that she is going to become an aunt?

 

Savvy Auntie: The Ultimate Guide for Cool Aunts, Great-Aunts, Godmothers, and All Women Who Love Kids [Hardcover]