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Deborah Roth Ledley is a psychologist who wrote this book after becoming a mother for the first time, and realising the many challenges that lay ahead as ‘me’ became ‘mom’.  Her ‘calm mom toolbox’ contains simple strategies for making calm decisions, staying calm in both body and soul and practicing good communication skills. Ledley’s premise is that a calm mum equals a calm baby, so relaxation forms  part of her recommendations in making daily life with a new baby manageable. Having realistic expectations and the developing the ability to ‘not sweat the small stuff’ are other ‘calm mom’ ideals that the book explores. The title of the book; Becoming a Calm Mom: How to Manage Stress and Enjoy the First Year of Motherhood is an appropriate description of Ledley’s work, and even though the book is rather American in tone and examples, some of the suggestions make plain, old fashioned good sense, even if it is dressed up in psycho-speak.

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