Lorilee Craker - O for a Thousand Nights to Sleep: An Eye-Opening Guide to the Wonder-Filled Months of Babys First Year

O for a thousand more books like this one! Lorilee Craker brings hope home for new moms with this winner. Youll find honest and humorous help in every page!

E LISA M ORGAN , president and CEO, MOPS International

Lorilee brings humor, grace, and godly wisdom to those early days of parenting. From the fun stuff (the sweet cuddles and coos) to the hard stuff (postpartum depression and sleep deprivation), Lorilee offers the kind of no-nonsense, guilt-free insights new moms crave. Whether youre expecting your first child or your fifth, her great advice and hilarious outlook will have you feeling ready for the challenges of life with a newborn.

C ARLA B ARNHILL , editor of Christian Parenting Today and mother of two

Lorilee Craker is the fresh new voice for mothers everywhere! Her exacting wit, engaging prose, encouraging words, and sanity-saving tips are as precious and life altering as a newborn baby. I have two hopes: First, that every new mother holds her baby in one arm and this book in the other, and second, that Lorilee keeps writing more books. She is an excellent writer with a warm, funny, conversational style. I highly recommend O for a Thousand Nights to Sleep and Lorilees sage advice!

D EBRA W ATERHOUSE , M.P.H., R.D., author of Outsmarting the Female Fat CellAfter Pregnancy

I love this book! What a great insight into all the things that come with having a baby: frustration, wonder, and humor. I especially love the perspective on friends and family and all the unwanted advice. This book is hilarious, truthful, and informative.

C INDY M ORGAN , singer and songwriter

Almost as much as they need a good nights sleep, new moms need a good laugh. In O for a Thousand Nights to Sleep, Craker combines solid advice with laugh-out-loud descriptions of typical first-year dilemmas. The voices of other moms, woven into each chapter, reassure us that there are many ways to do this mommy thing well. And above all, Craker encourages readers to depend on faith in God to get through the toughest moments with joy to spare.

D EBRA R IENSTRA , author of Great with Child

Every mother will identify with Lorilee Crakers humorous, honest, and down-to-earth look at what it takes to survive babys first year. From the agony of colic to the ecstasy of that first step, O for a Thousand Nights to Sleep maps the course through the terrain of new parenthood. Lorilees prose is filled with wonder, discovery, and the joy that abounds as we are given the gift to see the miracle of life anew in our babys eyes. I highly recommend it!

T RACI D EPREE , author of A Can of Peas and mother of four

Youve heard of soccer moms? Well, Lorilee Craker is a hockey mom. Shes a hockey fan of the first order, and she has written some bang-up articles about hockey players. She brings hockey-type energy to everything she writes, even if its about something ten times harder than playing hockeybeing a mom. She always pulls off the writers hat trick (clever, clear, and insightful), and this book is no exception.

D AVE B RANON , managing editor of Sports Spectrum magazine and author of more than a dozen books

I laughed, I cried! I love how this book gives so many different perspectives and covers so many topics. This is lighthearted yet serious coaching for the sport of baby rearing! Im ready, Coach! Put me in!

S HANNON D UNN -D OWNING , U.S. Olympian and new mom