Book Quote of the Day

[A group of parents are dealing with the fact that their four-year-olds are voraciously craving blood, and they seem to prefer their mothers’.]

“The wonderful thing about breastfeeding is that it’s free, she had read. But was it? Did it cost her nothing? Because if so, her time and energy and mental health must be valued at zero, in which case, in everyone else’s opinion, she hadn’t made a sacrifice at all. She hadn’t given anything.

But less than a year later, here they are, coming back for more: more sweat, more tears, and, more to the point, blood.

‘She’s asking for you,’ Griff says as though he’s the expert. He is on a goddamn text chain, everyone!

‘I’m sorry, I guess I missed this chapter in What to Expect When You’re Expecting.’ She crosses her arms, angles her body away. Why does no one tell you what it’s going to be like as a parent? Why did nobody explain that she and her husband would argue over who got to run out to buy AAA batteries like it was a free ticket to Bora Bora?”

–Chandler Baker, Cutting Teeth