Are You A Slummy Mummy?
I received a review copy of Slummy Mummy
The heroine Lucy Sweeney is scatterbrained and prone to mishaps. Formerly a producer on a prestigious news show, she's now the stay-at-home mother of three children and a bit of a mess. Her house and car are a pigsty. Her looks are decidedly unglamorous. She wears pajamas when she drops her kids off at school and forgets to wash off her eye makeup, leading one mom to comment that she looks like a panda. She loses her keys, runs out of gas, and forgets about important school projects until the last minute. And that's just the beginning.
At school, she befriends Yummy Mummy (a fit, glamorous mom whose car and home are kept immaculately clean) and clashes with Alpha Mum (one of those type-As obsessed with mommy excellence).
While there's a little slummy mummy in all of us, few women are quite as disorganized as Lucy. (Seriously, who doesn't at least update a basic calendar?) At times, Lucy becomes a caricature of a disorganized mother, but everyone can still relate to her because we all make mistakes and have moments where we feel we don't measure up.
I'd read about Slummy Mummy for the first time in the pages of Vogue, which is a magazine I normally associate with those fit Yummy Mummies I see in the gym wearing full make-up with perfectly-coiffed hair at 7am.
There's something about Yummy Mummies that makes us feel bad about ourselves. They barely break a sweat during group fitness classes, get every yoga pose perfect and look adorable in their Juicy Couture tracksuits. Frankly, they are the primary reason I decided to invest in my own fitness equipment and workout at home.
While it's easy to envy the Yummy Mummies, the message behind Slummy Mummy is one of acceptance (of yourself) and appreciation (for what you have). And that is surprisingly sweet.
Well...are you a slummy mummy, alpha mom, yummy mummy, beta mom, hybrid mom, earth mother, slacker mom, or a sick-of-labels mom? Just leave a comment by July 27 telling us what kind of mom you are and why. We'll pick a winner at random. Remember to leave a valid e-mail address or URL where we can reach you if you win.
Also, we have tons of other great contests on Mamanista! if you miss out on this one, including a very special giveaway to raise awareness about Congenital Heart Defects.
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7.25.07 at 2:18 am
Mama Luxe comments:
Um…yeah…update a basic calendar…hmmm…
I would say, “Just you wait,” but to be honest I was disorganized BEFORE Baby Diva’s arrival.
I’m sure Mama-To-Be will be different and stay on top of things–there’s a reason we had her check out the Busy Body Book!
I know that most of my friends think I have it together…but it is all just a facade.
7.25.07 at 4:12 am
Qtpies7 comments:
Ummm, I’m a Slummy Mummy, totally. Everything is a wreck here with 7 kids and no care to make it all work, lol. I don’t even know WHERE my calendar is, much less if its been updated. And get dressed every day? Why??? I just have to change again at night, and if I’m not going anywhere, who cares?
Those are the days that the school nurse calls about a sick kid, though.
7.25.07 at 4:22 am
Laura Williams comments:
Please enter me into your drawing. Thank you!
Come check my blog out for a sweet freebie.
http://www.laurawilliamsmusings.blogspot.com
7.25.07 at 4:43 am
Frazzmom comments:
I think I must be a hybrid mummy. A little slummy, a little Alpha, a little slacker… Is that combination even possible?
Anyway- please enter me in your give a way, if I win maybe I can figure it out!
7.25.07 at 5:09 am
Thea comments:
This looks AWESOME!! Include me, please
7.25.07 at 5:45 am
B comments:
Count me in!
As far as what kind of mom I am … I suppose I’m a bit personality there - one day I’m the alpha mom, the next the slacker mom, the next the earth mom. Hmmm … I guess I’m all over the place. LOL!
7.25.07 at 6:27 am
sheri comments:
Woot! I just read a review of this book in my Parents magazine. And what kind of mom am I? I’m the lazy perfectionist mom.
mom2kk@gmail.com
7.25.07 at 10:50 am
Nichole comments:
Please include me!
7.25.07 at 10:59 am
Lizardbreath comments:
I’ve been looking forward to reading this book. The title alone is witty enough to catch my attention.
7.25.07 at 11:19 am
Chrissy comments:
Slummy Mummy all the way here!
Fabulous giveaway. Please count me in.
7.25.07 at 12:03 pm
CPA Mom comments:
I’m the best mummy I can be. Sometimes Slummy, sometimes better. Check out my essay: http://www.motheringheights.net/featured-contest-essays/2007/5/15/the-perfect-mom-by-angela-sandelier.html
7.25.07 at 12:07 pm
Dawn comments:
I’m a TIRED mommy lol
But I’d love to win!
7.25.07 at 12:07 pm
Erica Johns comments:
The book looks like fun. Enter me!
As for what kind of mom I am…probably Earth Mother and Sleepy Mother in equal parts. How ’bout that?
7.25.07 at 1:22 pm
Janne comments:
I am the OCD, hyper-organizational type of mother.
(I only wish the kids were the same!)
Count me in, please! And feel free to stop by my blog and enter to win free Scripture!
Blessings
Janne
7.25.07 at 1:24 pm
Adventures In Babywearing comments:
I’d LOVE a copy of this book!
Steph
7.25.07 at 1:43 pm
Kara comments:
LOL, I’m probably a slummy mummy
Yeah, definitely. No makeup, no cute clothes, no spotless house and kids, and no updating my calendar lol.
7.25.07 at 1:43 pm
Elizabeth F. comments:
I don’t know what kind of mummy I am, I need that book to decide! Thanks.
7.25.07 at 1:46 pm
Beck comments:
I would love a copy! Please include me in your draw.
7.25.07 at 2:46 pm
Karen C. comments:
Oooh that sounds like a good read. Please include me in your drawing!
Yay!!!
kcecilio at ureach dotcom
7.25.07 at 2:51 pm
managing the motherload comments:
Hmm, I’d have to say I’m a Sick of Labels mom cuz I definitely don’t have it all figured out yet
Sounds like a great read. Sign me up please!
7.25.07 at 3:03 pm
Christine comments:
I would probably have to say that I’m a hybrid mama… A little of everything! Some days are better than others, ykwim?
This looks like a fun book!
(Both giveaways are now linked up.)
7.25.07 at 3:45 pm
LisaCate comments:
I’m definitely an alpha mom
And if you have a minute, swing by my site to check out my giveaway
http://pinkadillies.wordpress.com/2007/07/23/bloggy-giveaway/
7.25.07 at 5:42 pm
Krissy comments:
Put me in the tired mommy category too! I’d love to read this book!
7.25.07 at 5:58 pm
Jenny comments:
Slummy Mummy desperately trying to be type A! This book looks fun. I’m keeping my finders crossed!
7.25.07 at 6:08 pm
Jo comments:
Total slacker slummy tired mummy here! Sounds like a fun book count me in.
7.25.07 at 6:16 pm
Michelle comments:
Is there an “overwhelmed” mommy? That would be me some days. It is hard trying to juggle homeschooling, outside activities, and home management at times.
My email is michelle (at) northofthe49 (dot) com
7.25.07 at 6:19 pm
Hippolyta comments:
I wear each of these labels, depending on the time of day, hormonal state, amount of sleep receeived, etc.
Please enter me.
7.25.07 at 6:31 pm
Alissa comments:
um, is this book about me? sign em up!
7.25.07 at 6:51 pm
Llama Momma comments:
Sounds like the kind of book that will make me feel better about myself!
Sign me up!
7.25.07 at 7:01 pm
FlutterinbyGirl comments:
I’m a borderline Slummy Mummy, but not quite so bad! Love it!
7.25.07 at 7:14 pm
Stitchblade Etsy comments:
Wow…I am each of the moms, depending on when you catch me!!!
7.25.07 at 7:16 pm
Heather comments:
sounds like a hilarious book!
7.25.07 at 7:49 pm
allhisblessings comments:
LOL, not sure what one is, but I probably am a Slummy Mommy. Please enter my name into your drawing, thank you!
7.25.07 at 7:55 pm
LessOfUs comments:
Total Slummy Mummy here! Sign me up.
7.25.07 at 7:57 pm
underthewillow comments:
I LOVE it! I’m in!
http://hidingunderthewillow.blogspot.com
or annedering at yahoo dot com
7.25.07 at 8:00 pm
Mama Zen comments:
Wow, I didn’t know that someone had written a book about me . . .
Slummy Mummys unite!
7.25.07 at 8:10 pm
jess comments:
i guess i am a newbie mommy, just one perfect 3 month old so far
jesslunger25@hotmail.com
7.25.07 at 8:49 pm
sherijberi comments:
with my new job… i occasionally feel like a slummy mummy. I should read this book - right?
7.25.07 at 10:07 pm
Terri Sue comments:
I’m trying to be a godly mummy!
7.25.07 at 10:35 pm
aBookworm comments:
I try to be a good mama, but I’m a tense one, sigh. But there are days when I do come close to being slummy mummy! Yikes!
Anyway, this sounds like a fun read. Count me in. Thanks!
7.25.07 at 10:53 pm
Doll comments:
count me in!
7.26.07 at 1:51 am
Kim N comments:
That looks like a great book!
7.26.07 at 1:58 am
Mom of 3 comments:
This post totally spoke to me. Today I finally stopped for a minute, picked up the phone and FINALLY made an appointment to get my hair cut. It’s been eleven months since my last cut!
So yeah, I’m feeling a bit like a slummy mummy right now.
I would love this book.
http://www.sharingmytwocents.com is my blog.
7.26.07 at 2:24 am
Jen comments:
I would love to enter this contest
7.26.07 at 3:22 am
willblogforshoes comments:
Definite Slummy Mummy… since Completely Clueless Mummy isn’t a choice!
7.26.07 at 3:46 am
Christine comments:
Me…it depends. Some days a Slummy Mummy, other days a Slummy Mummy, then there are the Slummy Mummy days.
http://watchmenowatchme.blogspot.com/
7.26.07 at 3:56 am
Monique comments:
hmmm… not sure which one i am, maybe a slacker mummy… i really do slack off when it comes to dusting and cleaning under the beds (yuck!).
7.26.07 at 7:29 am
The Glam Boutique comments:
Ohhh I’d love to win this one! Depending on the day I’m either yummy or slummy!!
http://theglamboutique.blogspot.com/
7.26.07 at 1:49 pm
Loni comments:
First of all, this looks like a great summer read! Second, I am a sick of labels mom, because I hate that no matter what you do, work or stay-at-home or do some of both, you get dissapointment for someone and you’re stuck with the label!
Please include me and thanks for sharing and letting me share, too!
http://www.lonic.blogspot.com
7.26.07 at 2:51 pm
Maureen comments:
This slummy mummy would love to win! Thanks!
7.26.07 at 3:03 pm
Rachelle comments:
i’m not yet a Mommy but will soon be.. as i’m getting married this August 8. hope I win!
raeshylle at yahoo dot com
7.26.07 at 3:28 pm
Karen comments:
I am definitely a slummy mummy, and I would adore this book! Please count me in:)
7.26.07 at 6:20 pm
Southern Mom comments:
Always looking for a good book. Count me in!
7.26.07 at 7:00 pm
cre82learn comments:
This looks like a great giveaway, please count me in!This looks like a fun book. hmmm, what kind of mommy am I? I guess a combo, definitely now a different kind *with 5 kids* than I was when I first started this journey.
7.26.07 at 9:18 pm
Anastasia comments:
I’m in too!
I’m an every changing kind of mom, it seems!
Just when I think I’ve settled into one way of doing things, the world changes around me and I have to do them differently 
anastasia_falling@yahoo.com
7.26.07 at 9:33 pm
Linda SS comments:
I’d love to win - I can use a good laugh:)
7.27.07 at 12:18 am
Amanda comments:
I would definitely be a slummy mummy, and I would love to read this book.
blazershockeyfan@hotmail.com
7.27.07 at 2:03 am
Jessica Morris comments:
Please count me in!!
I am a “funny mummy” according to my husband - I make up songs for our baby and my husband told me yesterday that he wished that he could write down all of them and make a comedy show of them because he thinks they’re so funny … couldn’t decide if I was insulted or not by that!
7.27.07 at 2:59 am
margalit comments:
I’m part slacker mom and part slummy mom. So not an alpha mom. But I have a congenital heart defect! (Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and now CHF)
What a great and generous giveaway. Count me in! Pick me, pick me!
7.27.07 at 5:03 am
Kim comments:
Count me in! What a wonderful giveaway!
Great blog…I’m bookmarking it so that I can come back later.
If you haven’t already checked mine out…Come on over.
7.27.07 at 6:33 am
~Deidra~ comments:
Not sure what kind of mommy I am…but I read a previous comment that said “lazy perfectionist”…that might come close.
Please enter me.
Thanks!
7.27.07 at 6:35 am
Dawn comments:
I’m definitely a slummy mummy. If I updated my calendar once in a while I would have known it was the day kids were handing out valentines at preschool and as I dropped my son off at school I found out we were supposed to bring a decorated valentine box. I asked what time they were doing the valentines and I had just enough time to speed home, find a box and put wrapping paper on it and speed back so he wasn’t the only kid without a box. I’m a little better now, but not much.
7.27.07 at 12:13 pm
Laane comments:
If I’m a lsummy mummy?
Don’t know.
I just do what I can. But I can use help, that’s for sure.
With 4 kids with autism spectrum and 2 dyslectic, I can do with each little bit of help there is.
Feel welcome to enter my give-away at: http://laaneworld.blogspot.com/2007/07/give-away.html
Ending friday night.