Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Mo te hunga e mamae ana i to rātau tau tuatahi hei mātua, kotahi te wahine e tino mōhio ana ki te ngenge o tōu āhua. Ko Lucy Scott, he kaiwhakaahua mai i Edinburgh, i whanau tana tamaiti tuatahi i te tau 2012, a, i kitea e ia kaore he mea i whakarite i a ia mo te haerenga o te roller coaster i muri mai. I haere tonu ia ki te hopu i ia wheako i roto i tētahi pukapuka hou, Doodle Diary of a New Mom: An Illustrated Journey Through One Mommy's First Year, e whakaatu ana i tēnei wā whakaharahara, i te nuinga o te wā i roto i te oranga o te matua hou i roto i tētahi raupapa o ngā whakaahua whakaharahara, pono. 'The Joy of Long Car Journeys': Ko te pukapuka whakairoiro a Lucy Scott e whakaatu pono ana i nga mea uaua o te tau tuatahi o te matua. 'Torture tūturu': E titiro ana te pukapuka ki ngā āhuatanga uaua pēnei i te whāngai pēpi me te kore e taea te tae atu ki tō waea ki te whakangahau i a koe anō. I waihangahia te pukapuka e te kaiwhakaahua a Lucy Scott i whanau mai i Edinburgh i muri i tana whanautanga i tana tamaiti tuatahi i te tau 2012. I waihangahia e Scott te pukapuka i muri i tana titiro whakamuri ki tana ake wheako o te tau tuatahi o te matua. Ka whakamatau te 'roopu' i nga matua hou katoa ko nga mea whakamiharo katoa, nga mea whakamataku, nga mea whakarihariha ranei he tino ao noa. E 120 ngā pikitia whakamiharo o te kohinga, e hopu ana i ngā mea katoa mai i te kai tuatahi a te pēpi ki waho, ki tētahi whakaahua tūturu o te kore moe tonu e kitea ana. E whakamārama ana te whakaahuatanga o te pukapuka: 'Ahakoa te nui o te rangahau o [Scott] i mua i te whanautanga o tana tamaiti, kaore he mea i whakarite i a ia mo te mahi nui o te tiaki i tenei tangata hou.' Ko tētahi o ngā whakairoiro o Scott e titiro ana ki te wheako whakamataku o te kore kōwhiringa engari ki te whāngai i tana pēpi i roto i te wharepaku tūmatanui. He pai te whakaahuatanga o ngā tuhi katoa, ā, he whakarāpopoto noa iho i te wheako i runga i te āhua whakahihiri, ā, e taea ana te kōrero. Ko tētahi o ngā whakairo e whakaahua ana i te wheako whakamataku o te wehe atu i te whare, me te whāngai pēpi i roto i te wāhi anake e wātea ana, i tēnei take, he wharepaku tūmatanui. Ko tētahi atu pikitia e whakaatu ana i te whaea e hoatu ana ki tana tamaiti hou he taonga tākaro hou, engari ka tukuna atu e te tamaiti i roto i ona ringa....
Ko Lucy Scott he kaiwhakaahua i whanau mai i Edinburgh, he whaea kotahi hoki. I muri i te whanautanga o tana tamaiti tuatahi, a Lois, i te tau 2012, i whakatau ia ki te hanga pukapuka pono. Ko te Doodle Diary of a New Mom e titiro ana ki nga ahuatanga koretake, pono.