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“We love our husbands, and they love us. Why on earth did we find ourselves so often at odds after the babies came home? Our pre-baby marriages were really good, maybe even great. So why weren’t we talking the way we used to? Why were we bickering? Why were we infuriated by our husbands’ inability to find the sippy cups? Why were our husbands distraught that our enthusiasm for sex had dwindled to “folding the laundry” levels? Were we normal? Or was something seriously wrong?”

Stacie, Cathy and Julia (from Babyproofing Your Marriage)

Stacie Cockrell, Cathy O'Neill and Julia Stone are three wives, mothers and good friends, all muddling through the early parenting years together, who couldn’t find the humorous, down-to-earth book they needed to help them make sense of their post-baby married lives. They couldn’t find it, so they wrote the book they wanted to read.

With humor and empathy, the 'Babyproofers' have helped tens of thousands of couples navigate the most common relationship pitfalls that occur when there are small kids in the house: the endless tit-for-tat Scorekeeping over who has it tougher, the wilted sex life, the bickering about the in-laws (and outlaws). They offer simple but effective solutions for both men and women.

They have appeared on NBC's Today Show, Fox News, The Mike and Juliet Show, iVillage Live, Babytv.com, WebMD, and over 60 radio shows across the country, including Martha Stewart Living Radio and Satellite Sisters. Overseas media appearances include the BBC, SKY News and Canada AM. Babyproofing has also been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Parade, New York Newsday, The New York Daily News, Parenting, Baby Talk, Fit Pregnancy and Best Life. The Babyproofers are AOL Coaches on family and child issues and post-baby relationship experts for eHarmony.com Parenting.

Stacie and Cathy live in Austin, Texas, and Julia, an Austin native, now lives in Pennsylvania. Among them, they have seven kids, the oldest of whom just started Kindergarten. They each had a second (or third) baby while they wrote this book. They don’t recommend combining the two experiences.