http://www.lilsugar.com Mommy's little helper en http://www.lilsugar.com/1556162 <a href="http://www.lilsugar.com/1556162"><img width=146 height=160 src='http://media.onsugar.com/files/upl1/10/107379/16_2008/mybeautifulmommy.large.jpg'></div></a><p><span class="inline left"></span>If mommy's going in for a lil nip and tuck, there's no reason to hide it. </p> <p>Or so believes, Michael Salzhauer, M.D. who wrote the new children's book on plastic surgery, <a href="http://www.bigtentbooks.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&amp;ProdID=188&amp;HS=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Beautiful Mommy!</a> ($20) published by Big Tent Books. </p> <p>The text is intended to help kids cope with their altered mama -whether she's two sizes smaller, invested in ballooned breasts or a different nose - in a nonthreatening way. </p> <p>The story and coordinating illustrations walk wee ones through surgery and recovery.</p> <!-- no strip poll --><form action="/1556162" method="post" id="epoll_view_voting"> <div><div class="poll"> <div class="vote-form"> <div class="choices"><div class="form-item"> <label>Plastic Surgery Book: Kid Friendly or Are You Kidding?</label> <div class="form-item"> <label for="id-0-1556162" class="option"><input type="radio" id="id-0-1556162" name="edit[choice]" value="0-1556162" class="form-radio" /> Kid Friendly - I'd tuck this in my tot's bookshelf.</label> </div> <div class="form-item"> <label for="id-1-1556162" class="option"><input type="radio" id="id-1-1556162" name="edit[choice]" value="1-1556162" class="form-radio" /> Are You Kidding? - Nip this book!</label> </div> <div class="form-item"> <label for="id-2-1556162" class="option"><input type="radio" id="id-2-1556162" name="edit[choice]" value="2-1556162" class="form-radio" /> Other - Leave a comment below.</label> </div> </div> </div><input type="hidden" name="edit[nid]" id="edit-nid" value="1556162" /> <span class='button'><span><input class='fancybutton' type='submit' name="op" value="Vote" class="form-submit" /></span></span> </div><input type="hidden" name="edit[form_id]" id="edit-form_id" value="epoll_view_voting" /> </div> </div></form> <!-- no strip poll --> http://www.lilsugar.com/1556162#comment Parenting Texts and Tunes Kid Friendly or Are You Kidding Plastic Surgery body image My Beautiful Mommy Michael Salzhauer Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:00:36 -0700 LilSugar http://www.lilsugar.com/1556162