It's the Brian Lairn Show on WNYC. Welcome back, everybody. Happy Friday. I'm Bridget Bergen,

filling in for Brian today. And Mother's Day is this Sunday, but you knew that already, right? So in honor

of all the moms and mother figures out there, we'll end the show with a call in for them.

When you become a mom, you get a lot of advice, sometimes unsolicited, sometimes even contradictory.

So a lot of motherhood is just figuring it out for yourself.

So new moms, veteran moms, mother figners, the phones are open to you. What were some of the first

surprises you experienced in motherhood? Whether you gave birth, adopted, or fostered, what surprised you

the most? There are so many things no one tells you

about the sleep progression. Maybe breastfeeding was really hard. Did you find that you needed way

more or way less things for the babies? Babies have so many things. What frustrated you most? Was it

other parents? The cost of child care? Just how few elevators there

actually are on the subway? And what was surprisingly joyful? Call us now at 212-433 W-N-YC. That's

212-433-9692. You can also text at that number. And with us now to take some of your calls and discuss

her new book is illustrator Leanna Fink. You may know her from her cartoons in The New Yorker,

where she regularly contributes. Her new book is How to Baby, a no advice given guide to motherhood

with drawings. Leanna, guide to motherhood with drawings.

Leanna, welcome to WNYC.

Thanks, Bridget.

I'm so happy to be here.

And for listeners who are familiar with your work in the New Yorker or on Instagram,

you illustrate cartoon jokes, right?

Do you want to talk a bit first about your style, how you found it?

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