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Children’s Book Review: Mommy Has To Stay In Bed

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By Mariah Z Leach on February 26, 2026 Children's Book Reviews

Sometimes kids need help understanding chronic illness and disability, as well as recognizing and processing their own feelings. We hope these topics are an ongoing discussion in your family, and we love to review children’s books that may help you along the way!

Mommy Has To Stay In Bed

By Annette Rivlin-Gutman

Mamas Facing Forward purchased a copy of this book to review. All opinions in this review belong to Mariah Z. Leach.

In this sweet, rhyming story, a little girl shares all the things she loves to do with her mom – even though Mommy has to stay in bed. There’s also a more serious side to the story, where the little girl deals with feelings of anger that Mommy needs to stay in bed all the time. The book doesn’t go into detail about why mommy needs to stay in bed – instead the focus is on ideas for enjoying their time together until Mommy gets better.

With its gentle pastel illustrations and fun ideas, this book would be useful for any parent who needs to rest in bed for any reason – whether you’re recovering from a surgery, pregnant and on bed rest, or dealing with a flare of chronic illness.

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Mariah is a writer, patient advocate, and mom of three living with rheumatoid arthritis and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. After learning firsthand how challenging and lonely it can be to face pregnancy and parenthood with chronic illness, Mariah became passionate about supporting people with chronic illness who are or want to become parents. She launched her private Facebook support group, Mamas Facing Forward, in 2015. Today the group connects parents and parents-to-be with chronic illness from all over the world. In 2018, she added this website, dedicated to collecting and creating resources that focus on pregnancy and parenting with chronic illness.

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