"My Beautiful Mommy" is an animated children's book that will roll out on Mother's Day. Dr. Michael Salzhauer, a plastic surgeon, wrote the book to help 4 to 8 year olds understand and deal with "mommy's" plastic surgery.

In case you haven't heard, the latest trend in plastic surgery is being dubbed "the mommy makeover". It involves multiple procedures to restore a mother's body to pre-baby condition; not surprisingly, the fastest growing demographic in the trend are women over 40 who are finished having babies.

Newsweek Magazine examines the trend in an article entitled, "Mommy wants her body back". In it, a mom who underwent a tummy tuck and breast augmentation overhears her 8 year old son bragging to his friends about how "pretty his mom's new belly button was. "I think he was proud", says his mother. Is it just me or is that a little weird?

According to Dr. Salzhauer, more and more moms are bringing their children with them to consultations and appointments. In addition, most will complete their recovery at home and they are concerned that the sight of bandages, bruising, swelling, and a laid-up mom can be scary for a young child.

I agree! But couldn't mom just hire a babysitter during the appointments and make arrangements for little Johnny to go to grandma's house during the more intense phase of recovery? While I have no real objection to a woman wanting to improve her post-baby body, I do object to burdening children with grown-up women's issues like sagging skin, deflated, over-nursed breasts, and cellulite. Whatever happened to discretion?

More importantly, nothing demonstrates the psychologically treacherous ground this subject treads better than the scene in the book where the little girl asks mommy's if her new nose will look different. "Not just different", responds her perky barbie-like mom, "prettier!".