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Stefanie Wilder-Taylor Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay: And Other Things I Had to Learn as a New Mom
Gallery Books 1416915060 / 9781416915065 PAPERBACK Good
1416915060 From Publishers Weekly nWhen Los Angeles comedian and television writer and producer Wilder-Taylor got pregnant, she feared undergoing this process: a perfectly sane woman who swigs Jack Daniel's, never goes to sleep before eight a.m., and has had at least one STD gives birth and suddenly becomes a different person... [who] subscribes to three dozen parenting magazines, thinks a wild night is tossing back two O'Doul's, and never hits the hay after eight p.m. Of course, now that the author has a daughter, she's smitten; the child grew on me every day, and by six months I was definitely her bitch. Hoping to be the voice of reason amid a cacophony of parenting advice (in the form of books, mothers-in-law and others), Wilder-Taylor dishes on sharing the parenting responsibilities with your husband (I felt like saying, 'Didn't you get the memo? WE'RE PARENTS NOW! LOOK ALIVE!' ), breast feeding (it hurts like a rhesus monkey biting your nipples), meeting other new mothers (only they can answer questions like How the f*** does this Diaper Genie work?) and other aspects of new parenthood. Crass but reassuring, Wilder-Taylor succeeds in putting fears at rest. (Apr.) nCopyright ? Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. n nProduct Description nThe moment the second line on the pee stick turns pink, women discover they've entered a world of parenting experts. n nFriends, family, colleagues, the UPS delivery guy -- suddenly everybody is a trove of advice, much of it contradictory and confusing. With dire warnings of what will happen if baby is fed on demand and even direr warnings of what will happen if he isn't, not to mention hordes of militant lactivists, cosleeping advocates, and books on what to worry about next, modern parenthood can seem like a minefield. n nIn busy Mom-friendly short essays, Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay delivers the empathetic straight dirt on parenting, tackling everything from Mommy & Me classes (Your baby doesn't need to be making friends at three months old -- you do! But not with people you'll meet at Mommy & Me) to attachment parenting (If you're holding your baby 24/7, that's not a baby, that's a tumor). Stefanie Wilder-Taylor combines practical tips with sidesplitting humor and refreshing honesty, assuring women that they can be good mothers and responsibly make their own choices. A witty and welcome antidote to trendy parenting texts and scarifying case studies, Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay provides genuine support, encouragement, and indispensable common-sense advice.
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