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4 Stars Read…and then reconsider.
I’m a single mom.

The problems described in this book are exactly why I won’t date a man with children — and why I won’t remarry until my child is grown. Dating and companionship are fine so long as they don’t intrude on my household. But I have a job to do — a job I’m proud to have — and that comes first. Certainly it comes ahead of any man. There’s no way I would “partner with my new husband to let the kids know that the marriage comes first in the household.” Are they serious? My kid’s been through a divorce, and lives with it every day. I see how kids get bounced around in new relationships and remarriages, and it’s not something to brush off. The kids get hurt, after having already been hurt profoundly. A stable relationship with an attentive parent, and an assured place in a household that doesn’t keep shifting around — these are very helpful in mitigating the effects of divorce. Do these therapists think it’s some random occurrence that there are so many messed-up kids these days?

The misery described in this book is all real. It isn’t necessary to choose it; there are plenty of fish in the sea. And unless you have an unusually well-developed sense of responsibility to other people — enough so that you will stand there and be hurt for years rather than harm someone else’s children — don’t put the kids at more risk. It’s a very hard life, being a stepmom, and many stepmoms leave because of it. After having done all in their power to get the kids to bond with them. The damage it does to the children — who are real people, not just divorced-dad accessories — is tremendous.

If you’re not a strong person with an unshakable sense of duty and responsibility, in other words, the stepmom life is not for you, and neither is that man.

5 Stars Superior Book For Stepmothers, Stepchildren, and Husbands Everywhere
At first, I was a bit skeptical about this book as I have read other books that said they “knew what stepmothers were feeling and thinking”. But, I have to tell you, this book nails it right on the head. It goes through every bit of the range of feelings and emotions that you go through as a stepmother in a clear, concise fashion that is easy to read, easy to understand - and even brought me to tears a few times as I identified with so many issues in the book. I would highly recommend this book to any stepmother, stepchild, husband with children from another marriage - anyone that has or is a stepmother. It is a superb book and I am enjoying reading it with my husband. I have already learned so much about areas that I thought I had handled, and I cannot believe that this book is not more recommended than it is.

5 Stars Props Are DUE
If you are a stepmother, this book should occupy a permanent position on your nightstand!

Ladies, do yourself a favor and go pick up a copy of Stepmonster today. It’s cheaper than therapy and it just might preserve your sanity and save your marriage. I’ve been carrying it around for weeks now, sneaking five minutes here and there to commit the more significant points to memory. The challenge is that there’s just so many. A few of my favorites:

Nobody wants a stepmother and nobody wants to be a stepmother either. Just as our stepchildren do not choose us, we do not choose them.

We need to learn as soon as possible- to experience firsthand- that being disliked is an occupational hazard for stepmothers, not a referendum on our worth.

There is no single way to be a stepmother. Nor, it turns out, is there a “right” one.

AHA! I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been slumped over this book in a public place where I suddenly sit straight up and exclaim, “I knew it!” I wasn’t even finished with Chapter One before I felt compelled to track Ms. Martin down and thank her for validating so many of my mixed-up stepmommy feelings. And by explaining why we feel and act they way we do, the old, familiar feelings of guilt and inadequacy suddenly had less power over me. I went from I suck to I’m totally normal!

In one of the more provocative chapters, “She’s such a Witch!” Martin studies a common trap the modern-day stepmom falls into. She describes an overly-accommodating woman who contorts herself in an effort to be likable. In hopes of gaining love and approval from her new stepkids, she puts her marriage second and shoves her own needs aside. Sound familiar?

To avoid the old, witchy “stepmonster” accusation, Martin explains, many of us tip-toe around our stepkids, “overcompensating out of fear.” Martin shows us how destructive this can be on our marriage and similarly bad for the kids, “giving them an uncomfortable amount of power.”

I thought, Oh No. We’ve traded in wicked for wimpy? Say it isn’t so!

Thankfully, Martin provides us with a different approach, one that is realistic, attainable and allows us to reclaim our power and stop apologizing for our appropriate behavior. Props are due, Wednesday Martin. Pretty soon we’ll be talkin’ bout a Stepmother Revolution!

Izzy Rose, author of The Package Deal: My(not-so) Glamorous Transition from Single Gal to Instant Mom

5 Stars Great book!
After reading the first few pages, I felt as if the author was inside my head and saying the feelings I had out loud.

It does give a lot of explanation WHY we feel the way we do. It is so good to know that all of my feelings were normal.

I highly recommend this book to all new stepmoms.

5 Stars Best book out there
This book is the first of its kind that truly takes a pragmatic approach to the subject. I’ve read most books available on this topic, and this one is truly the best. It is empirically supported and well written. I cannot thank the author enough for writing this book!

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This completely revised edition of the beloved international classic is now entirely in color, with historic, never-before-seen photos in every chapter and an entirely new text.

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5 Stars Thaks
Condition of the book was exactly as described and arrived within a couple of days. Thanks again 5/09

5 Stars A CHILD IS BORN
A Child Is BornEXCELLENT i couldn’t find it in the stores where i live. but my husband urge me to check it on AMAZON and i found it

it’s a wonderful book with early and late pregnancy pictures just gorgeous

4 Stars Good book
I liked the book and the progess of the fetus each week. I like being able to compare my ultrasound photos to the ones in the book. It made the little baby look like a human when you could hold the photos side by side.

The only thing i could have lived without and why I hesitate putting on my coffee table is the photos of child birth…being a first time mother i wasn’t exactly excited about how graphic some of the photos were of the actual birth. I don’t think my poor husband will want to see some of them. The whole process kind of scares him anyway and seeing 80’s photos of women with nothing on shooting a baby out isn’t exactly comfortable for him. In a lot of the pictures the woman look in pain and not doing well.

Otherwise love the book. Great photos…i wonder how they took some of them.

2 Stars Great pics before they were aborted
Yes it’s true. Look it up. Those beautiful pictures of alive babies were taken just before they were aborted.

5 Stars WOW, amazing!! Very neat book! Great photos,and info
What a great book! I bought it for the totally amazing photography! But, it has so much information and will be a great learning tool for my kids when they get older! I have already shared it with my 13 year old! Worth every penny and will last a life time! A Child Is Born

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Announcing Eating Well When You’re Expecting, providing momsto- be with a realistic approach to navigating healthily and deliciously through the nine months of pregnancy—at home, in the office, over the holidays, in restaurants. Thorough chapters are devoted to nutrition, weight gain, food safety, the postpartum diet, and how to eat when trying to conceive again. And, very exciting, the book comes with 150 contemporary, tasty, and healthy recipes that feed mom and baby well, take little time to prepare, and are gentle on queasy tummies.

A departure from its predecessor, What to Eat When You’re Expecting, which has 976,000 copies in print, Eating Well loses the whole-wheatierthan- thou attitude, and comes with a light, reader-friendly tone while delivering the most up-to-date information. At the heart of the book are hundreds of pressing questions every mother-to-be has: Is it true I shouldn’t eat any food cooked with alcohol? Will the caffeine in coffee cross into my baby’s bloodstream? Help!—I’m entering my second trimester, and I’m losing weight, not gaining. Is all sushi off limits? How do I get enough calcium if I’m lactose intolerant? I keep dreaming about a hot fudge sundae— can I indulge? Guess what: the answer is yes.

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4 Stars Good Book
Pretty solid advice and lots of recipes. A good book, but I wouldn’t pay full price.

5 Stars Wonderful Resource!
This book is a bit daunting to get into as it is very detailed, but it is a wonderful resource for any questions you might have about what to eat and why during pregnancy.

3 Stars Not a must-have
This was one of the first books I bought when I found out I was expecting. It is a very nice resource to have, but most if the information in it can be found by reading pregnancy sites on the internet. By the time I recieved this book in the mail I already knew most of what was in it. The main reason I bought this book was for the recipes, but I’ve had the book for over a month and have only used two of the recipes. A lot of them call for ingredients I don’t typically keep on hand.

5 Stars Great Nutrition Advise at any time in life
I have had terrible trouble losing the weight I gained with my first son, and I worry about my own health, and the health of a new baby, if I started a new pregnancy at the weight I am at now. We would like to start trying again in the next year or two, so we discussed the issue with my doctor and her advice was to start treating your body now like you would if you were pregnant. So I bought this book.

I almost bought it’s predicessor, but the description of this version’s reduction in the “wheatier than thou” approach sold me. I have a couple of the other “What to do books” and was aware that I would skim past a lot of the dietary advice as not being realistic to my lifestyle - but this book is. Its full of down-to-the-roots, real life knowledge on what nutrition really is, why you are supposed to eat what they say you should, and real-world decision making for trying to be healthy one day at a time.

It goes into fantastic detail on the Daily Dozen concept, and the recipies that I have tried so far are easy and tasty, with lots of room for personalization and variety. But it’s not just a diet-or a recipe book. It’s a way to trully think about everything you eat and why you do or don’t need it. Whether I lose the weight or not, whether we have another child or not, I’ve gained a lot of confidence and knowledge about my habits from this book and I am very pleased with it.

5 Stars So helpful!
My husband and I are hoping to start our family soon and I wanted to make sure that I was eating as well as possible for healthy baby-making. It has great tips on how to combat morning sickness, make sure you’re getting all your necessary vitamins and minerals and is just a great read. I love it!

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This is the only anger management system we’ve found that offers interactive exercises to help readers understand and modify their own behavior. Whether your anger is from tension at work, frustration at home, or just life in general — this workbook will help you identify and modify the anger that keeps you from inner peace and contentment. From doctors nationally known in the field of Christian counseling.

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1 Stars a refund please
If you want a book that’s based on religion, not psychology and practical ways to deal with your anger (as I was expecting), then this book may be for you. If, like me, you want a book that deals with anger from a psychological/behavioural stand point, then look elsewhere, as (like me), you may be angered by all the biblical /God/Lord references in this book and find it better suited to kindling or the recycle bin….time for me to go find a ‘real’ book on this topic now….

1 Stars not what I expected
I bought the book to help me understand someone who I feel has anger problems. After about two chapters, I determined it would not help me but decided to keep reading, hoping it would get better. For me, the book posed many causes of anger, but never did propose specific solutions. A lot of theories with no substance. I quit at page 178. I was able to tolerate the abundance of religious context, but when Dr. Carter put forth the proposition that criminal behavior is the result of environment rather than free choice, I closed the book forever.

1 Stars Do not be suckered!
There is nothing in the title or on the cover to indicate that this is a book whose sole intention is to convert you to Christianity.

The first two pages are about anger, but by page three you are being told that Jesus loves you.

Sad, that religious people feel the need to deceive others in order to get out their message.

4 Stars The Anger Workbook

The Anger Workbook is an excellent tool to use in groups

where persons have anger problems. This could be used in

recovery groups, prisons, and large organizations where anger

is a problem. I enthusistically recommend it!

3 Stars Not the best
This book is confusing to me. For example, I expected answers for my anger problems. I didn’t expect to be told certain versus in the bible. I don’t even understand certain versus in the bible. Nor did I grow up going to church a lot. I feel like the writer switches to his opinions, and the bible too much. If the writer, talks about certain versus in the bible. Than he needs to explain what page that verse is in the bible.

Also, on the back of this book, it never explained from a Christian view point.

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If you are the parent of one of the millions of children with worry and anxiety: help is on the way. Anxiety is the number one mental health challenge facing our children today. Fortunately, there is good news for these kids and the parents who suffer along with them - anxiety disorders are also the most treatable mental health condition. With the powerful cognitive-behavioral treatments now available, there has never been more hope for anxious children’s bright future.

Treatment is not about trying to cajole or talk kids out of their fears; it’s about teaching them to see worry as a problem to be solved. Translating cutting-edge techniques into down-to-earth, empathic, user-friendly steps, Freeing Your Child from Anxiety equips parents, teachers and therapists with the information they need to recognize the red flags of anxiety in children and how they can systematically overcome the obstacles that anxiety imposes.

Empowering and insightful, Freeing Your Child from Anxiety, gives children - from preschool to high school - the action plan and the tools to take charge, unplug from anxiety, and plug into sound, realistic thinking. Learning the lessons from parents, children can reduce anxiety and even prevent anxiety disorders from taking hold.

Part One includes a primer on causes and mechanisms of transmission of anxiety messages in the brain - the how, when and where of seeking help for your child - a chapter on the worry tricks the brain can play, and finally the five step ‘Master Plan’ for overcoming anxiety.

Part Two goes in depth, with separate chapters for each anxiety subtype: panic, separation anxiety, social anxiety, generalized worry, phobias, trauma, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Also included is a chapter on habit behaviors and conditions which are typically exacerbated by stress, tics and trichotillomania.

Part Three expands the focus to anxious children at school, and with friends and siblings. Because nighttime can be a very anxious time, a chapter on managing nighttime fears and sleep difficulties is included.

Anxious children are especially sensitive to real life stress such as coping with illness, death, crime, and terrorism. Strategies for how to constructively discuss these difficult topics are included in a separate chapter.

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5 Stars Freeing your child from anxiety.
This book took away the helpless feeling I was having dealing wih my daughter’s anxiety. It gave me practical strategies to use to help her conquer her worries and anxieties. This book gave us our daughter back.

5 Stars great book
Understanding your child’s emotional challenges can help your child be the best they can be

A Moment of Peace: Relaxation for Parents AudiobookA Moment of Peace: Relaxation for Children

4 Stars Pretty Good Book
This book had some good ideas, and was helpful. A lot of it was things I’d already figured out, but it was still pretty good.

5 Stars Tangible help
This book break down the root of anxiety and provides real life examples on how to help your children work through their aniexty. The book is organized in a way that the information is easy to read.

4 Stars Nice resource for parents
I have recommended this book to parents and they have found it helpful. They have not had a hard time understanding it or trying to implement some of the suggestions. The cost is reasonable for most parents. If you have attended trainings on anxiety and interventions to help, you probably have heard most of the techniques and suggestions. Is good aid to educate parents about anxiety, CBT, and worry and the brain.

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Beyond child development theory and experts, beyond the “shoulds” and the “don’ts” that guilt-ridden parents constantly hear echoing in their ears, there’s Vicki Iovine, America’s favorite “girlfriend” and mother-in-the-trenches. In The Girlfriends’ Guide to Toddlers, Iovine’s third addition to her parenting panoply (The Girlfriends’ Guide to Pregnancy and The Girlfriends’ Guide to Surviving the First Year of Motherhood) Iovine focuses, for the first time, more on the child than on the mother. (Toddlers always get all the attention, don’t they?) Iovine is wise, and not just because she’s read all the current parenting literature (she has) or heard it from her famous mythical “girlfriends.” Iovine knows what she’s talking about because she has four young children and she’s been through it all. In her ongoing vision of parenting, humor and a network of friends play an important role, bribery has its place, discipline is sensible and loving, and advice is grounded in the practical rather than the theoretical. From “Eating (or Not)” to “Discipline” to “The Comfort Zone” (Binkies, Bankies, Loveys and Thumbs) to Potty Training (”What’s the Big Rush?”) to “Sleepy Time” to “Fashion” (yes, it’s an issue for toddlers), Iovine continues her mission to inform the contemporary parent, to tell the truth, to boldly go where many child development experts have gone before, and to keep her readers laughing while she does it. –Ericka LutzWith a combined total of over 300,000 Girlfriends’ Guides in print, Vicki Iovine offers the kind of tongue-in-cheek humor and straight-from-the-hip advice that has made her one of today’s most popular authorities on child rearing. Now she takes the next step in the Girlfriends series by helping mothers deal with that mysterious, baffling, often adorable and frequently alarming being their baby has become–a toddler.

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5 Stars A good laugh on life with toddlers.
Just like the 1st book, gives you a good idea of what to expect with a good twist of humour. Cant go wrong.

5 Stars Another Great Girlfriends Guide!! Get It and Save your Sanity.
I love this book. I really enjoyed Vicki’s other books as well. She is the real deal and gives it to you straight. It is so refreshing to read her hilarious (and so true) advice on surviving the toddler years.

I think if all moms read this, we would all be less stressed, less judgemental of each other and enjoy our kids more. In the end, that’s what it’s all about, right?

Highly recommended.

4 Stars Don’t take this book seriously, but GET a GOOD laugh!
This book made me feel more normal…it is very funny! Phew, I am not the only one!

5 Stars For the REAL DOWN to earth moms
It is so refreshing to read a real down to earth view of kid’s. We all have flaws and this hits on them in a humorous way, while helping you cope. Vicki Iovine did it again, thanks.

5 Stars Great book for laughs and another’s experience…something all of us mothers could use
This is my first Girlfriend’s Guides book and I absolutely loved it! It is a fun read, made me literally laugh out loud a few times, and now I am hounding my husband to read it just so he can have a heads up on what to expect over the next couple of years all while gaining a little perspective on what it is like for us mothers. I’m sure that is wishful thinking but one can hope! I had tons of pregnancy books and a few for the first year. While these provided more hands on and specific information, I found this book was still also useful but in a more anecdotal fashion (which made it much easier to read…I actually read this book cover to cover and had a hard time putting it down even when I had some time to catch up on my own sleep during the baby’s nap time!). I definitely recommend this book for mothers of new toddlers.

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2005 Gold Medallion Award finalist!
Dr. James Dobson has completely rewritten, updated, and expanded his classic best seller The Strong-Willed Child for a new generation of parents and teachers. The New Strong-Willed Child follows on the heels of Dr. Dobson’s phenomenal best seller Bringing Up Boys. It offers practical how-to advice on raising difficult-to-handle children and incorporates the latest research with Dr. Dobson’s legendary wit and wisdom. The New Strong-Willed Child is being rushed to press for parents needing help dealing with sibling rivalry, adhd, low self-esteem, and other important issues. This book is a must-read for parents and teachers struggling to raise and teach children who are convinced they should be able to live by their own rules!

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1 Stars Dangerous and Ignorant Advice
I found James Dobson to be both ignorant and dangerous. He clearly has not kept up with the research done since receiving his Psychology degree in the early 1960’s. He advocates violence and corporal punishment, and has an overall negative assumption toward the motivations and intentions of children.

If you want a guide to misconstruing your children’s attempts to learn and crushing their spirits, get this book.

1 Stars If you want an antagonistic relationship, then this book is for you.
I picked up this book along with several others in order to work with my difficult son, and I was blown away at the perspective that Dobson takes on difficult children.

He takes the view that when children misbehave it is a deliberate effort to make life difficult for the parents. I can’t imagine any real Christian parent sincerely subscribing to the maxim of “beating the devil” out of your children, but this is the closest thing I have come across to this view.

If you want to love and respect your child, I would recommend Stanley Turecki’s The Difficult Child.

1 Stars Kristian Facist
..just like his teaching on every thing. AVOID. I know one girl - who’s parents followed this book - in spite of the fact that the girl was NOT strong willed - she ended up lesbian - probably partly just to spite them.

4 Stars Strong Willed Blessings!
This is a great cd set. Really pin points how to deal with children of this nature.

5 Stars The Strong Willed Child
Very good book, sound principals, it worked for me when my kids were small, now I am buying it again for my children as they are raising theirs.

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With over one million copies in print, this is one of the best-selling books about pregnancy on the market. More complete and up-to-date than any other pregnancy guide, this remarkable book is the “bible” for childbirth educators. Now revised with:

-a greatly expanded treatment of pregnancy tests, complications, and infections

-an expanded list of drugs and medications, plus advice for uses

-a brand-new chapter on creating a detailed birth plan

Called “excellent” by the American Journal of Nursing.

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2 Stars Ok but outdated (a young first time Mom perspective)
Some good information, but outdated and not reader-friendly. I’m a first time mom and a visual learner, so this book was a bad choice. In fact, all of these complications listed everywhere quite scared me (in newer books, they have a separate chapter). There are a few black and white sketches and pictures, all of which are outdated and sporting looks from the 70’s. 80’s and 90’s (you’d think that along with “expanding and updating,” they could put in some up-to-date pictures). They also show pictures of a girl’s face as she goes through labor, which is contorted in pain– not what a first time mom needs. I already know labor is painful; I don’t need to see someone’s agonized face.

What I needed as a first timer was something from the present that I could relate to, not a dry textbook– I already have enough of those for my college classes.

So, I would recommend this book if you are not a visual learner and like straight black and white manual books.

For the new mom, I’d highly recommend any of these three below. They are filled with reader-friendly pictures and illustrations (actually having a weekly breakdown of actual photos what the fetus looks like– which really helps you bond closer), updated information, and overall, get you excited for pregnancy, which Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn definitely did not do. It relates better to the current decade and what us new moms are looking for.

I’m Pregnant!: A week-by-week guide from conception to birth

Conception, Pregnancy and Birth

The Complete Illustrated Pregnancy Companion: A Week-by-Week Guide to Everything You Need To Do for a Healthy Pregnancy

5 Stars A Favorite Pregnancy-Related Resource
I love this book. It was required reading for a natural childbirth class I took and I found it to be very informative, comprehensive, fair-balanced, and helpful. I often refer to it as I prepare for natural labor and delivery, and it always contains the answers to my questions. It’s well organized and much of the information is cross-referenced throughout the book so it’s easy to navigate and find what you’re looking for. It’s also easy to understand but doesn’t dumb things down to the point of being patronizing or uninformative, and it isn’t so pro-natural childbirth that it discounts medical science and interventions (as some natural childbirth books tend to do). It’s definitely one of my favorite pregnancy books.

5 Stars Wish I had this book years ago!
This book gives so much more information for the pregnant woman to make informed choices throughout pregnancy and birth than any other book out there. It does not push anything upon the reader, but gives the facts, plus the pros and cons to consider. The section on Breastfeeding and formula feeding is very well done. I wish I would have known about this book 7 pregnancies ago!

5 Stars This has been my pregnancy bible!
Recommended to me by my doctor, this is absolutely the best written and comprehensive pregnancy guide I’ve come across. I especially like that it takes into consideration each individual woman and family, allowing for a broad discussion on different types of labor preparation techniques (including medicated or non-medicated), detailed nutritional information, and all those other bits and pieces of information you can only hope for during the whirlwind of pregnancy… all in one place. I felt well informed, and (most importantly) less afraid about my pregnancy, labor, delivery and caring for the newborn after reading this.

Highly recommended!!!

3 Stars Will make you paranoid
This book doesn’t offer anything more than articles on[...] or any other book on pregnancy. Maybe it does… it offers a lot of information on possible complications before, during, and after labor that I started getting stressed out. Reading about the many things that can go wrong with the pregnany isn’t exactly what I want to dwell on during this time in my life that I should be feeling very blessed and happy. I had stopped reading it for my well-being.

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The moment the second line on the pee stick turns pink, women discover they’ve entered a world of parenting experts.

Friends, 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.

In 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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5 Stars Funny and entertaining
I bought this book wanting something funny and entertaining while I wait for the arrival of my baby. I laughed and laughed throughout the whole book. The author is funny and she takes you through situations that come up in every moms life. I also bought her other book “Nap time is the new happy hour”. And fell in love with it too. I definitely recommend this to mom’s who want a fun easy read with lots of laughs.

5 Stars Snarky new mom tells all
This book was hilarious. Anyone who is a mom, or even a nanny can fully appreciate this book. If you are a new mom, or a mom to be, run right out and pick up a copy. You won’t want to miss out on the advice this book has to offer.

Stefanie Wilder-Taylor holds nothing back in her candid tales from the first year of her first child’s life. Each short story is a bit of advice that you might not hear at the local mommy and me classes. She talks about everything from nipples nearly falling off trying to breastfeed, to mommy personality types on the playground (avoid alpha mom, you will never be good enough for this one).

Her advice isn’t researched per say, she has more of hands on experience. She learned that the most important lessons you can find outside of a book, just by using your own common sense.

Stefanie also warns her readers of the many differing and strong opinions a new mother will face. From being bombarded at Babies R Us with questions about her views on breastfeeding (while only 6 months pregnant), to being scolded while at a stop light for not having the bar on her child safety seat fully lowered, Stefanie has seen and heard it all.

This book is written by a friend of Chelsea Handler. Its clear to see that they get along famously in their snarky commentary. Check this book out if you liked “Are you there vodka? Its me Chelsea” by Chelsea Handler.

2 Stars I can’t believe she got paid to write this!
I just have to say, I barely review anything but had to comment on this book..that’s how strongly I felt about it.

First of all, this is better than ‘Dirty Little Secrets,’ which was something more suitable for a website than a book! Second, this author just loves to complain about baby products that didn’t work for her (as if they would never work for anyone else) and only wants to promote her way. I might have found her funny if she was a bit humble about her opinions. Her husband must be a publisher because she doesn’t even write well!

1 Stars Pretty awful
I am not a fan of this book, and I definitely do not recommend it.

I think this has got to be one of the most negative books I’ve ever suffered through … the only reason I finished it was so I could legitimately review it.

I love the big Motherhood Reveal that some authors do so well (Celia Rivenbark, for example) where they let you know that it’s not all kittens and sunshine. No one’s trying to be June Cleaver, but this author is just so awful. Her writing is so bland and stupid - same safe “funny” motherhood jokes that we hear from the likes of Ben Mulroney and Billy Bush, where it’s just so ubiquitous, you feel like she’s just a writer on Access Hollywood or something.

I’m not going to be tagging it as “humor” because you know … it isn’t funny.

5 Stars They most certainly are not!
This is just such a good, fun read. I laughed a lot and kept reading way into the night. It was so refresing to read something that didn’t seem like the author was being censored or trying to be too politically correct. All in all, this one is a keeper. Also liked: Baby Laughs: The Naked Truth About the First Year of Mommyhood.

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