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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay: And Other Things I Had to Learn as a New Momby Stefa Wilder Taylor
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments: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 MommyandMe classes ("Your baby doesn't need to be making friends at three months old — you do! But not with people you'll meet at MommyandMe") 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. Review:"When 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 fuck does this Diaper Genie work?') and other aspects of new parenthood. Crass but reassuring, Wilder-Taylor succeeds in putting fears at rest." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.) About the AuthorStefanie Wilder-Taylor has performed on Make Me Laugh, Evening at the Improv, and Comedy Central, and written and produced more than thirty television shows, including Whose Line Is It Anyway? and Blind Date. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and young daughter, Elby. Table of ContentsCONTENTS Introduction: Prepartum Obsession Love at First Sight Lactose Intolerance The Magic Number(s) Your Baby Doctor Stroller Wars Cheer Up, You Just Had a Baby Cry Baby You'll Never Sleep in This Town Again The Feeding Frenzy Baby on Bored May I Introduce You to...Your Babysitter Nanny Nurturing Advice: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Developmental Breakdown Your Postbaby Social Life Park Politics Married Mommy, Single Friends Good-bye, Hot Wifey; Hello, Mommy Taking Off the Baby Weight Mommy and Me, Me, Me Out and About with Your Baby Planes, Trains, and Automobiles Little Brainiacs Women Who Love Their Babies Too Much Birthday Parties and Other Events I Don't Want to Be Invited To Name Calling Much Ado About Doo Ain't Misbehaving X-treme Parenting What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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