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Be Prepared: A Practical Handbook for New Dads
Gary Greenberg, Jeannie Hayden · back to the book
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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Baby Owner's Manual: Operating Instructions, Trouble-Shooting Tips & Advice on First-Year Maintenance
Louis Borgenicht, Joe Borgenicht · 228 pages
Free-Range Kids: Giving Our Children the Freedom We Had Without Going Nuts with Worry
Lenore Skenazy · 304 pages
I Was a Really Good Mom Before I Had Kids: Reinventing Modern Motherhood
Trisha Ashworth, Amy Nobile · 206 pages
Let's Panic About Babies!: How to Endure and Possibly Triumph Over the Adorable Tyrant who Will Ruin Your Body, Destroy Your Life, Liquefy Your Brain, and Finally Turn You into a Worthwhile Human Being
Alice Bradley, Eden M. Kennedy
The Sh!t No One Tells You: A Guide to Surviving Your Baby's First Year
Dawn Dais · 247 pages
A humorous guide for new mothers on caring for infants offers advice on the unpleasant aspects of parenting, including birthing without drugs, handling the volumes of waste babies create, and dealing with sleep deprivation.
Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace
Ayelet Waldman · 213 pages
In the tradition of recent hits like The Bitch in the House and Perfect Madness comes a hilarious and controversial book that every woman will have an opinion about, written by America's most outrageous writer. In our mothers' day there were good mothers, neglectful mothers, and occasionally great mothers.Today we have only Bad Mothers.If you work, you're neglectful; if you stay home, you're smoth
Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting
Pamela Druckerman · 284 pages
"The secret behind France's astonishingly well-behaved children. When American journalist Pamela Druckerman has a baby in Paris, she doesn't aspire to become a "French parent." French parenting isn't a known thing, like French fashion or French cheese. Even French parents themselves insist they aren't doing anything special. Yet, the French children Druckerman knows sleep through the night at two
Raising My Rainbow: Adventures in Raising a Fabulous, Gender Creative Son
Lori Duron · 283 pages
Whereas her older son, Chase, is a Lego-loving, sports-playing boy’s boy, Lori’s younger son, C.J., would much rather twirl around in a pink sparkly tutu, with a Disney Princess in each hand while singing Lady Gaga’s “Paparazzi.” C.J. is gender variant or gender nonconforming, whichever you prefer. Whatever the term, Lori has a boy who likes girl stuff—really likes girl stuff. He floats on the
Sh*tty Mom: The Parenting Guide for the Rest of Us
Laurie Kilmartin, Karen Moline, Alicia Ybarbo, Mary Ann Zoellner
Ketchup is a Vegetable: And Other Lies Moms Tell Themselves
Robin O'Bryant · 234 pages
"If you don't have anything nice to say about motherhood, then... read this book. Robin O'Bryant offers a no holds barred look at the day to day life of being a mother to three, running a household and the everyday monotony of parenting. It's not always pretty but it's real. Whether she's stuffing cabbage in her bra... dealing with defiant yet determined daughters... yelling at the F.B.I... or exp
Blacklisted from the PTA
Lela Davidson · 243 pages
"Blacklisted by the PTA is an irreverent look at motherhood and the modern family. From the high chair to a vinyl restaurant booth on date night, Lela Davidson has captured life on the cul-de-sac with a husband, two kids, and the occasional pet. Whether failing at cloth diaper origami or smug in knowledge that her children have never consumed a PopTart, Lela assures parents they are not alone, and
Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay: And Other Things I Had to Learn as a New Mom
Stefanie Wilder-Taylor · 218 pages
Parenting: Illustrated with Crappy Pictures
Amber Dusick · 214 pages
Dusick's stories about her Crappy Baby, Crappy Boy and her husband, Crappy Papa, will make everyone laugh over those frustrating moments of parenting.
Happy Mum, Happy Baby: My Adventures in Motherhood
Giovanna Fletcher · 320 pages
Don't Lick the Minivan: And Other Things I Never Thought I'd Say to My Kids
Leanne Shirtliffe · 282 pages
I Didn't Plan to be a Witch: And Other Surprises of a Joyful Mother
Linda Eyre · 190 pages
Someone Could Get Hurt: A Memoir of Twenty-First-Century Parenthood
Drew Magary · 243 pages
In brutally honest and funny stories, Drew Magary reveals how American mothers and fathers cope with being in over their heads (getting drunk while trick-or-treating, watching helplessly as a child defiantly pees in a hotel pool, engaging in role-play with a princess-crazed daughter), and how stepping back can sometimes make all the difference (talking a toddler down from the third story of a nett
When Did I Get Like This?: The Screamer, the Worrier, the Dinosaur-Chicken-Nugget-Buyer, and Other Mothers I Swore I'd Never Be
Amy Wilson · 272 pages
When Did I Get Like This? is the hilarious story of one mother's struggle to shrug off the ridiculous standards of modern parenting, and remember how to enjoy her childrenOver the last seven years of long days with little children, I have had many moments of joy, calm, and peaceful reverie.This book is about the other moments.Before I became a mother, failing at something did not shake my fundamen
So That's What They're For!: The Definitive Breastfeeding Guide
Janet Tamaro · 304 pages
Confessions of a Scary Mommy: An Honest and Irreverent Look at Motherhood: The Good, The Bad, and the Scary
Jill Smokler
This Is Ridiculous This Is Amazing: Parenthood in 71 Lists
Jason Good · 176 pages
Good delivers a laugh-out-loud reminder that everything is easier and more fun when approached with a sense of humor-- especially parenting. Each list captures a perfect (or perfectly terrible) aspect of parenthood while wholeheartedly embracing every moment.