Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay
Categories: Staff Picks , Parenting & Families , Nonfiction , Fiction
The dreaded first year of parenthood. Your parents, friends, co-workers and people on the street have probably all warned you about it. Sleepless nights. Hours-long crying episodes. Diaper explosions. Colic. And on and on and on. Now that I've scared off everyone in the "planning for a baby" stage, erase those images from your mind and picture...The first time your baby smiles at you. The first time they fall asleep on your chest. The first time they grab your hand or pat your cheek.
If you need more convincing (and could use a good laugh), then read Stefanie Wilder-Taylor's Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay, and Other Things I Had to Learn as a New Mom, in which the L.A.-based comedienne discusses sharing parenting duties, the trials and tribulations of breastfeeding, and bonding (or not) with other new moms.
For more inspiration, check out:
Fiction:
- Watermelon--Marian Keyes
- Little Earthquakes--Jennifer Weiner
- The Yummy Mummy--Polly Williams
Non-fiction:
- Let the Baby Drive: Navigating the Road of New Motherhood--Lu Hanessian
- Baby Laughs: The Naked Truth About the First Year of Mommyhood--Jenny McCarthy
- From Here to Maternity: The Education of a Rookie Mom--Beth Teitell
