Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay: And Other Things I Had to Learn as a New Mom
Written by Stefanie Wilder-Taylor
Narrated by Stefanie Wilder-Taylor
3.5/5
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About this audiobook
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.
Stefanie Wilder-Taylor
Stefanie Wilder-Taylor is an author, TV personality, and cohost of the popular podcast For Crying Out Loud. She cocreated and hosted the late-night comedy parenting show Parental Discretion with Stefanie Wilder-Taylor for NickMom on Nickelodeon. She’s the author of Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay; Naptime Is the New Happy Hour; It’s Not Me, It’s You; I’m Kind of a Big Deal; and Gummi Bears Should Not Be Organic. She’s appeared on Good Morning America, 20/20, The Dr. Oz Show, Dr. Phil, Larry King Live, and Today. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, her three delightful teenagers, and her dog, Penelope.
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Reviews for Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5You don't have to be a new mom, or even have the twinkle of a baby in your eye, to enjoy this book - trust me! I'm a hardcore fan of "For Crying Out Loud," the podcast Stefani Wilder-Taylor does with Lynette Carolla, Both women have radically changed my opinion of what a "mom" is (in the best way), but that is a ramble for another time. Both women are utterly hilarious, so once I realized Wilder-Taylor has written some books, I knew I had to get my hands on them. This book doesn't disappoint. It's incredibly funny while still actually giving good advice on how to cope after having a baby - most importantly, to raise your child as you see fit, not to fall into any fad like attachment parenting, etc etc. There are short little sections with checklists mocking how far your child should be, developmentally, and pick-up lines to use on other new moms who look sane enough to be your friend. Many parts of this book will have you laughing out loud.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I had high hopes for this books and didn't like it as much as I expected. I read it because it was recommeded by Jen Lancaster, whom I love. It was an entertaining read, but I dont find that I really identified with the character.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Hilarious. I wish I read this while pregnant because she has lots of good observations that ring true. It was nice to know that someone else found the humor in pregnancy!
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I had high hopes for this books and didn't like it as much as I expected. I read it because it was recommeded by Jen Lancaster, whom I love. It was an entertaining read, but I dont find that I really identified with the character.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This book is a kind of anti-parenting guide. Instead of offering advice and suggestions on the many responsibilities of parenting, Wilder-Taylor takes many of the guidelines mentioned in the plethora of parenting books and picks them apart with her sarcastic humor. Her point is that the guides are a little extreme, and so are a lot of parents, while much of life does not progress like all the straightforward books would like you to believe. Some of her comments are extreme, but she certainly has a point.Parenting guides are excellent to have, and I've read my fair share of them, to be sure, but everyone has to remember that applying them to reality requires adjustment to your own individual life. Extreme application is not a good idea. I have run across people that push their ideas too hard, so a lot of the stories in this book were funny, and I could definitely relate to them. Also, once you become a parent, you suddenly are interested in all stories about children, yours or others. The humor was crass, and that was fine at first, but it started to get old by the end. I didn't always agree with all her points; sometimes she was too extreme in her laissez faire attitude, although I think it was mostly a joke. All the chapters are small, bite-size lengths, and it's a light read. Not much to it, just a relaxing little diversion.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This book hit me at just the right time. Two months into parenthood, I've skimmed so many parenting books, received so much advice, and watched my own ideals already fade away--and to hear someone else say so much of what I've been thinking with wit and humor has been a welcome retreat. Sure, it's a predictable sort of humor, and I wouldn't have picked up this book three months ago. But if you know anyone in the first 6 months of parenthood, they should give this a read.