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Summary: So you're going to have a baby soon?
Review: "Heh. I don't even know you and already I have the smirk on my face. You know the one--the bemused look all parents flash at parents-to-be. That one. The one that implies you simply don't know what you're in for, even though your nursery is finished and you've got enough frozen dinners stockpiled to last the first month. I can't help it. No actual parent can help it. We simply know too much." --Julie TilsnerSure, you can buy any number of books that explain what to do when you actually have a baby in the house--how to feed the baby, talk to the baby, entertain the baby. But let's put the baby aside a moment and talk about you. The baby, after all, comes preprogrammed for business and will blissfully go about its business while the two of you violently morph from normal civilians into those creatures known world round as parents. The next 12 months will take you on a wild, Dolby stereo, Technicolor, 3-D transformation unlike anything you've experienced. By the end of the year, you won't resemble you old, pre-child selves at all. Instead, you'll possess strange new parent powers. You'll have unraveled the mysteries of the car seat, be able to live in the wilderness for a week out of your diaper bag, and know all the words (with chorus) to Elmo's Song. The Poop List, binkies, Onesies, cradle cap and colic--this is your new world. You'll suddenly understand what your parents meant when they said, "Just wait till you have kids." You might wonder when you'll get back to your old self. The answer is: you won't. Ask anyone with kids. Parenthood is a state from which you will never recover. But even though you'll never again get as much sleep as you'd like, and your vocabulary is a third of its former self, it's not such a bad state to be in. Really. Truly. Julie Tilsner is a writer whose articles have appeared in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Cosmopolitan, Parenting, Business Week and many on-line venues. Her first book, 29 and Counting: A Chick's Guide to Turning 30, has become the handbook of choice for wary women in their late 20s. She lives in the San Francisco Bay area with her husband and daughter.
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Summary: Required Reading If You're Pregnant -- Or Planning To Be
Review: "Planet Parenthood" is required reading for anyone who is pregnant, or thinking about starting a family. The book puts breast feeding, competitive parenting and working mothers, among other topics, into perspective in a realistic, fresh and funny way.
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Summary: Infantastic!
Review: A really fun, well-written book for parents-to-be, and a must-read for those of us with infants in the house. It's the first book I've read that realistically depicts the enormous changes that parents go through when a baby comes into their lives. Very funny, moving, and oh-so-true!
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Summary: Excellent--much needed!
Review: God, this book was a welcome relief. A friend saw it and gave it to me since we have a two-month old and everything Tilsner says is so true, and she expresses it all so well and entertainingly. Humor sure is needed when you don't get much sleep and can't remember what life was like before child.
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Summary: Funny, Facts-of-Life Friend
Review: Having read this book before our first child was born, as well as a lot of other books, I found that as each new parenting situation came up, as each amazing baby behavior surfaced, parts from all the other books came to my mind half the time -- and parts from this book the other half. How this one book taught me so much can be attributed to the humor, and me-and-you-buddy approach the author takes. She's like a sister or a close friend laying out the territory for you and making it funny, to boot. This is your best bet.
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Summary: as essential for new parents as a Diaper Genie
Review: I loved Planet Parenthood! I recently gave a copy to my brother and his wife, who just had their first baby, and after taking a look inside, I couldn't resist reading it myself cover to cover. It was a terrific read -- I laughed my hiney off, and it seemed really wise and true, to boot. I've already seen bro and sis-in-law grappling with some of the issues mentioned, and I think the book will be a big help to them in putting it all into perspective and getting a good laugh, even in their sleep-depreived state (excellent therapy for stress). I was a fan of Tilsner's earlier book, 29 and Counting, and she's done it again!
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Summary: Love this book!
Review: OK, so I'm not a parent yet. But, I have about six girlfriends who've either given birth in the past year or who are almost due. I got this book to give as gifts (I'm a fan of Julie Tilsner's first book "29 and Counting") and couldn't put it down! So funny, and so right-on for what my girlfriends-turned-mothers were going through during their first year of motherhood. It almost makes me want to join the planet. (Almost!)
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Summary: Right on the money funny
Review: Planet Parenthood is one of the funniest, right on target booksabout having babies that I've read in a long time. Forget about Whatto Expect...If you're looking for a book on parenthood that will make you laugh and make you feel 100 times better about your sticky, sleepless and sexless new life, this is the book for you. Julie Tilsner is a fantastic writer and Planet Parenthood is a perfect gift for any new mom or dad who might be taking things a little too seriously. It's actually loaded with lots of practical information, but swaddled in funny stories that depict the real poop that parenthood is.
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Summary: Not for everyone
Review: This book has some good advice to offer, and some funny moments. But overall, I did not enjoy this book very much, probably because I do not fit in with the target audience this book is written for...although I never planned it this way, I ended up being one of the crunchy moms the author makes fun of. I bought the book when I was still pregnant, and by the time I read it our son was several months old I was already happily halfway down the granola path, and I couldn't relate to the book enough to think it was very funny or helpful. The author's one-sided dismissal of certain parenting choices is depressing and discouraging. That's too bad because there is so much that is funny about parenting to write about without making fun of the way other people do things. I would say to read it if you want, and get a laugh out of whatever you find funny, and learn from whatever you find helpful, but if you want to exclusively breastfeed, use cloth diapers, or anything else this book is a bit down on, keep an open mind don't let this book discourage you.
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Summary: A must for any newly PG couple!
Review: This book should be required reading, forget all that other mushy stuff. This is the real deal! Great read, funny and down to earth. My babe is 14 months now and I still pick it up now and again just for a giggle. This should be given at every baby shower!
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