When it comes to raising a toddler, forget about 'what to expect.' It's the unexpected that transforms calm, collected women into frazzled, fried moms. Days when you're running on four hours' sleep and your toddler is melting down on the grocery store floor; times when you're wondering how to dislodge a small object from your child's nose; or those minutes when you think it surely must be two o'clock…except it's only ten thirty. So much for the blessed moments that moms admit to. Welcome to reality. In Stop Second-Guessing Yourself -- The Toddler Years, award-winning web site creator and blogger Jen Singer offers the same camaraderie, advice, and encouragement she's become known for as the Internet's favorite Momma. Filled with proven real-world parenting tips, moms' true confessions, and plenty of humor, this validating guide will help you survive the toddler years with more confidence. From bedtime to naps, feeding and potty-training, finding the right playgroup to finding mom-time, it's all here and more. It's the field guide to confident parenting that you'll want to keep in the diaper bag, just in case.

Stop Second-Guessing Yourself: The Toddler Years: A Field-Tested Guide to Confident Parenting

Parenting & Relationships

Singer, Jen

Family Relationships

You didn't know you had to drill your child on how to draw the proper stick person to gain admission into the best preschool . . .or that there was a waiting list since your baby was in utero. When the other mommies give you the evil eye over a box of doughnuts, you realize that you must have missed the memo on playdate etiquette. As the saying goes, "Momma said there'd be days like these. . . . " Except your mother didn't. That's because parenting has changed since the days when stay-at-home moms spotted one another and swapped secrets across the back fence. Today, many moms feel like we're flying solo without a safety net, which―darn it!―you probably needed to send to school for Show and Share today. In Stop Second-Guessing Yourself: The Preschool Years, Jen Singer, "The Internet's Favorite Momma," shares her must-know advice plus dozens of "what works" tips from other moms. In this manifesto for modern momhood, she gives the girlfriendly skinny on everything that could confound you during the preschool years, from sleep issues to sibling rivalry, from starting school to stopping whining, from potty-training to picky eaters. With candid confessions, prescriptive tips, and a much-needed dose of humor, this must-have resource will help moms like you lose the doubt and gain much-needed advice and a pat on the back.

Stop Second-guessing Yourself--the Preschool Years: A Field-tested Guide to Confident Parenting

Jen Singer, the Internet's favorite Momma, gives hilarious, straight-from-the-hip advice for surviving the first year of motherhood You're so sleep deprived that you can't muster up the energy to shave both legs on the same day, and the only grown-up you've talked to all day is Oprah. You're looking forward to taking the baby to the pediatrician, because after all, it's an outing! And you think colic should be a four-letter word. Don't worry. Seasoned mom and Internet favorite Jen Singer has been there. She shows moms like you how to find the humor and the help they need for surviving the expected and the unexpected during Baby's first year. Plus, she's gathered insights, coping tips, and valuable perspective from the thousands of moms who visit MommaSaid.net every day. With Stop Second-Guessing Yourself―Baby's First Year, readers will find new ways to embrace the roller-coaster of new parenthood, and enjoy the laughs along the way. Stop Second-Guessing Yourself―Baby's First Year includes humorous sidebars, self-quizzes, and real-life anecdotes from moms who have endured the new-baby trenches.

Stop Second-Guessing Yourself-Baby's First Year: A Field-Tested Guide to Confident Parenting

Short, funny, and honest…like your kids. 
A breath of fresh air in the parenting world, "14 Hours ‘Til Bedtime" illuminates the pressure cooker lives of America’s young mothers. With comedic focus on the joys and the blunders of raising a family, Jen Singer explores what it really takes to be a stay-at-home mom: Patience…stamina…and a genuine appreciation for greeting cards made out of Froot Loops. 
"14 Hours ‘Til Bedtime" is for any mother who has managed to do the Hokey-Pokey with a toddler while nursing the baby at the same time. Author Jen Singer is the sure-and-steady voice for every on-the-go mom who dreams of stringing together ten minutes so she can shave both legs on the same day.

14 Hours 'Til Bedtime: A Stay-At-Home Mom's Life In 27 Funny Little Stories

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Wyatt-Mackenzie Pub

For 21st century mothers, there seem to be just two choices: be a Super Mom or be a Slacker Mom. One's bad for you; one's bad for your kids. So what's a momma to do? In You're a Good Mom (and Your Kids Aren't So Bad Either), the Internet's favorite momma, Jen Singer, tells all. Turns out you can raise perfectly good kids in that sweet spot between flash cards at breakfast and "donuts for dinner, kids!" It's for every mom who's pressured to be perfect yet lost under the laundry, wondering if she's a bad mom. It's for every mom to wants to enjoy-not endure-motherhood while still giving her kids what they truly need to succeed. Filled with "that happened to me, too!" stories and wrapped in the wit that could only come from the creator of Please Take My Children to Work Day, this book offers giggles and a pat on the back for today's moms, whether they're deep in diapers or petrified by puberty.

You're a Good Mom (and Your Kids Aren't So Bad Either): 14 Secrets to Finding Happiness Between Super Mom and Slacker Mom

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14 Hours 'Til Bedtime: A Stay-at-home Mom's Life In 27 Funny Little Stories

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