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You Might As Well Laugh: Surviving the Joys of Parenthood
By: Sandi Kahn SheltonImprint: Bancroft Press
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When it comes to surviving the joys of parenthood, take Sandi Kahn Shelton's advice: You Might As Well Laugh. In this hilarious collection of essays and columns, Shelton offers humor as the best therapy for post-modern parenting. From lost keys and broken appliances to chicken pox and outrageous homework assignments, this working mother of three explores the everyday quirks and joys of fast-paced family life with wit and candor. Hailed as a young Erma Bombeck, Shelton has a knack for finding the absurd details that can wreak havoc on a household. Her wide-eyed, embracing style has made her the number one humor columnist among working mothers all over the country. Shelton has been writing her "Wit's End" column for Working Mother magazine since 1989 and her weekly column in the New Haven Register since 1987.
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| Title of Family & Relationships eBook: You Might As Well Laugh: Surviving the Joys of Parenthood | |
| Release Date: 02-03-2011 | |
| Publisher: Bancroft Press |
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You Might As Well Laugh: Surviving the Joys of Parenthood
Chapter One
A TEAM OF NIGHT WATCHMEN
The Proper Place to Slumber
Some people know instinctively that the way to get a baby to sleep is to put it in the crib and leave the room.
Those people live in a quieter and simpler universe than the rest of us.
You will never find them staggering through the day with black circles under their eyes. They probably can even find their house keys, know what day of the week it is, and remember where their desk is at work. And if you ask them how the baby is, they say "Fine" instead of growling.
As for me, I am writing this column with a 4-week-old baby strapped to the front of me.
And, yes, thank you, she is finally asleep.
The baby and I came up with this system for column-writing because we both now understand that cribs are not the proper place for babies to fall asleep. The baby has let me know that cribs are the places where babies are supposed to wail and thrash around until someone comes to rescue them.
Still, every few days or so, we try out the crib again, just to make sure the rules haven't changed. Who knows? It could suddenly become a habitable place where a baby could gently relax, close her eyes, and drop off to sleep.
We try it, but according to my friend Jean, we're not doing it with the right amount of Confidence and Perseverance.
You have to just know this is the right thing, Jean insists. You have to believe with every cell in your body that this baby is going to get into this crib and fall soundly asleep. Right now.
I don't have time to indulge in self-hypnotism these days, I tell her, and besides, I know fr
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