Friends, family, colleagues, the UPS delivery guy -- suddenly everybody is a trove of advice, much of it contradictory and confusing. With dire warnings of what will happen if baby is fed on demand and even direr warnings of what will happen if he isn't, not to mention hordes of militant "lactivists," cosleeping advocates, and books on what to worry about next, modern parenthood can seem like a minefield.

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. A witty and welcome antidote to trendy parenting texts and scarifying case studies, Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay provides genuine support, encouragement, and indispensable common-sense advice.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 116 reviews)

Fabulous Read for Sassy, Witty Moms

I absolutely LOVE this read. As a first time mom, a single mom, and a mom that can't believe she's a mom, this book is a life saver!
Seriously, I'm that mom that couldn't believe I was really going to have a baby, so I read every pregnancy/parenting book out there. I was checking my babies development in the womb daily! I was trying to eat perfectly, exercise daily. I wrote the perfect birth plan, read to my baby in utero and sang the ABC's constantly from the moment I knew her ears had formed, lol! I was trying to be super mom.
Then I crashed and asked myself, "Where the heck are the REAL parenting books?"
Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay was just what I needed. I stood in the store and laughed as I flipped through the pages. I closed the book when I read about mom's needing other mom friends because only they can answer questions like, "How the f*** does this Diaper Genie work?" I hadn't made myself get other mom friends yet, and that statement made me tear up while laughing.
Any book that can make you laugh and cry at the same time because it is so real, is definitely worth the purchase.
Buy this book for yourself if you are a mom, mom-to-be, or ever think there is a possibility you may want a baby. Buy it for your friends and your sisters! This book is a joy!
October 13, 2008

hilarious!

This book is a hilarious look at new motherhood! It's also reassuring for those of us who feel like less-than-perfect mothers. Some people might be a bit offended; you must like sarcastic humor to enjoy this book. I recommend it most for new moms whose babies are less than a year old. My baby is 14 months old, and I'll be reading Naptime Is the New Happy Hour next!
September 30, 2008

Quite possibly the worst book on mothering. Ever.

An unbelievably depressing and simplistic memoir of sorts by a woman who evidently finds her ineptitude as a mother hilarious, this book manages to make babies sound like a cross between cancer and the IRS. The constant references to drug use are sickening, and her aversion to natural processes disturbing. Note to the author: motherhood can be a blast, and not just because of the hormones.
August 31, 2008

Simple and Overdone

This book takes all the normal cliches and overplays the jokes - it's dumbed down "entertainment" that's not all that entertaining.
August 05, 2008

Delightful

Stefanie Wilder-Taylor's book "Sippy Cups are Not for Chardonnay" is a refreshing find in the world of baby texts and parenting narrative. Straightforward, modern, and completely human, Wilder-Taylor's take on motherhood is a great find for first-time-moms and veterans alike. You won't agree with everything she has to say, but the beauty of the narrative is that you don't have to - one woman offers her experience as a new mother, and shows that not everything has to be "by the book."
August 03, 2008

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