Dan gets a minivan

Dan gets a minivan: life at the intersection of dude and dad / Dan Zevin 217 pg.

Dan Zevin and his wife USED to be the coolest...they traveled, they had deep talks, they CARED...then they had kids.  Dan got a minivan and soon found it hard to give a shit about much more than keeping the diapers changed.  He feels guilty about treating his dog like a pet but it turns out he is a pretty good dad.

I listened to the audio version of this which was read by the author.

Mommy Knows Worst!

Mommy Knows Worst: Highlights from the Golden Age of Bad Parenting Advice by James Lileks, 176 pages

As a new mom, this book has been such a help to me. Who knew that I should not cuddle my new baby, lest she grows up to be a psychopath a la Norman Bates? And I really must go out and get myself one of those nets to put on her head to keep her ears from sticking out.

Oh wait... what was the subtitle again? "Highlights from the Golden Age of BAD Parenting Advice" OH! Well, I guess it's good that I didn't go out and buy some boric acid to sterilize my nipples (all the better to breastfeed, of course!). Phew!

Mommy Knows Worst: James Lileks 176 pages 1400082285

Subtitle: Highlights from the Golden Age of Bad Parenting Advice. Lileks has combed through ads, magazine articles and even government issued parenting guides in the 1940's and 1950's to glean truly scary advice given to parents. It is amazing that we survived some of the well-meant, but nearly lethal hints. The pneumonia jacket -- sounded like a torturous strait jacket that a crafty mother would create for the healthy child to prevent possible infection. Lots of laughs from the dated advice given to fathers, too.