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Funny books about parenting

Your toddler threw your wedding ring into the toilet, and you've got encrusted baby urp on your shirt. Why not try a sanity-saving humor book during naptime (all two minutes of it)

Your toddler threw your wedding ring into the toilet, and you've got encrusted baby urp on your shirt. Why not try a sanity-saving humor book during naptime (all two minutes of it): 

Let's Panic About Babies!: How to Endure and Possibly Triumph Over the Adorable Tyrant Who Will Ruin Your Body by Alice Bradley and Eden M. Kennedy 

Sh*tty Mom: The Parenting Guide for the Rest of Us by Laurie Kilmartin, Karen Moline, Alicia Ybarbo and Mary Ann Zoellner

Raising the Perfect Child Through Guilt and Manipulation by Elizabeth Beckwith

Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession by Erma Bombeck

Confessions of a Scary Mommy: An Honest and Irreverent Look at Motherhood — The Good, the Bad, and the Scary by Jill Smokler

Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year by Anne Lamott

Bossypants by Tina Fey

Parenting: Illustrated with Crappy Pictures by Amber Dusick

Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay: And Other Things I Had to Learn as a New Mom by Stefanie Wilder-Taylor

Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace by Ayelet Waldman

I Just Want to Pee Alone: A Collection of Humorous Essays by Some Kick Ass Mom Bloggers by Stacey Hatton and others

The Three-Martini Playdate: A Practical Guide to Happy Parenting by Christie Mellor 

Instant Mom by Nia Vardalos

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