Karen Alpert

Now that I’m a mom, I know the most painful part isn’t getting something giant through your hooha. It’s having a real live child. If you are the kind of mom who shapes your kiddo’s organic quinoa into reproductions of the Mona Lisa, do not read this book. If you stayed up past midnight to create posters for your PTO presidential campaign, do not read this book. If you look down your nose at parents who have Domino’s pizza on speed dial, do not read this book. But if you are the kind of parent who accidentally goes ballistic on your rugrats every morning because they won’t put their shoes on and then you feel super guilty about it all day so you take them to McDonald’s for a special treat but really it’s because you opened up your freezer and panicked because you forgot to buy more frozen pizzas, then absolutely read this book. I Want My Epidural Back is a celebration of mediocre parents and how awesome they are and how their kids love them just as much as children with perfect parents. Karen Alpert’s honest but hilarious observations, stories, quips and pictures will have you nodding your head and peeing in your pants. Or on the toilet if you’re smart and read it there.

Adventures in Mediocre Parenting

I Want My Epidural Back

Karen Alpert, writer of the blog Baby Sideburns, shares funny stories and pictures from her experiences raising her young son and daughter.

I Heart My Little A-Holes

Jen of People I Want to Punch in the Throat

Suzanne Fleet

Jessica Watson

Nicole Leigh Shaw

Susan McLean

Rebecca Gallagher

Kim Bongiorno

Brenna Jennings

JD Bailey

Stephanie Giese

Alicia of Naps Happens

Kelly Nettles

Patti Ford

Kerry Rossow

Robyn Welling

Julianna W. Miner

Tara of You Know it Happens at Your House Too

Andrea of Underachiever's Guide to Being a Domestic Goddess

Anna Luther

Bethany Thies

Stacey Hatton

Johi Kokjohn-Wagner

Keesha Beckford

I Just Want to Pee Alone

Abby Heugel

A. K. Turner

The second volume in the best-selling I Just Want to Pee Alone series! Don't get us wrong, we love the men in our lives -- we do (most of the time). It's just that sometimes we would like them to go away. Not forever or anything like that. Just for an hour ... or a day ... or a weekend. We want some time to ourselves to read a good book or take a walk or do anything other than try to make a dent in the never ending mound of dirty clothes that keeps piling up on his side of the bed. We just want to be alone. All alone. Is that too much to ask? I Just Want to Be Alone is a collection of humorous essays from 37 of the most Super Cool Lady Writers you'll find on the web. Including: People I Want to Punch in the Throat, Baby Sideburns, A.K. Turner, My Husband Ate All My Ice Cream, and Bad Parenting Moments.

I Just Want to Be Alone

From the mom behind Baby Sideburns and the NYT bestseller I Heart my Little A-Holes, a hilarious and matter-of-fact parenting guide to raising happy, kind, and resilient kids.

Unfiltered Advice on How to Raise Awesome Kids

Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be A-Holes

Karen Alpert

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