Toddlers Gone Wild!: Rants from a Mommy Brain [Paperback]

Rebecca Eckler (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 30, 2008

In Toddlers Gone Wild!, Rebecca Eckler, bestselling author of Knocked Up and Wiped!, tackles the madness that comes with raising a boddler (half-toddler, half-baby). As any parent of a boddler knows, these are strange days indeed. Gone is the time when your child would listen when you said, “no,” and wear whatever adorable little outfit you chose. Nope. These days, the little darlings are likely to meet attempts at discipline with a steely, “I hate you,” and wardrobe choice can lead to a complete mental breakdown (on both sides).

In short, sweet, and uproariously funny bursts, Eckler turns the spotlight on some hitherto neglected parenthood topics:

• Anti-Children People: Why can’t her baby come into the store? She’s only two! She can’t very well be tied to a leash and left outside!
• Sleeping Rearrangements: How did this happen? The boddler’s in the bed with the 500 thread-count sheets, The Fianc?’s in the bed with the princess sheets, and Eckler’s on the hallway floor, sleeping on a pile of towels.
• The Toilet Hug: Yay! She’s toilet trained. But wait! The only thing worse than changing a loaded diaper is a three-year-old who makes you hug her while she’s on the throne.
• Toddler Rats: Can’t blame that spilled coffee on the kid anymore. She can talk now, and she will rat you out.
• Please Don’t Invite Me!: Admit it. You, too, have run screaming at the sight of another birthday party invitation (and tried to hide it from little eyes).
  
  

There are high notes (falling in love with The Fianc? all over again), low notes (why does The Boddler always fall asleep at the wrong moments), and painful notes (one more headbutt and that nose job will be a reality). Through it all, Eckler does what Eckler does best: She gives voice to what every boddler parent is thinking, but afraid to say. And you thought raising a teen would be hard...

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About the Author

Rebecca Eckler is one of Canada's most popular journalists and writers. She has a weekly parenting column in The Globe and Mail, and her work has appeared in such publications as Elle, Fashion, Chatelaine, House and Home, Mademoiselle, The Los Angeles Times, and The New York Times. She is also the founder of ninepounddictator.blogspot.com, and writes a blog for sweetmama.ca. Eckler’s bestselling books, including Toddlers Gone Wild and Wiped!, have been published in Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Hungary, and Turkey. She lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Product Details

• Paperback: 271 pages
• Publisher: Key Porter Books (April 30, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1552639878
• ISBN-13: 978-1552639870
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,604,331 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Painful, July 30, 2008

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This review is from: Toddlers Gone Wild!: Rants from a Mommy Brain (Paperback)

I borrowed "Wiped" and Toddlers gone wild from the library (phew, Thank God). It was unbelievably painful to finish "Wiped" and now after reading a few essays in this book, I think I am quite done wasting time. The author's writing style could have been quite witty/funny but her voice is dangerously whiny and "oh, poor me" which is so not self-deprecating as she claims. I think I reached my limits of giving the writer benefit of doubt with 500-count Dora sheets, LOL...again could have been witty if it was more "self-deprecating" and less whiny...a really great voice who's witty/funny and self-deprecating is Elizabeth Gilbert (by the way, there is no comparison between this author and EG)....Anyway these are going back to the library today...

4.0 out of 5 stars Rebecca Eckler is laughing with you (not at you), December 13, 2010

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This review is from: Toddlers Gone Wild!: Rants from a Mommy Brain (Paperback)

I loved Rebecca Eckler's "Wiped: Life with a Pint Sized Dictator" and was extremely excited to receive "Toddlers Gone Wild". Some of the essays feel shorter and more clipped than in "Wiped" but I always find myself commiserating and laughing. I read it while my kid is on the "potty", which can take anywhere from two seconds to two hours. Rebecca is always fresh and honest, and every parent can identify with her tales. Taking a minute to read her book always feels like taking a minute to chat with your closest mom-friend about the trials and tribulations of raising a walking talking trouble maker; reading makes me feel like it is absolutely an irreputable fact that if Rebecca and I were to ever meet, we would become best friends.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I LIKE the books!, July 28, 2009

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This review is from: Toddlers Gone Wild!: Rants from a Mommy Brain (Paperback)

I have not read Toddlers Gone Wild, but after reading the review I just want to say that I really enjoyed her first two books! No complaints from me, I found them humorous. She actually speaks what some people may be afraid to say!!! It isnt everyones style of read but I enjoyed them and look forward to reading this book!