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Exploiting My Baby: Because It's Exploiting Me (2011)

by Teresa Strasser(Favorite Author)

3.75 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0451232070 (ISBN13: 9780451232076)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

NAL Trade

review 1: I didn't even know who Teresa Strasser was before ordering her book (it popped up with some other baby-related books I was ordering on Amazon and so I thought, "Why not?) I was hoping for some LOL moments from this one. Those never really happened for me. But I did have to chuckle over just how many essays I could certainly relate with being pregnant myself (two in particular: 1) her thoughts about the women who tell you to "Go to the movies/date/vacation now because when the baby comes, you never will again"....In her words, "How about you shut your rude, projecting, bitter soup coolers and let me be?" -- HA! AMEN!! and 2) her two cents on figuring out baby products——"It reminds me of doing a crossword puzzle; it makes me feel stupid and bored")I may not have been the... more biggest fan of Teresa's attitude about her own mother (let's say she's not a fan, and that's putting it mildly) or her bawdy mouth (it just got in the way of her points), but I do have to say it's reassuring to read about another woman's journey into first-time motherhood and to know that it's perfectly OK to be nervous and worried and concerned about so much of the ride (How will I do in labor? Will I love this baby enough? So many questions that you ask yourself on a near-daily basis)I'll end with this thought of hers that I did really love and could identify with in a lot of ways:"When it comes to experiences that are Big, the menu is limited, less like an IHOP and more like the entree options at a catered function. You can move to a new city, fall in love, follow your dream--or have kids. Maybe I'm missing a couple, but the kitchen is limited and if you wait too long, they run out of things. I'm not exactly the girl who came up with baby names in elementary school and rocked her dollies to sleep. I envy women who love babies, who know just how to hold them and comfort them, have always known. I was not that girl. Still, if having babies is the life-altering, perspective-giving, kick-ass miracle that people say it is, why would we want to miss out on one of the few peak experience entrees on the universe's menu?"
review 2: I actually read a couple somewhat negative reviews about this book and I truly do not understand them. This is a GREAT book! Anyone who liked Jenny McCarthy's book will be blown away by Teresa Strasser. She's witty and honest and I relate to her because we share similar beliefs and perspectives on life. This book also opened me up to a whole new genre of books. I knew all about the text-book style baby books that all basically just tell you to eat well. Then there was Jenny McCarthy's book that masqueraded as informative but really wasn't - but there's also a lot of funny books about pregnancy and babies and motherhood that I had no idea about. Thank you Teresa Strasser! less

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