Seize Your Copy The Three-Martini Playdate: A Practical Guide To Happy Parenting Written And Illustrated By Christie Mellor Accessible As Ebook

book should be required reading for all new parents, It sheds a sardonic light on todays parenting method of making the child the king of the household, by reminding us that it wasn't so long ago that children were born merely for labor on the farm.
It's lighthearted,s Good Housekeeping approach is fun, and the writing is breezy, all while tackling topics such as: Child Labor, Our Untapped Resource, Children's Music, Why I love this book! I laughed my butt off.
The ThreeMartini Playdate is wellwritten, tongueincheek, extremely funny and somewhat sarcastic without being nasty look at parenting and the art of putting it all into perspective.
So many parents have gotten completely wrapped up in our children that we have let things get out of balance.
This book puts many of those things that have developed in the world of parenting like those overthetop, crazy birthday parties and having our children's every waking moment scheduled with activities back into the real world.
I think I'll buy these for every new mother I know, I loved some of the chapter titles like "Bedtime: Is:Too Early" "Child Labor: Not Just For the Third World!" and "Children's Birthday Parties: Not Just for Children".
Good stuff!
I have read a handful of humorous parenting books and this is not one of them.
To me the author is either, A very bitter woman without a child who hates all of her friends' children or, A woman who should not be a parent and who I feel bad for her children if she is.
This book was not in the slightest bit funny, the entire time I felt annoyed and kept wondering, if she did have children, why Pick another funny parenting book and save your time on this one, the only good thing about it was that it was short.
Snarky, sarcastic, and quite entertaining if youre into that sort of thing, Some chapters are a little dated since this was published in, but most of the commentary is surprisingly still relevant and wonderfully ridiculous.
I would recommend this one for a good selfdeprecating laugh rather than actual parenting advice, although there are a few decent tips thrown in.
A satire of how to not let your child run your life after they are born.
Love the few drink recipes that are included, Nice light, fun read for parents and parenttobe, It's a really sad statement that there's even a market for books like this, but there you have it.
Mellor is preaching to the choir with me, but my motherinlaw and sisterinlaw would throw this book into the fire for her stance that parents should have a life outside of their kids, for the GOOD of their kids.
Thank goodness there are books like this for those of us who enjoy the sound of a baby rattle as much as the rattle of a martini shaker and the laughter of good friends.
A fast, funny read. For those of us sick of hearing about things like "attachment parenting" and "kindergarten readiness, " Love this book. It's cynical teach your child how to mix a martinigenius!, funny, and I read it in an evening.


The author implores parents particularly mothers to spend this time fostering friendships, because in a few short years, our children will want nothing to do with us and, without friends, we'll be all alone.
. . knitting for our cats. An interesting sense if humor book, Some chapters were silly, yet thoughtprovoking, others were skipped as unhelpful, I want to make note of the music that is mentioned to introduce your child to.
I received this book as a baby shower gift for babyI wish I had read it years ago but I probably would not have appreciated it.
This book is laugh out loud funny, The author's tone is very tongueincheek but she makes some legitimate points, Although I do not promote actually drinkingmartinis at a playdate, I have been known to provide mimosas or margaritas.
. . for the adults only, of course, Cheers! Too funny! This tongueincheek take on current parenting issues was spoton, Maybe you aren't a smoker and a vodka drinker, but Mellor made her points with panache.
Our children shouldn't run our lives, they don't need to be signed up for every sport and activity, feeding them shouldn't be a challenge beyond making dinner, and no one should get a trophy just for showing up after their parents fork out hundreds of dollars.
Babies are portable. Martinis are shakeable. 'The ThreeMartini Playdate' is apage guide to happy parenting interspersed with recipes for alcoholic drinks lemonade for adults that implores parents to right the balance, resist kindergarchy, and take your life back.
It can easily be read in one setting and has a few good words of advice for parents:

Child Labor: Not just for the Third World Kids can clear the table, clean a bathroom, and vacuum a floor.

Learn to say No firmlynothing is more embarassing and wrong than a toddler screaming and kicking his parent at the grocery store.

The Childproof House has gone too far when your guests can't use the toilet because the toilet seat has a restraint systemlittle Johnny can learn not to put his head in the toilet.

Just once put down the camera or smartphone at your child's Christmas program and experience the moment.

Just cook one meal, Kids should eat what their parents eat why are we making an additional butter noodle dish.

Children need to learn self esteem by losing, failing, Mellor thinks Bumpers in the bowling Alley are the most egregious example, . "Children never truly understand the heartbreak of a gutter bowl or the true excitement of real strike not one that has carooned off three bumpers.
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This book has a captivating title and is worth less than an hour of your life.
I'm proud to say I've gotdown myyear daugter Amelia is learning lots of self esteem as her soccer coach this year with AYSO our record iswins,losses, andtie.


stars. A practical guide to happy parenting indeed, Useful, stern and realistic advice contradicting nowcommon practices of letting a child wear the pants in the house.
Written in a very humerous manner and extremely entertaining, So funny because it's so true! I very much enjoyed this cheeky little book, Told in a tongueandcheek style, infused with some real advice, it's a humorous reminder that we all need to have a life outside our kids who will one day sooner than we might hope or expect have lives of their own.
Remember when we used to entertain ourselves and the immense imaginations we cultivated as a result I often fear I'm overly entertaining my onlychild in hopes of providing him with plenty of enriching opportunities.
The author reminds us that even "boredom" is necessary for a developing mind,

So here's to my dear friend, Helga, who can turn even a "playdate" into a lovely adult happy hour.
My next "enriching" lesson for my dear toddler who always wants to help "I help!" will be to teach him the fine art of a perfectly chilled glass "hot vs cold", how to swirl the vermouth just so "fine motor skill development", how to spear a toothpick with olives "hand eyecoordination and counting skills'I'll takeolives, please'", and how to pour icecold vodka with out spilling a drop "domestic skills".
Cheers! Sigh. What a crappy timewaster of a book, I have no problem with books that poke fun at motherhood and raising kids I quite liked sitelinkI Was a Really Good Mom Before I Had Kids: Reinventing Modern Motherhood.
But the author of this comes across as one of those people that causes me to scratch my head and think, "Uh, why did you ever have kids if you dislike them so much"

She picks some strange topics to have issues with, such as childproofing.
She laments going to someone's house for dinner and finding that the toilet seat is childproofed, and she wonders why the people can't just tell their children to stay out of the toilet water.
Ooooooooh, so THAT'S what I should do just tell my newlymobilemonth old that playing in the the toilet water and throwing things into it isn't acceptable.
Whyever didn't I think of that before! facegtpalm

I was also annoyed at her outlook on other parents.
She comes across as one of those parents who spends most of her time judging other parents.
She says that she hates when new parents say they've "learned so much" from their new baby, and says, "Like what How to crap your pants" I've learned a lot from my young child, both about myself and about the world.
Maybe that's a bit more philosophical than the author was thinking, but I guess that's my point: she's so flippant about everything related to childrearing that it seems she takes no pleasure in it whatsoever.


I'm still angry at having wasted an hour of my life reading this, Funny, snarky yet surprisingly practical guide to parenting that counters some of the excesses of todays overboard parenting styles.
Oh my gosh! It was like this book was written for me!! I haven't felt like this about a parenting book since I read thanks to Agnes Great with Child.


Finally! I refreshing take on parenting that completely jives with how I view looking after kids.
Her witty, concise writing had me laughing out loud on several occasions, I wholeheartedly agreed with Mellor's stance on most everything, though we diverged on a few points, outlined below.


I agree with Mellor that kids should be able to play on their own, parents need some down time, parents should be firm with kids and say no, kids should be put to be early for both their welfare and their parents' sanity, it is important to limit television to VERY few minutes of public tv and videos, parents should not accommodate picky eaters, overscheduling kids is bad, and it

is key to make sure to focus on yourself a bit.


Where we disagree: kids should not be making martinis though, according to my dad, I made a wicked dry martini by age, just allowing kids have accidents to let them learn is a bit extreme, in my opinion screaming outside is fine, and smoking especially with kids around is NOT okay.


I LOVED that she points out that dads should do their fair share and not be given extreme accolades for doing it because moms certainly are NOT.
My major critique of the book is so WHY, exactly, is she an authority on parenting Other than being one like about a bazillion other people, who said she should write a book on it Despite this, I still loved it.
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