Publishers Weekly
09/16/2019
Edwards (I’m Sorry... Love, Your Husband), creator of the parenting blog No Idea What I’m Doing, reports from the front lines of parenthood in this engaging and often hilarious collection of essays. Parents of children of all ages will appreciate (or shudder at) Edwards’s tales of the years when a baby becomes mobile and life as one knew it implodes. Preschoolers, he informs the childless, can summon bedlam in ways no adult can imagine: creating a ketchupy homemade slip-and-slide on the kitchen floor, dancing in the soda spray from a shaken can, or puking into a parent’s mouth. Intertwined with the comical tales of toddler-induced chaos are moments of fear and helplessness, like the time two-year-old Norah locked herself in her bedroom. As the hours passed and the tears increased, and with the locksmith a no-show, Edwards’s resolve hardened: embarrassment be damned, he and his wife had better call 911. As Edwards found through his blog, many dads had comparably mortifying story to share. Edwards’s observations—both tender musings on his struggles to be a good father, and dyspeptic grousing on lousy Father’s Day gifts—will find fans in anyone who has ever tangled with a poopy diaper and lost. (Nov.)
From the Publisher
"This book finally answers the age-old question of 'How many snakes do I take away from the toddler after he hits an elderly woman in the face with one?' (All but one, apparently).”
Jenny Lawson, New York Times bestselling author of Furiously Happy
"A funny and refreshing book that reminds us all that children are a perfect source of entertainment—as long as they belong to somebody else."
James Breakwell, author of Bare Minimum Parenting and Only Dead on the Inside
“This book is so relatable and so funny that I had to wake up my husband and read aloud to him. I’m serious. Clint nailed it!”
Samantha Angoletta, Managing Editor of Scary Mommy
“Clint brings wit and wisdom to his writing that is a must-read for every parent.”
Love What Matters
“HILARIOUS!!”
Tiffany Jenkins, the viral mother behind Juggling the Jenkins
This book is so funny you might pee a little. Ok, maybe a lot..."
Filter Free Parents
“Clint just gets it. I love to laugh and he NEVER disappoints.”
Meredith Masony, the viral mother behind That’s Inappropriate
“Hilarious and all too true!”
Brian Gordon, Fowl Language Comics
What other people are saying about Clint Edwards
“Amen!” —Parents Magazine
"Clint Edwards brings real humor to the unsavory parts of childcare..." —Mashable
"I always know, when I'm about to read a piece by Clint, that I'll end up nodding my head in agreement..." —The Washington Post
“Edwards...reports from the front lines of parenthood in this engaging and often hilarious collection of essays...will find fans in anyone who has ever tangled with a poopy diaper and lost.” —Publishers Weekly
