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This witty memoir of one mother's first year of parenting will resonate with many new moms, especially professionals of a certain socioeconomic status who are taken a bit aback by the reality of new parenthood. Details ring true, from the fear the nanny will sense maternal incompetence, to the tendency to pack for a day's excursion as if parent and baby were climbing Mount Everest, to the temptation to put the stroller on a treadmill for babies who seem to sleep only in motion. The portrayal of a playdate as similar to an actual date is particularly hilarious, and spot on, with babies sporting new clothes in order to impress the other mothers, and moms nervously posing and responding to the perennial closing question, "Shall we do this again sometime?" Nearly every paragraph ends with an arch witticism, which gets a bit repetitive, and the leavening of genuine emotion found in Anne Lamott's Operating Instructions (1993) is missing here. Even so, this makes for amusing light reading for new moms with a few delicious minutes to themselves.