Daddy Needs a Drink: An Irreverent Look at Parenting from a Dad Who Truly Loves His Kids--Even When They're Driving Him Nuts | 
 enlarge | Author: Robert Wilder
Publisher: Delta
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  33 reviews
Sales Rank: 31160
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.7
ISBN: 0385339267
Dewey Decimal Number: 818.602
EAN: 9780385339261
ASIN: 0385339267
Publication Date: May 1, 2007
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Product Description
A Santa Fe dad shares heartwarming, comic, often ludicrous tales of raising a family in this laugh-out-loud book perfect for anyone who enjoys the edgy humor of David Sedaris or the whimsical commentary of Dave Barry. Waxing both profound and profane on issues close to a father’s heart—from exploding diapers to toddler tantrums, from the horrors of dressing up as Frosty the Snowman to the moments that make a father proud—Robert Wilder brilliantly captures the joys and absurdities of being a parent today.
With an artist wife and two kids—a daughter, Poppy, and a son, London—Robert Wilder considers himself as open-minded as the next man. Yet even he finds himself parentally challenged when his toddler son, London, careens around the house in the buff or asks the kind of outrageous, embarrassing questions only a kid can ask. A high school teacher who sometimes refers to himself jokingly as Mister Mom (when his wife, Lala, is busy in her studio), Wilder shares warmly funny stories on everything from sleep deprivation to why school-sponsored charities can turn otherwise sane adults into blithering and begging idiots.
Whether trying to conjure up the perfect baby name (“Poppy” came to his wife’s mother in a dream) or hiring a Baby Whisperer to get some much-needed sleep, Wilder offers priceless life lessons on discipline, potty training, even phallic fiddling (courtesy of young London). He describes the perils of learning to live monodextrously (doing everything with one hand while carrying your child around with the other) and the joys of watching his daughter morph into a graceful, wise, unique little person right before his eyes.
By turns tender, irreverent, and hysterically funny, Daddy Needs a Drink is a hilarious and poignant tribute to his family by a man who truly loves being a father.
From the Hardcover edition.
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 Wilder - I want my money back!!!!!! August 1, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Reimbursment for my time wasted on this trash as well. All statments on this book are false, it was not funny at all. Seems as though book reviewers do not know a bad book when they read one. They will praise anything now a days. I only continued to read it so I could write this review. It is apparently written by a man, but I have my doubts on that claim. Maybe we in the Eastern US, do not understand West Coast humor, or the lack there of.
This book is not even worthy of being left in the outhouse at camp, except for uses that I cannot express, which again, I do not think it worthy enough for that purpose.
Do yourself a favor, wait for the movie - which I am sure will never debut, as there is nothing there!
 Don't drink beverages while you read this book... March 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I surely enjoyed this book! Wilder's family reminds me of my own, and, Sweet Mother of Pancakes, I almost shot iced tea out of my nose reading several passages, especially the Frosty the Snowman chapter. I cannot tell you more - you MUST buy this book!
A Christmas gift from one frazzled parent to another. January 12, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I got this for my brother, who's a single father to a very "spirited" 17-month old. He loved it, because it provides proof that all children drive their daddies crazy at some point or another, and that it's okay to need to step back and enjoy the humor of the situation.
 Funny, but crass August 27, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Gave this to my dad for fathers day, and he told me it was a bit embarrasing. Some sexual stories, etc. He may be sensative, I haven't read it. Just be aware if you are giving it to a prude! (:
Hilarious even without kids June 15, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book was hilarious..I don't even have children and I was riveted by his imagery and language. You will be pleased to sit down and enjoy a few laughs when you dive in. Great book, fun find, can't wait for his next one.
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