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Dani Klein Modisett

Actress and comedienne Dani Klein Modisett was on the Today Show this morning talking up her new book.

“Afterbirth: Stories You Won’t Read in a Parenting Magazine” captures those moments and much more through candid nonfiction essays about the hard and funny truth of raising children.

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“I wrote this book after I realized that there weren’t words to describe many of the circumstances, notions and actions I was confronted with as a parent,” Ruhalter told Baby Blog Addict. ”Over time I made up words to describe them. I hoped to empower parents with a more useful vocabulary and make them laugh. I was a little surprised, and very pleasantly so, that the book also served to make parents feel a sense of unity, giving them the comfort that so many of the moments (the precious ones and the maddening ones) we share with our children are things we all share in common.”

Here are examples of some of the words in The KidDictionary:

WISHJACK: To maliciously blow out the candles on another child’s birthday cake.

KODICK: The child who refuses to cooperate in the taking of a family photograph

INVISIBOOBOO (in-VIZ-uh-boo-boo) n: – The site on a child’s body where you unnecessarily applied a Band-Aid to appease them when they got hurt, though did not bleed.

THREEMAGEDDON (three-muh-GED-in)-n.: The supposed hellfire and brimstone that would erupt should an annoyed mother reach the third digit while counting aloud to 3 to get a non-compliant child to get his act together. “ONE !….TWOOOOOOO !!!!….. “

Check out his video here to get a closer look at the book. Eric says he is currently working on the second and third volumes of the The KidDictionary.

“I was never more exhausted in my life than in those first two weeks,” Morales said. ”I was thinking this is what medical students must feel like when they pull all-nighters. You’re just not eating as much as you should, you’re not doing what you should for yourself, and the baby is feeding around the clock. It’s just really tough.”

Click here for an excerpt from “Today’s Moms.”

“Goodnight NOLA” was written by a friends’ husband, Cornell P. Landry. It is a 36-page hard cover book that is a lovable tribute to things unique to New Orleans, like red beans and rice, po’boys, celebrated chefs, music, historic landmarks and many other features of the Crescent City.

It was just released a couple of weeks ago and is already a hit. Check out the direct link here or Amazon and Target. I see that it is already on backorder at both Amazon and Target, but it’s worth placing your order now.

We ordered it before it was released and it was delivered to our house on Valentine’s Day. Our three-year-old son Jack loves it! He especially loves the first page, “Goodnight red beans, goodnight rice,” and the part that goes, “Bam!” for Emeril. Thanks, Cornell for such a wonderful book for children and adults alike.

P.S. Happy Mardi Gras!!!

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She writes about the mysterious lure of $800 Bugaboo strollers, wipe warmers, and baby sign-language classes in her new book Parenting, Inc.

Here’s what she says about what today’s parenting lingo would have meant to our moms:

• Floor Time – Time spent waxing the kitchen floor while the kids amuse themselves in the playpen.
• Time-Out – A short break during a sporting event, or taking a break from the laundry to watch Days of Our Lives.
• Kindergarten Readiness – Your kid’s fifth birthday.
• Use Your Words – “Knock it off, kids!”
• Quality Time – Reading the paper in the car outside the theater where the kids are seeing The Bad News Bears.
• Teachable Moments – School.

It’s 2008 and you are pregnant. Who do you relate to more – the girl on the left who hasn’t lost her sense of style or confidence or the one on the right in the rocking chair? Obviously, the version on the left is a much better representation of pregnant women today. I actually can’t believe the third edition with the woman in the rocking chair was published in 2002. I even remember thinking that it looked like it was from the 70′s when I read it during my own pregnancy in 2005.

America’s best-known pregnancy advice book, “What to Expect When You’re Expecting”, has undergone a makeover on the front cover and on the inside. Check out this article to see what has changed in the 4th Edition. Here’s a hint: you might be relieved to know that the newer version is “more reassuring, more positive, more empathetic than ever”. They’ve also moved “a lot of the scary stuff” to a back section.