2018: #2 – Raising a Healthy, Happy Eater (Nimali Fernando, MD, MPH & Melanie Potock, MA, CCC-SLP)

I read this because I have an extraordinarily picky 4 year old, but honestly not much of it stuck with me. It was a lot about what happens in the specialist’s office when they help children there, and nothing new for me at home that I hadn’t already read about. Do yourself a favor and pick up Ellyn Satter’s book instead. Other reviews: “Food and

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2017: #11 – Oh Crap! Potty Training (Jamie Glowacki)

I’m just going to come right out and say it. Potty training sucks. A lot. You might even say it’s very, very shitty (pardon me). So if there’s something out there to help you through the process, you should grab it with both hands and hold on. Glowacki suggests that you potty train your child between 20-30 months, and unfortunately I didn’t discover this book

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2017: #9 – Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology (Leah Remini)

As someone with more than a passing interest in topics like true crime and cults, I’ve long found everything surrounding Scientology to be interesting. Leah Remini is not the first person to escape Scientology, nor even the first celebrity, but it’s possible that she’s been the loudest. Before I started the book, I though that Remini had been born into Scientology, so I was surprised

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