When Did I Get Like This?: The Screamer, the Worrier, the Dinosaur-Chicken-Nugget-Buyer, and Other Mothers I Swore I’d Never Be is a book of essays from Amy Wilson. I had expected humor, and she delivered that, but I was surprised that many of them were also delivered with introspection and heart.
They read like blog posts — the kind of Mommy blogger who writes candidly with no-holds-barred — but they are nicely indexed, so that you could read straight through, or just skip around (or return to a favorite).
Wilson’s essays address topics from pregnancy to preschool (and beyond), co-parenting, sibling rivalry, friends and more. She even delicately tackles the taboo such as fears and worries, liking one child more than the other, and losing her temper.
This book would make a great Mother’s Day gift for a sister or friend who is in the trenches of motherhood.
In honor of the paperback release of When Did I Get Like This?: The Screamer, the Worrier, the Dinosaur-Chicken-Nugget-Buyer, and Other Mothers I Swore I’d Never Be, we have copies to give away to TWO of you (U.S. and Canada are both eligible). Please leave a comment if you’d like to win, and we’ll announce the winners on May 18.
We also have a special giveaway for moms over at 5 Minutes for Mom today. Read my review of Daily Guideposts for Your First Year of Motherhood at 5 Minutes for Mom. You can also click over to 5 Minutes for Faith to read one of the entries in there (by Carol, a regular devotional writer at 5 Minutes for Faith) and get a second chance to win.
These giveaways are closed.
Jennifer Donovan is a confirmed chicken-nugget buyer and server, though she also cooks from scratch frequently. She recently shared a new recipe on her blog Snapshot that was a hit with her whole family.
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Sounds like something right up my alley!! Thanks for the chance~
Angel–
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Jennifer
I would love to have this book. Thanks for the review and giveaway.
I would love to read this! Thanks for the giveaway 🙂
I think I need this book 🙂
I can’t believe that I’m turning into “that mom”. 😛 This book sounds like something I would enjoy reading.
It was so much easier to be a mom before I had children. I would love this book!!
Would..love..love…love this book!! Busy mom to 7 children and a nite shift RN…this book would be a blessing to read!!
I just started When did I get like this and am LOVING it.
This book looks hilarious. jsut waht all of us crazy mothers need.
Sounds like the perfect book for commuting on the bus!
Oh the things we could all add to that list!!! The briber-if you just stop yelling at the top of your lungs in walmart I’ll….
I would love to read this, it sounds really good.
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So fun! I’d love to read it!
Sounds like a GREAT read!
I bet this book says alot of things that we all secretly keep inside and wish we could talk about it – I think I could really associate with this!
Love the title! This sounds great!
Sounds great. Count me in please.
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This sounds like a good read. My husband and I are keeping a bit of a list of all the things we don’t want to become when we become parents. I’m interested to compare us to that list in a few years 🙂
Stephanie–
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Jennifer
I would LOVE to read this and compare notes with her! Thanks for the giveaway!
Would love to win this. 🙂
I could use the laugh! LOL I was such a screamer with my first children many years ago(34)and have a lot of guilt about it….. I’m much better now with my 10 year old BUT I do have the occasional moment and then it’s back to the guilt of old. Definitely could use this book! I’m an old woman in menopause heading into the teenage years…WITH A GIRL!!!…LORD Help Me! LOL
You know, I put this on my to-read list when it came out last year, but it is nowhere near the top of the list. I really need to move it up!
Count me in 🙂
I can totally relate to the title so I am sure the books is great! I put it on my summer reading list.
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This sounds like a great book to read and be encouraged. It is going on “THE LIST”
Would love to win!
This book looks like what happens in our everyday lives, but never have the cuts to discuss it…especially in a funny way.
Yes please! I’ve changed so much since becoming a mother and I’d love to read about how it’s changed others as well. Thanks!
This book sounds like an enjoyable read. I know at times I wonder how I got the way I am. Just the other day, my twins were calling me a mean mommy! Me? Mean? How/When did that happen?
I would love to pass this on to the young mothers in the family.
I’m sorry, what’s wrong with dinosaur chicken nuggets? Mini corndogs? Anything Costco?
I’m in.
Sounds like me! Akkkk – I’d love to win this!
the title of this book hit a note with me because there are moments where I asked myself the same thing
It sounds like a great book. I’d love to read it!
I’d really like to read this!
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It happens to me every day. Right out of my mouth come sentences that I swore I would never ever say to my children. How does that happen?!
Am I too late? I’ve been wanting to read this book!
Apparently I forgot that this one was supposed to close this week, so not only are you not too late, but you’ve given others a chance to enter! I’ll announce the winner May 18.