Wiped!: Life with a Pint-size Dictator

By Rebecca Eckler

"Pregnancy was a 90-minute massage compared to life now." After her little bundle of joy, Rowan (aka The Dictator) arrives, Rebecca Eckler wonders when the promised "rewarding" part will kick in. She... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812976401
• ISBN13: 9780812976403
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Villard
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.7" x 5.2"

Customer Reviews

Dictators RULE!

This book made me laugh so hard I almost . . . well, you know what. I thought I was the only one who felt this way about having a toddler (dictator)!

Entertaining and light-hearted read

As a new mother who sometimes needs a break from reading educational books on raising babies and children, I found this book entertaining and funny. Mothers can love their children but have a sense of humor at the same time. I think people are too quick to judge other mothers, especially those who experience postpartum depression and/or have trouble completely embracing motherhood from day one. If you are easy-going and just want a fun read, this is a good book.

Entertaining and interesting

I found this book entertaining and fun to read. While Rebecca Eckler is (gasp!!) honest about some of the negative aspects of motherhood, she also talks about how much she loves her baby, how she's careful crossing streets now and notices every car, how she rushes her baby to the ER when the baby had a mere cold, how she throws a first birthday party for her child and lavishes it with plenty of toys. HOW AWFUL!!! I think a lot of readers attack a mother who admits to having postpartum depression and feeling tired. I hope those readers are more sympathetic to their children. What if their children are tired or sick? Will those readers beat them and accuse them of being selfish? If you enjoyed her last book, and you don't want to stone mothers who admit to feelings of inadequacy and tiredness, you will probably enjoy this one. I also got a lot of practical advice from the book, such as when babies teethe, are ready for solid food, etc.

lighthearted and irreverent mom mentoring

No longer the star as she was in KNOCKED UP: CONFESSIONS OF A HIP MOTHER-TO-BE (not reviewed), Rebecca Eckler continues her diary entry muses; this time as the Dictator", Sir Rowen of 24/7 bodily secretions. Ms. Eckler quickly leans to sleep while changing diapers or during feeding time. She Forgets how she once looked with a good night sleep as the author avoids mirrors at all costs as she looks worse than her worst four poster hangover and of course pre Rowan clothing no longer fits. Perhaps the only one appreciating the arrival of the totalitarian Great Dictator is his maternal grandmother who enjoys the sweet revenge of watching her offspring suffer the way she once did. Profanity included (who can watch one's language on a few hours of sleep), this lighthearted and irreverent Wiped is an enjoyable diary especially for moms being mentored by a first child and to a lesser degree dads on the pitfalls of raising a tyrant who also serves as the perfect necker-checker chaperone. Harriet Klausner