When Did I Get Like This?: The Screamer, the Worrier, the Dinosaur-Chicken-Nugget-Buyer, and Other Mothers I Swore I'D Never Be

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Overview

When Did I Get Like This? is the hilarious story of one mother's struggle to shrug off the ridiculous standards of modern parenting, and remember how to enjoy her children

Over the last seven years of long days with little children, I have had many moments of joy, calm, and peaceful reverie.

This book is about the other moments.

Before I became a mother, failing at something did not shake my fundamental belief in my capabilities as a human being. But now that I am the mother of three children under the age of seven, I have one overriding daily thought: I suck at this.

What kind of mother feeds her kids dinosaur chicken nuggets? Three times a week? What kind of mother lets hand washing after using the toilet slide, as long as it was just Number One? And then I wonder: When did I get like this? Why do I doubt my parenting abilities, day after day? Why does motherhood, a job as old as Eve, have me teetering daily on the edge of sanity?

With each new stage of motherhood, I tell myself I will never again be suckered by the question, "Don't you want what's best for your children?" And yet, time after time, I am. Sometimes, I am right to obsess. Other times, the record will show, it has been distinctly counterproductive.

I'm working on it . . .

Editorial Reviews

Entertainment Weekly
“Wilson’s got a light comic touch, but also traffics unflinchingly in the gross and the sad.”
New York Times (on the stage play)
“Like Annie Hall wearing a nursing bra!”
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The Washington Post
“When Did I Get Like This? is a funny, heartwarming account by [a] frazzled young mother of three. This book will help [new mothers] remember that the worst day with children is better than the best day without them.”

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780061956959
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  • Publication date: 4/6/2010
  • Pages: 272
  • Sales rank: 703,516
  • Product dimensions: 5.10 (w) x 8.10 (h) x 1.10 (d)

Meet the Author

Amy Wilson created the one-woman show Mother Load, which started in 2007 and has been touring the country ever since. As an actor, she has performed on Broadway, as a series regular on two sitcoms, and in dozens of other plays and films. Her writing appears regularly in Parenting magazine, as well as Redbook, Babytalk, babble.com, and CNN.com's "Living" page. But her favorite productions are her three young children, whom she raises with her husband in New York City.

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  • Posted May 5, 2010

    Witty and entertaining memoir of early motherhood

    This book was a quick read and enjoyable, touching on some "real mom" moments and deeper feelings of inadequacy of motherhood. The author draws on her own experiences to capture some funny, witty, poignant moments in the early years of parenting her three children. Her children were still very young at the writing of the book, so as a parent of older children, I found myself often saying in my head "just you wait!" However, her blatant admissions of being a "bad mom" and her shortfalls in parenting ring true and real. It's about being the best mom you can be, despite the curveballs parenthood throws you.

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  • Posted April 20, 2011

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    A Hilarious, Roll-On-Floor-Laugh-Out-Loud Approach To Motherhood!

    Absolutely awesome! I loved this book. It wasn't fiction. Nope, nothing like fiction work. BUT, I still LOVED it. It was exactly what I needed to read. Having two young boys myself, and often, feeling the same way that Amy Wilson has felt, I knew that I needed to read this, whether it was fiction or not. And, after reading it, I am pleased to say that Amy Wilson hit so many things head on that I am HIGHLY, HIGHLY recommending this book to all new mothers, and mothers of young children. It will leave you laughing til you cry, and smacking yourself upside your forehead saying "doh!".

    As I said above, this is a book that every mother should read. Amy Wilson takes motherhood, and all it's glorious complications and hits things right on it's head. I am super glad to know that I am not the only mom who has ever felt these things, like "why did I just let my child eat that?", or "there's nothing wrong with the 5 second rule (you know....food falls on the floor and kids pick it up and pop in their mouths...)". Ms. Wilson takes mommy wars and puts them into perspective.She tells about the mom-eat-mom world today, and really digs deep and shows how there is nothing wrong with parenting a child the way YOU see fit, even if it isn't by the book.

    This is a fast read. It's great to sneak away with and read this mother's journey into motherhood and life as a mom. It is a hilarious approach to helping the moms of the world today. She added in the antics and life of her children, and more than once, I thought she had MY children in her home. LoL! If I had the chance to meet Amy Wilson in person, I would so be giving her a HUGE hug. She deserves it. She makes the complications of motherhood seem minor when the BIG issue at hand should be cherishing EVERY moment, EVERY little issue with your child no matter what.

    I can give this book no less than a 5 star review. It is so much better than those 'What to Expect When Your Expecting' books that tell you feed your child X amount of food or only where cloth diapers. You'll laugh, you'll cry, and you'll just say to yourself: I am a GREAT mom......even if we don't always feel like it.

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  • Posted June 5, 2010

    touching and humorous book about young motherhood

    Great book! I have been a mother for only a few short years as well, and I found so many of the author's insecurities mirroring my own. She does a great job of making light of the silly things we mothers worry about. I laughed out loud more than once in this book. Would definitely recommend to other young mothers!

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