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    Babyproofing Your Marriage
    Babyproofing Your Marriage
    Babyproofing Your Marriage
    Audiobook (abridged)5 hours

    Babyproofing Your Marriage

    Written by Stacie Cockrell

    Narrated by Jennifer Van Dyck and Christopher Burns

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Warning! New parents are likely to experience:

    Scorekeeping—An exceedingly complex, often relentless, tit-for-tat war waged by husbands and wives over the division of parenting responsibilities and domestic chores.

    The Ten O'Clock Shoulder Tap—Considered by many men to be a form of foreplay. A paw on a wife's shoulder is how some men indicate their desire for sex. The Tap is rarely accompanied by a term of endearment or any other verbal form of communication and is seldom well received by the often-sleeping/almost-always-exhausted wife. The frustrated husband, meanwhile, wonders if his wife has pulled a Bait and Switch in the bedroom.

    Clash of the Grannies—A high stakes ""who will have the greatest influence on the grandkids"" tournament played by each set of grandparents. Competitive categories include: the Title Championship (who gets to be called ""Grandma""), the Battle for Floor and Wall Space, the Battle for Face Time, and Gratuitous Grandparental Gift-Giving.

    The Babyproofers are three women who wouldn't trade their roles as mothers for anything, and they love their husbands deeply. But after living through it and hearing the stories of hundreds of other couples, they know that with young children in the house, you need to block the stairs with baby gates, put plastic covers over the outlets, AND take the necessary steps to safeguard your marriage.

    Babyproofing Your Marriage is the warts-and-all truth about how having children can affect your relationship. The authors explore the transition to parenthood in light of their own experiences, with input from their husbands and commentary from men and women across the country. Their evenhanded approach to both sides of the marital equation allows spouses to understand each other in a whole new way.

    With loads of humor and practical advice, the Babyproofers will guide first-time parents and veterans alike around the rocky shores of the early parenting years. Don't fall prey to common relationship pitfalls: Babyproof Your Marriage!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateJan 23, 2007
    ISBN9780061262241
    Babyproofing Your Marriage
    Author

    Stacie Cockrell

    Stacie Harris Cockrell graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and went on to receive her MBA from the University of Texas. After graduate school, she was a finance and marketing professional at Dell Inc. and subsequently co-founded a high tech company in Austin, Texas. She currently resides in Austin with her husband, Ross, and their three children.

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    • 2/5
      Looking back now...it was a terrible read for a first-time mom.
      It can lead you to believe baby-proofing your marriage is all about keeping up with your sex life, and that miserable marriages are fruits of miserable sex-deprived husbands. It's a lot of pressure to take on when you have no idea what life looks like after the arrival of your first child. I wouldn't recommend it even to more seasoned couples/parents.
    • 5/5
      All parents with children under the age of 10 should be required to read this book. It really helps to understand the opposite sex. We have three children under the age of six, so any help with communication is helpful to keep the marriage running smoothly.
    • 3/5
      Who wouldn't want to laugh more, argue less, and communicate better, with or without children? As with most books of this type, it really is just three women with children of their own asking their friends and husbands stuff, not particularly rigorous or professional advice, but the authors do a nice job of presenting the opinions of both husbands and wives. Will it change your life? Probably not. Will it make you realize your crazy household is pretty darn normal? Probably yes.
    • 3/5
      I didn't think this book was worth what I paid for it; it's pretty fluffy without being especially funny or illuminating. To save you the money, I'll sum it up for you. It assumes that a) all men want lots of sex and b) women do most of the work when babies arrive. The authors posit that most marital problems occur because wives are tired/stressed/feeling-too-ugly after childbirth, and that their husbands want sex without having to do extra housework. Their solutions are: Talk to one another, compromise, expect less, and find ways to enjoy one another. Pretty basic, no? Some of the anecdotes were funny, and a few of their suggestions are useful, but for the most part it's just reinforcement of what you already know (or else just not applicable to your situation). Not bad, but not really worth $25, either.