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Book review: Peeing in Peace - Tales and Tips for Type A Moms
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This was first book I read after my giving birth (not including Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows). At the time, my son was almost six months old, starting solids and teething like mad, things at work were incredibly busy, and life at home was pretty stressful, too. I picked up Peeing in Peace – Tales and Tips for Type A Moms, thinking (okay, really hoping) that a parenting book would help me through some of my daily struggles with being a new mom. This book did not disappoint. Its pages are full of funny anecdotes and advice on how to not feel guilty about working outside the home.
The authors, Beth Feldman and Yvette Manessis Corporon, both work in the entertainment industry and chose different paths in approaching their careers once motherhood beckoned. Both chose to further their careers, but it was the ways in which they did so that differed. As such, the reader has more than a single perspective on what it means to be a modern-day working mom.
One of the funniest things that showed the differences between the authors was their approaches to serving food. Beth, for example, says, "I don't do cupcakes," and goes on to write about bringing Dunkin Donuts Munchkins to her son's bake sale. Yvette, on the other hand, says she cooks out of guilt, as if elaborately planned and executed meals and dinner parties make up for the time she spends away from her kids. (The chapters on food also have recipes, including a chicken tenders breaded with whole wheat panko.)
My one gripe, though, is that the book assumes that the reader can easily adapt her schedule to work from home at least part of the time... which isn't always possible. Sadly, I think companies that understand the value of telecommuting employees are in the minority, especially in Orlando. (Ironically, I would probably do more work, not less, if I were working from home, especially since I occasionally have to wait for things that don't post until the late afternoon... right before it’s time to go home.) It also assumes that the reader works in an office and has a fairly predictable schedule (which I do, but which many moms do not).
There are a lot of moments in this book that made me laugh out loud, though. I could relate to a number of things they discussed, and some I know are coming my way as my son gets older. But I'll have to say that the book was a wonderfully funny and fresh perspective on how to juggle being a wife and mother who works outside the home.
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