Eat, Cry, Poop (Volume 35) (Baby Blues)

(THIS REVIEW CONTAINS A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF WHICH BABY BLUES BOOKS YOU SHOULD BUY AND IN WHAT ORDER.)Baby Blues is a hilarious spot-on comic strip about parenting. The strip begins as Wanda and Daryl bring home Zoe, their first born, and ask themselves “Now what?” The answer is “life”. The children age at a 3:1 ratio (real time:children aging). As of 2018, Wanda and Daryl’s three kids are Zoe (age 9), Hammie (age 7), and Wren (age 19 months). The antics of the children and the vagaries of parenthood keep the strip always amusing.While the books were presumably written for an adult audience, they are absolutely appropriate for children. And never feel bad about your kids reading comic strips. They are reading nearly as many words per minute as if they were reading a chapter book, and comic strips will build their vocabulary since they were written for an adult audience.I originally bought the Baby Blues books for myself; the series started shortly before my first child was born. Over the years, I just kept buying them as new books were released. Both of my daughters love these books as well. In fact, my younger daughter’s earliest reading material included Family Circus, Calvin and Hobbes, and Baby Blues. Except for the occasional odd question like “Mommy, what’s an episiotomy?”, this actually worked out quite well for us. Because she is on the autism spectrum, Baby Blues actually helped her with comprehension of family dynamics and provided her with material for scripted speech, which then provided a stepping off point for developing her own speech and her own voice. (Her speech was delayed by years. Now she’s in college.) I hesitate to add that it might have helped with social skills as well, considering that bad manners often rule the day in Baby Blues strips, but it probably did. In any case, I can highly recommend these books to the parents of autistic children; they helped my daughter’s development in a number of ways - and she had fun reading them! In fact, it was her idea.*There are three types of Baby Blues books:Scrapbooks contain every strip published in the newspaper, but in most volumes the Sunday comics are not in color.Treasuries contain strips from the scrapbooks. These may be comprehensive or “best of”; it varies. The only new material is odds and ends such as author commentary, song lyrics, and various similar miscellany. Sunday strips are in color.Collections center around a theme such as school.MY STRONG RECOMMENDATION is to buy all of the scrapbooks and read them in order. That way you will read every strip without duplication. I don’t think the miscellany included in the treasuries (some of which we bought before we realized the strips were duplicates) is worth the added expense, and I certainly wouldn’t purchase a collection when we already own all of the scrapbooks.I recommend that you purchase the following books and read them in this order:Baby Blues: This is Going to Be Tougher Than We Thought**She Started It**Guess Who Didn’t Take a Nap?**Scrapbook 4 I Thought Labor Ended When the Baby Was BornScrapbook 5 We Are Experiencing Parental Difficulties … Please Stand ByScrapbook 6 Night of the Living DadScrapbook 7 I Saw Elvis in My UltrasoundScrapbook 8 One More and We’re OutnumberedScrapbook 9 Check, Please...Scrapbook 10 threats, bribes, and videotapeScrapbook 11 If I’m A Stay-At-Home Mom, Why Am I Always in the Car?Scrapbook 12 Lift and SeparateScrapbook 13 I Shouldn’t Have to Scream More Than Once!Scrapbook 14 Motherhood is Not For WimpsScrapbook 15 Baby Blues: UnpluggedScrapbook 16 Dad To The BoneScrapbook 17 Never A Dry MomentScrapbook 18 Two Plus One is EnoughScrapbook 19 Playdate: Category 5Scrapbook 20 Our Server is DownScrapbook 21 Something Chocolate This Way ComesScrapbook 22 Briefcase Full of Baby BluesScrapbook 23 Night ShiftScrapbook 24 My SpaceScrapbook 25 The Natural Disorder of ThingsScrapbook 26 Ambushed in The Family RoomScrapbook 27 Cut!Scrapbook 28 Eat Cry PoopScrapbook 29 Scribbles at an ExhibitionScrapbook 30 Bedlam***Scrapbook 31 Wetter Louder StickierScrapbook 32 No Yelling!Scrapbook 33 GROSS!Scrapbook 34 Binge ParentingScrapbook 35 Adult Time*If you buy the books for this purpose, I recommend starting your child on the treasury 10 Years and Still in Diapers. This volume will be more “high interest” because the children are a bit older. Then once your child is hooked, you can start over from the beginning!**These early books were not yet labelled “scrapbook” but it’s the same concept.***Starting with Scrapbook 30, the scrapbook and treasury concepts are merged. The books are larger and contain a year’s worth of strips (rather than the previous nine months’ worth).

Even though this is book number 28 of the Baby Blues series, I thought it was one of the funniest by far. Among other things, Hammie and his dad get some rub on tattoos. Hammie also locks himself in the bathroom, then climbs out the window much to his parents dismay. Of course there is always the classic trying to drive your siblings crazy, such as with a nice jolt of static electricity. A sensational read definitely worth five stars.

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I bought this book just for me and my collection. I bought this new yet there is sticker residue on the cover. Like there used to be a price tag sticker and someone tried to remove it. It looks awful!!

the two writers who make the baby blues book are great. these book are mostly based on their families, friends that they know. and if you read them and you would be like they based these books on me. i would read them and laugh my ass off. i would looked at the pictures or read the sayings and i would be like, that is me, i would say that or i would do that . i mean if you really want a good laugh to pull you out of your funk, get any of the baby blues books. believe me you will not be disappointed to give you and example how funny it is i will tell one of the sayings in one of the books. (i will try my best to explain this) the mother asked the little girl(zoe) does she know how the bee makes honey, the girl says no, so the mother starts explaining, and after she explains. the mother asked if the little girl understood, she said yes, and so honey is bee barf, is what the girl told here mother and her mother looks at her shocked that she said that but told her yes. i just laughed so hard about that one and it always stuck inside my head. trust me on the baby blues you will laugh, cry(but a good cry,laughing cry) get all the books

I thought the title of the #28 is hilarious! I happen to have read the serious version (Eat, Love, Pray which I also recommend) and it just made me LOL. I've been a fan of Baby Blues since I became a mother 7 years ago and I just love it! Each book is a reminder of my every day life and even when in real life sometimes I don't laugh, the books always do. I can totally relate to Wanda. I can't wait for the next book already!! Thanks to both authors for coming up with such a comic side of parenthood!

This cartoon is one of my favorites, and to have a compilation like this is super. I have added it to my collection of "Zits," "Pickles" and "Calvin and Hobbes." I couldn't be happier with this purchase.

Like Baby blues and this is a good book

Baby Blues ist ein Muss für alle Eltern. Dieses haben wir an eine Familie verschenkt, die ihr drittes Kind bekommen haben. Es ist einfach alles so wahr und es so lustig!

This book has a lot of incidents that involve Hammie whom I love. It is laugh out loud funny. I have read it through three times in row and still laugh in all the same places. Don't deprive yourself the pleasure of this book.G. Andrews.

Great

The authors have "life with children" perfectly encaptulated, and so very funny!!! I doubt there is one single strip in the whole book that is not funny!!! Love Baby Blues!!!

Baby blues est toujours un bon moment de sourire et rire et de souvenirs des relations parfois compliquées entre parents enfants ...