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Introduction: Naptime Really Is the New Happy Hour

PART ONE: Your New and Improved but Strangely Less Exciting Life

Suburban Boredom

Oh, the Places You'll Go! (Or Won't)

Halloween -- and Other Holidays You May End Up Hating Less Than You Thought

Supermom or Superliar?

Mind Your Mommy Manners

Playdates: and Other Potentially Irritating Ways to Spend an Afternoon

PART TWO: The Culture of Toddler

Television: It's Not Just for When You're In the Shower!

I Don't Like You -- I Don't Like You, Either

The Littlest Dictator: How I Deal with Tantrums and Screaming with Only a Minimum of Nonprescription Drugs

Baby Bling Bling

Sickos

Movin' On Up to the Big Bed

Food: It's Not What's for Dinner

What's On Your Toddler's PalmPilot?

The Potty: Revisited

Shear Madness

Preschool Psychosis

PART THREE: Who Are You?

A Little Help, Please

The Best-Laid Plans of SAHMs and WAHMs

Keeping Up Appearances

It's All About Date Night: and Other Urban Legends

The Newest Addition To Your Family: Stress

Kiddie Couture

In Praise of Praise

Going for Broke -- or a Second Baby