Review: Things I've Said to My Children by Nathan Ripperger

Nathan Ripperger is a graphic designer and video producer who decided to write down, and illustrate, phrases that he has said to his children. Things he never thought anyone would say. I was unable to locate a website for Nathan, but I did discover that he has an Etsy shop! I was excited about that! You can purchase prints of some of the entries that you find in this book. If  you are interested, please check out Nathan's Etsy Shop and follow him on Twitter.

Things I've Said to My Children was a fun, quick, and humorous read. I actually laughed out loud at this one, and is my favorite of them all:

I laugh, still, every time I look at that one. I'm pretty sure that I've said something very similar to my older child when she was the "licking" age. My youngest hasn't gotten there...yet. Some of the other phrases I know I've never said, but then again, there are things you will say as a parent of boys that you likely won't say as a parent of girls.

I know just today I've said: "If you're going to put them in your mouth, you're not going to play with them," as well as "Don't touch that. You have grubby baby fingers." and "Don't bite my sunglasses." So yes, as a parent you say things that most people don't say or things you'd never imagine would leave your lips. Nathan has hit the nail on the head with this book.

I shared this book with my husband and he laughed just as much, if not more, than I did. My 8 year old is currently reading through it as I type. She also seems to think it's pretty funny. 

This is a cute book with lots of pictures, but the only reason I would buy this book is a funny gift for new parents. Just to tell them, "Hey! This is what you have to look forward to!" It would also be a fun conversation starter if you were to leave it on your coffee table. My husband and I had a short conversation about this book and my husband thinks that it's about 80/20. What I mean by that is that 80% of the content is perfect as is. The other 20% either doesn't make sense to the reader or not really that funny. I would probably put that ratio at 90/10.  For the type of book it is, which is a humor book about an aspect of parenting, I would give it a 4 out of 5 stars.

*I received a free copy of this book from Blogging for Books in exchange for an honest review.