Go to Sleep (I Miss You)Cartoons from the Fog of New Parenthood
Review posted August 30, 2025.
First Second, 2020. 178 pages.
Review written March 29, 2020, from a library book.
Starred Review
What fun! Lucy Knisley, a noted author/illustrator of graphic memoirs, has had a baby! This book is the result.
My own babies are 32 and 25 years old, but I still couldn’t keep from laughing with recognition as I read this book. She nails the ambivalences of parenthood – all the way from the intoxicating smell of their hair to the desperation when they won’t stop crying.
She covers so much! The trials of nursing, the baby equipment, the inventions we really need, the outfits they go through (ours and theirs), adventures in eating, and so much else.
This might make a fun baby shower gift for a new Mom. Though I’m not sure if you really want to warn them! I am sure that as they’re going through it, the laughter will provide comfort, as will the knowledge that they are not alone.
And for an old mom like me, we get the delight of being reminded of that time with our precious babies – and why it’s also a relief to be done with that time.