Parenting Hell: The funniest gift you can give this Father’s Day

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So funny listening to Rose and Lou's take on parenting and I would 100% listen to them doing a podcast in their own right - move over you sexy, relatable beasts. I’ve laughed so much but also cried when Listening to josh talk about their miscarriage, I read a lot and all sorts of books, i’ve rarely done audible but I would recommend this as audio it’s a joy to listen to. Using a different television show of the time as its starting point for each chapter Watching Neighbours Twice a Day… is part-childhood memoir, part-comic history of 90s television and culture.

And just when they thought it couldn't get any harder, why didn't anyone warn them about the slices of unmatched euphoric joy and pride that occasionally come piercing through, drenching you in unbridled happiness in much the same way a badly burped baby drenches you in milk-sick? Read, improvised and embellished by Rob and Josh, with special guest appearances by their wives Rose and Lou, podcast producer Michael and Rob's parents Sue and Dave.Reading this has made me realise how much I miss the podcast and will probably try and figure out how to move over to Spotify so I can listen to it again! Read this in almost one go while lying in bed resting in my 36th week of my second pregnancy while my two and a half year old was at daycare. The book itself was wrote brilliantly, written in a script like form between Rob and Josh was perfection. There were kids at my school who liked bands, kids who liked football and one weird kid who liked the French sport of petanque, however, we all loved Gladiators, Neighbours and Pebble Mill with Alan Titchmarsh (possibly not the third of these). I think this should be listened to or read before any baby handbook , just to put things into perspective.

I have been waiting to read for a while, but I wanted to listen to the audiobook over a physical book. I would say there there is a lot more seriousness in the book than the podcast but still humorous and it was also great to have the addition from the family and see how parenting changes across the generations but at the crux of it all…it is all about the children and them being happy. As a Mother who suffers terribly from Mum guilt and is constantly worrying I am doing things wrong, I found this book to be very honest and a great reassurance that all parents think and feel the same. If you are a regular listener you will have heard a lot of the stuff before, and to be fair, I’m not sure I’m that interested in the early years of them becoming parents.It's just so relatable - I don't even particularly like other people's kids and I think this is why this works. Really good as an audiobook too cos there’s extra little bits of them pissing around which makes it even better.

I have no doubt the actual book would be fantastic however the audiobook is the only true way to experience this I feel. From only having four people in his year at school, to living in a family home where they didn’t just not bother to lock the front door, they didn’t even have a key. It's a collection of funny anecdotes, a nice light-hearted read that you'll love if you enjoy the podcast!

This was selected as the first read for a parent book club I joined (appropriately) and it was really funny and quite endearing at times. It tells the story of the end of an era, the last time when watching television was a shared experience for the family and the nation, before the internet meant everyone watched different things at different times on different devices, headphones on to make absolutely sure no one else could watch it with them. Josh says“Now we have been given a book deal it is probably the time for me to admit to myself that complaining for an hour a week to Rob about my life has become the most successful thing I have done in 14 years in comedy. Filled with all the things they never tell you at antenatal classes, Parenting Hell is a beguiling mixture of humour, rumination and conversation for prospective parents, new parents, old parents and never-to-be parents alike.