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I got this as a gift for my brother-in-law. As a result of reading this book he has really started to have a better sense of humor about getting ready for the new baby and he's been so much more supportive to my sister. I read through it before I gave it to him and now I'm planning on buying it in the future. Its really funny and gives good practical advice for expecting dads.
Great book. Not only is this way more fun to read than other parenting books, it offers tips and ideas most don't mention. Doesn't bore. I recommend it to moms as well. Even people who aren't that interested in family planning can enjoy it.
I recently had a child but ordered this for my brother, who's wife is expecting later this year. I should have ordered it for my husband. This book is extremely sensible, easy to read & had great insight. I flipped through it a little bit to check it out before wrapping it for Christmas and could not put it down. It not only shows you how to swaddle a baby, tips for bathing/playing but also understanding what your wife is going through after giving birth. I really enjoyed this book and would recommend it as a gift for any new dad.
Though for me, even more so than learning the techniques, to really get into the head space of a dad, and to finally feel ready what helped me most was hearing stories from other dads about becoming and being. Where many of the parenting and baby books that piled up in our house seemed only to add to my general sense of stress about what was to come -- too many experts, too many by-moms-for-moms takes, too much advice, too many details about developmental milestones and what to do whens that just made my head spin, this one was a very easy, very funny read, complete with cartoons and many tongue-in-cheek takes on what's to come - like the guy saluting farewell to a pair of suddenly more magnificent than ever breasts, now answering a higher calling. One of the best I got before becoming a dad and one I've since given to friends as they prepare for fatherhood. Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year helped, even if it was from the moms point of view. You get the idea. Thanks to this book, I was even the one to teach my wife how to handle a few of the new baby tactics. Maybe the only one I got entirely through before our son was born. Here's one from the dad's The Faith of a Child
In fact he was/is telling me things I didn't know. I bought this book for my husband hoping he would get the hint that I wanted him to know something about baby care before our baby got here. He is not a reader, but I'm so happy to report that he finished this book in a week. The book is full of great advice and is written in a very witty fashion. Don't let the cover throw you - this is the book you need to buy for your husband before baby comes.
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