The Expectant Father Audiobook: Facts, Tips, and Advice for Dads-to-be (New Father Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (547 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B003NHR68Q |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 428 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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Erica Dawn said An Annoying and Unhelpful Read for an Engaged Dad. Maybe we just had the wrong idea of what we were looking for, but neither my husband nor I enjoyed this book or felt it was valuable. A lot of what the guy offers assumes that the father reading is emotionally detached from the pregnancy, or is over-concerned with the financial side of things, etc etc. If that's your baby dad, maybe you'll find this book more helpful??My husband gave up a little over halfway through just because he didn't feel like it matched his experience at. but overall I feel terrible for purchasing this for my husband K. Woolley My husband is in the process of reading this, and all it keeps telling him is how worthless he is for getting me pregnant, and how he really needs to clean up his act now he's going to be a Dad. I guess this would be helpful if you thought you husband/boyfriend/spouse/significant-other needed to get his butt in gear about being a parent but overall I feel terrible for purchasing this for my husband! At least we can laugh at how ridiculous the first few chapters have been. To b. Placenta Pit A.S. This is about a wealthy family where the dad is a writer, which is to say he stays at home, and a mother who works part time. Not exactly relatable for most people. And while I could handle a lot of the goofy advice this book provides, they lost me at the whole "save the placenta to use as fertilizer for a tree in your yard that you can name after your kid" story. Literally, they dug a hole in their yard, and they and their friends all threw a bunch of placentas in there ( the
Since most child-rearing books for men focus primarily on the emotional challenges, it's both refreshing and helpful that these authors include practical advice: recipes, detailed insights into the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and realistic appraisals of the often very high costs of baby furnishings. Illustrated throughout with humorous cartoons, the book divides each month of pregnancy into four astute categories: "What She's Going Through" (physical and emotion changes), "What's Going On with the Baby" (physical progress), "What You're Going Through
With more than 1 million copies in print, this series includes "The New Father"; "Fathering Your Toddler"; and "Fathering Your School-Age Child".. The best-selling, ground-breaking, information-packed guide for dads-to-be is now an indispensable audiobook, read by Armin Brott, who has been called America's most trusted Dad
. Host of "Positive Parenting," a weekly talk show, he lives with his family in Oakland, California. Brott, author of The New Father, Fathering Your Toddler, Fathering Your School-Age Child, The Single Father, and Father for Life: A Journey of Joy, Challenge, and Change, as well as the audiobook of The New Father,