Be Prepared: A Practical Handbook for New Dads

• The Expectant Father: Facts, Tips and Advice for Dads-to-Be, Second Edition
• Father's First Steps: 25 Things Every New Dad Should Know
• Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy
• My Boys Can Swim!: The Official Guy's Guide to Pregnancy
• Baby Bargains, 7th Edition: Secrets to Saving 20% to 50% on baby furniture, gear, clothes, toys, maternity wear and much more! (Baby Bargains)

Finally, a book that teaches men all the things they really need to know about fatherhood...including how to:

• change a baby at a packed sports stadium

• create a decoy drawer full of old wallets, remote controls, and cell phones to throw baby off the scent of your real gear

• stay awake (or at least upright) at work

• babyproof a hotel room in four minutes flat

• construct an emergency diaper out of a towel, a sock, and duct tape

Packed with helpful diagrams and detailed instructions, and delivered with a wry sense of humor, Be Prepared is the ultimate guide for sleep-deprived, applesauce-covered fathers everywhere.

Who knew that you could quiet a colicky child by wrapping him in a warm towel and sitting on a jiggling dryer. I now order it as a baby gift for every set of new parents. In partnership with some of the more detailed books, which a new parent can read at their leisure (if they have any), this book is a treasure. This is the book we wish had been around when we had our children over 30 years ago. This and many other practical (and the emphasis is on practical in this book) tips are what make this book invaluable. It's a reassuring, helpful, terrific book for parents of newborns, especially. It's written in a humorous style with spare verbiage and fun illustrations, which appeals to many new parents (especially dads) who don't want to plow through chapter after chapter of infinite written detail.

If you're an expecting father and want the basics with some nifty bonus tips, go pick this up. I'm a new dad and I love this book. I'm a younger father (25-30 range) and this book's sense of humor and direct-style really spoke to me. You'll have a blast while preparing for fatherhood. The info is useful and presented in a way that will help you remember it.

He skimmed though it once and while he found it funny, he put it on the shelf to collect dust the next nine months. This book has been a sanity saver for him as it puts the intricacies of having a baby into "man terms". At least daily I hear "Well, according to my daddy book.". I bought this for my husband to announce that we were expecting. Once our son arrived I blew off the dust and left it in plain sight for him to remind him he had it. We now buy this book for every new expecting dad we know. Our son is now 7 weeks old and he has read it at least 20 times cover to cover and will go back to reference it when we are facing a new baby challenge.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and refer to it often. Its the kind of gift I would have loved to receive as an expecting Father.Todd Millar, [.]. I'm a first time Dad and both Mom and I find this manual helpful, especially the short and concise sections. We have a detailed Penelope Leach book that we refer to for 'heavy' reading covering more in depth issues and the psychology of child rearing, but Be Prepared has been a far more valuable day-to-day reference.What you'll get:*A well organized, insightful, easy to use manual on basic baby care*Covers the newborn up to 12 months including feeding, changing, pets, toys, travel, camping and parental relationships (sexy time)*Useful facts and techniques that you can instantly apply to help understand and soothe your baby*Humour and cool art- the authors actually went to the trouble to make this book both informative and a fun journey to read and rememberAn especially good book for Dad.

This was a great book and resource for my husband. It was the only parenting book he would read.