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TOPIC: Best Books for New or Expecting Dads
 

justin
Re: Best Books for New or Expecting Dads
3 Years, 7 Months ago
Hey guys -<br><br>Many classics have been listed but I'm suprised not to see The Happiest Baby on the Block by Dr. Harvey Karp (book and DVD, actually). Hands down the best information I had upon the nurse actually handing me our new little dude (who just turned 1 on the 2nd, woooo!). Dr. Karp puts forward the hypothesis that the first three months are actually the Fourth Trimester, where the baby is basically an external fetus. Thus, things you can do to replicate conditions in the womb will trigger their calming reflex... The famous Five S's include swaddling, side-lying position, shushing, swinging, and sucking. For us, it was absolutely amazing... like turning off a light bulb. I've passed it on to 3 or 4 other people and they all said you saved our lives. It works and it's worth a look.<br><br>J
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concretin_nik
Re: Best Books for New or Expecting Dads
3 Years, 7 Months ago
I've heard similar reviews of that book, though I never got it. But I can definitely attest to the Swaddling... wrapped the boy up and 99% of the time that's all he needed... Lil' Baby Burrito Swinging and Shushing worked for the other 1%.
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josh1
Re: Best Books for New or Expecting Dads
3 Years, 7 Months ago
I'm suprised no one mentioned this already... The Baby Owner's Manual: Operating Instructions, Trouble-Shooting Tips, and Advice on First-Year Maintenance by Louis & Joe Borgenicht. An interesting, funny way to look at things. Honestly, I even learned some things in here that I missed in other books.
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SimkaOlssen
Re: Best Books for New or Expecting Dads
3 Years, 7 Months ago
Hi there, pretty new expectant father here (first baby due February 14 next year).<br><br>I've read two books so far, both of which I enjoyed and found interesting/stimulating.<br><br>I got a broad overview of what's in store from Marcus Berkmann's Fatherhood while They F*** You Up by Oliver James is a psychoanalyst's view of the impact parents can have on a child's upbringing in the first three years - with a few case studies of celebrities to lighten up what is sometimes quite a heavy book.
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sam
Re: Best Books for New or Expecting Dads
3 Years, 6 Months ago
Hi Everybody,<br><br>nice discussion. I am expecting my first baby in 7 months (Too much early, no), but I bought many books and dvd's on the topic.<br><br>I am reading a nice book called: Blooming pregnancy: Surviving and thriving for him and her, by Lunn Huggins-Cooper. It has 52 brillant ideas to survive pregnancy and I feel it will be very useful for the next coming 30 weeks
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daddy_k
Re: Best Books for New or Expecting Dads
3 Years, 6 Months ago
Man, so many books to read for a new daddy. Thank goodness I like to read. I just blogged about this yesterday.<br><br>I also read a recommendation about Caveman's Guide to Baby's First Year so I ordered it. Any daddy-o podcasts that are recommended as well?
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mbd
Re: Best Books for New or Expecting Dads
3 Years, 6 Months ago
I can also recommend 'Be Prepared: A Practical Handbook for New Dads' as mentioned by Lawrence. I would also recommend 'Crawling: A Father's First Year' by Elisha Cooper - it's not an instructional book, but was instrumental in giving a snapshot of the kind of things that go through the mind of a new dad. From an informational standpoint pre-birth, I also liked 'Up The Duff' by Kaz Cooke which is readily available in Australia, but perhaps not so much elsewhere. One book that I read based on good Amazon reviews but was disappointed in was 'Mack Daddy' by Larry Bleidner as I found it a little bit patronizing.
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jer
Re: Best Books for New or Expecting Dads
3 Years, 6 Months ago
i've read the what to expect, the first year book, and some of the adoption books, but i gotta tell ya i generally just read what the wife has cut out and put next to the bed or the can. i know the books can be a lot of help, and surely have been for me, but sometimes you just have to figure out what works best for you, granted the books can help steer you in that direction.<br><br>personally, the hippos go beserk has been the best thing i've read in ages.
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sglanfer
Re: Best Books for New or Expecting Dads
1 Year, 11 Months ago
"Be Prepared" is a great, funny, easy to read demystifier of many of the tactics of being a dad. "Operating Instructions" good because it is just stories - not expert advice, which just made my head spin when I was getting ready. A new book of stories from the first years is my "The Faith of a Child and other Stories of Becoming and Being Dad" at tinyurl.com/tfoac-amazon. Thanks for giving it a look.
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