The Everything Father-To-Be Book: A Survival Guide for Men

by Kevin Nelson

There's a lot you need to know about becoming a father. But you can't always find the info you need in pregnancy books for women. Let's face it, you want an easy-to-use "man-ual" that gives you step-by-step instructions as you enter this all-new terrain. Sure, it's good to know the size and weight of your growing baby, but what you really need is advice on how to get your pregnant partner to stop crying, pick out the best car seat for baby, and handle life when your mother-in-law comes for a visit.

This useful guy-guide features information Plus, this new edition also contains advice and tips from dads who've been there and lived to tell the tale. Whether this is your first child or your fourth, The Everything Father-to-Be Book, 2nd Edition gives you all you need to be a perfect partner and a super dad!

Genres: Parenting, Reference, Nonfiction

288 pages, Paperback

First published November 28, 2003

About the author

Kevin Nelson is the award-winning author of Operation Bullpen, The Golden Game, Lunches With Mr. Q, and many other books.

Reviews

[Johnny G. · Rating 3 out of 5]

I gave this book three stars because it gives important information for fathers-to-be, like me. It's not as if I wanted to read this book, but rather I felt that I had to, just to know what is going on over this time of expectancy. The book was well-organized and I read several chunks of text and was able to process the text before moving onto another topic.

[Philitsa · Rating 1 out of 5]

Truth be told, I've only read five pages of this book, but they were five pages of crap. My husband is reading this book right now for our impending bundle of joy, and all it really talks about is how to deal with your newly psycho wife and her diminishing sex drive (neither of which apply to me personally). I suppose that's all that guys stereotypically care about. But any book that only talks about stereotypes and hyperbole to tackle a serious question is a piece of shit by my opinion.

[Eric · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good for someone like me, who has never experienced this and is looking for a very basic look into pregnancy. But it doesn't get into a lot of things very deeply and is written in an elementary manner, as if it were written with adolescent kids as its target audience (which is also kind of scary, if you think about it).

[Greg · Rating 2 out of 5]

This should be a 1.5 stars. It's full of great messages like "men are natural providers" and "watch out or your cat will eat your baby!" Overall it was nice to just immerse myself in an easy read related to the pregnancy and there were about 5 pages I consider useful. Sparked some good conversations with my wife as well.

[Matt · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty informative book about becoming a father. Alot of common sense stuff but also some things that I was clueless about.

[Adam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Helpful, fairly comprehensive and well-written

[Mat Rueter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Men need to be steady and solid and reliable during this time of change.

[Matthew Willis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Decent book. A bit outdated but all around a no fluff book. Sometimes it goes in great depth about not so important things and then less depth on super important things. However, I did feel it covered a lot of great topics!