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Summary: You'd have never guessed
Review: The best part about this book is that its all about daddy...the pregnancy books will tell you all about what's going on with the woman and the baby, but this book is all about dad. It does a really great job of telling dads-to-be how to cope with the inevitable symptoms of wanting to be a great dad....all without upsetting your partner (or not more than normally anyway) :)There are important tidbits all over the book about prejudices against dads who take some of the traditional mommy roles in raising their children. There is one part where Mr. Brott describes some other mother as saying "You're babysitting the kids today?" to which he responded "No, I am taking care of my children". Society, including both men and women, devalue the father's role in child-rearing, and this book does an excellent job in discussing it. Of course, if you read the other reviews, you see that it certainly covers a WIDE variety of topics, and covers them all well. I highly recommend this book for any dad-to-be, no matter how much they think they know. Great Book
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Summary: Loved this book. Great for moms too!!!!!
Review: Great for the moms, too! Some of the women in my prenatal yoga class recommended this book in order to gain a better understanding of what their partners were going through. It brought me and my husband even closer together during those exciting months! Thanks for such a great book.
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Summary: A Great Resource!!!!
Review: An excellent book! I started reading this when my wife was 4 months
pregnant and found it to be informative, yet humorous. It relieved a
lot of the stress I was feeling and allowed me to enjoy the pregnancy
along with my wife.
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Summary: GREAT book for dads-to-be!
Review: This book has been extremely helpful for my husband, particularly in dealing with me. I bought him this book to help get his mind on the pregnancy and the impending arrival of our baby, but it's done way more than that. Every time I get hormonal, or say something crazy, or want him to rub and talk to my belly, he says "the book said you were gonna do that." It really makes it easier for him to see me go through all this when he knows what to expect. It also speaks a lot to his feelings, and he's been doing a lot of what the book says too - so it makes him feel a little bit more normal. The only reason I didn't give this book 5 stars is because it didn't have information on fetal development, and the information is arranged more by month than by week (we typically go week to week). Having babies is a big deal, but to know that others have had similar circumstances, and that all the emotions and side effects are normal is a great help!
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Summary: The best book I've seen for new fathers.
Review: My appreciation for "The Expectant Father" grows as I read more fatherhood books. Most authors spend 90% of their book trying to convince new fathers that fatherhood really isn't so bad, that we should be nice to the mother and perhaps show up for a doctor's appointment once in a while. For those of us who are already excited about the prospect of having a child, this tact doesn't cut it. Brott certainly advocates being involved during the pregnancy, but he spends much more time explaining how to be involved. Topics from when to tell your friends about the pregnancy to financial planning are covered. More unusually for fatherhood books, Brott describes what the mother is experiencing and how the baby is developing. This has been extremely helpful as my wife's pregnancy has progressed. I keep this book handy, and refer to it at least monthly.
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Summary: Multiple Perspectives and Respect for Father
Review: I read this book after receiving it for Father's Day from my wife, soon after we learned we were expecting for the first time. The book's consistent format and logical sequence made it easy to read and to re-read as necessary. I read it as the generalized description of the pre-natal fatherly (and motherly) experience that it was meant to be. I felt special to have a book that was written for me, an expectant father, and I often referred to "my book" when my wife and I would talk expectant parents talk. If you want thoughtful and sensitive (empathetic) information from an expectant father's perspective, I recommend this book. Several of the critisms / one-star ratings that I have read here are bizzare over-reactions and are, in my opinion, unfounded.
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Summary: Easy to read, entertaining, informative
Review: My husband and I have a pile of books on pregnancy. Most of the books written for women dwell on the many problems that can arise (both serious and mundane) during pregnancy. Dreary. Not a single one of the others contains word one about planning for college or any financial issue. In fact, one of my books advises me not to worry about finances because "that's the father's department." Pretty ridiculous since he will be staying at home and I (the mother) will be working full time. This book, unlike those, does address this issue very competently. It is, I think, one of the best pregnancy books we have (i.e. I can't stand the supremely pedantic "What to Expect When You're Expecting" and think "Your Pregnancy Week by Week," while not pedantic, has no information the other does not.) This book contains many useful facts for the father to be and is written in such a way as to be helpful to mother and father. My husband has absorbed more dos and don't during pregnancy from this one book than I have in reading 5 other books. It contains an excellent list of questions to ask your obstetrician. Things everyone needs to know but may never think to ask. Bottom line - we love this book and would recommend it to anyone expecting a baby. It is easy reading while being informative and doesn't overdo the medical lingo (or the whole medical issue).
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Summary: Some good thoughts, some a little obvious
Review: As an expectant father for the fourth time, I read this book wondering what it would tell me that I didn't already know. For the most part, I felt I had instinctively done many of the things that The Expectant Father seemed to feel I needed to be told to do. In a way, it was reassuring to hear that I was actually a politically correct dad - at times though, I felt like the authors were stating the obvious. Bottom line, I think the idea behind The Expectant Father is great and if men read this book with the thought that it might provide them with some additional good ideas to try while their wife is pregnant, then it can be a very worthwhile book. A book I read right after finishing The Expectant Father was We're Pregnant!, a realistic and often funny look at life as expectant parents from both the father and the mother's perspective. The father-to-be's comments weren't always politically correct but speaking from experience, they were honest. Both books are good resources for father's and father's-to-be. When my first child was born eight years ago, it was hard to find any resources for men and now there are several. Read them and enjoy.
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Summary: I found this book offensive
Review: I am an expectant father. In my opinion, this book has an offensive tone, and makes terrible assumptions throughout. Here is a sample what the book suggests a woman might be feeling during pregnancy (literal quotes): "afraid you won't love her after the baby is born (after all, she's not the same woman you married);" "may be afraid she won't have enough love to go around (what with loving you, and all);" "feelings of jealousy (after all, it was her private pregnancy until now);" "increasingly dependent---needs to know that you'll be there for her, that you still love her;" "she might be afraid that you don't love her anymore, and you might leave her." And so on. What kind of weak, spineless, self-loathing creature do the authors take the average woman to be? There are plenty of books with on-the-money, fact-filled advice for fathers; this isn't one of them.
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Summary: Invaluable resource for fathers (and mothers)!!
Review: I was given this book by two different people during my wife's pregnancy. Of all the books stacked on our shelves, I found this one by far the most helpful. It provides both fantastic logistical information - everything from financial to-dos to checklists for the hospital - and emotional/psychological guidance... what to expect for your wife and for yourself. I was relieved to know that I wasn't the first father ever to be experiencing an unbelievable swirl of emotions... We have a wonderful, healthy baby, and we have this book to thank for it.
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