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Baby Tips for New Dads Baby's First Year

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I think that this book is pretty good. But it should be calle " Tips for husbands of wives that just had their baby". The whole book is dedicated to tips on how to handle women who have just had a baby and the weeks of the adjustment. As a woman it is really nice advice. But I bought the book to give to my brother who will be a single parent. He needed some advice for men who are first time fathers. So I am really disappointed in the title because it caused me to buy the wrong book.

My wife and I just recently had our first child and we recieved this book as a gift. We were shocked at how appropiate and well written this book is for new dads. It covers everything that a new father has to handle. It certainly is a must.

The book is a collection of tips, one to a page, with pictures intended to lighten the tone. As mentioned in another review, the focus is primarily on helping your wife; the baby is secondary.

Two problems: the tips aren't all that enlightening, and they seem slanted toward shaming or intimidating the new father. A good example is (paraphrased) "If you say 'I'll be back in five minutes,' what she'll hear is 'I consider my activities more important than yours and am abandoning you.'" I protest that the poor guy could be simply picking up dinner for them, or going to the bathroom! Perhaps the author's husband took off when the baby needed changing, and that episode was generalized into the above tip?

Unfortunately, the tone is too Oxygen/'You just don't get it'/patronizing/bitter to be constructive. The book could be boiled down to two pages: "whatever you do is never enough" and "you're not doing it right anyway." I'm glad I know my wife well, we've talked about what we need to do, and she's not like the author at all. Otherwise I would dread fatherhood after reading this book.

There are some truths buried in the pages: Having a baby changes everything, your old priorities are put behind you, you will both be under a lot of stress, you will need to both give of yourself above and beyond what you ever have, and give your partner as much support and understanding as possible. But other books have treated this with more detail and a more professional tone.

The book is completely hilarious. My husband and I read it together and we were crying because we were laughing so hard. Every page is exactly what we have been going through since our new baby was born six months ago.

The book has the telephone number of the author printed in the front, and when I tried to call the publisher to tell them how much we enjoyed it, Jeanne Murphy answered the telephone. She was as normal as could be and she seemed genuinely happy that we enjoyed it.

I'm going to keep it around so I can read it again with our next baby.

My brother received this a baby shower gift and it wasn't too bad overall. It had some funny stuff and is better than most

Related Note: His best gift was definitely "The GoodFather" which is a CD-ROM which teaches new dads baby skills through a parody of the GodFather series. It came in a cool box, had an impressive collection of baby lessons, and was hilarious.

I'd give the Baby Tips book a thumbs up, but my money will go to The GoodFather by Dr.MOZ www.drmoz.com any day. That's my 2 cents.

I bought this book for my husband since he and I are adding to our family. It sounded cute and easy to read and as a new Dad I thought it would be a way to include him in the wait for our child. The only thing good about this book is that it is easy to read and can finished in less than 30 minutes. If I had given it to him to read he would have rightfully felt insulted at the authors attempts to be funny as she lambbasted fathers. As an example, page 92's wisdom is 'Never say: "Hey, you delivered the baby early! Can I go to the football game Sunday?"' At least the book offends equally since it makes it clear mothers should be lied to, humored, and handled. Parents can laugh with each other, instead of at each other. Parenting is funny and heartbreaking, but instead of being at war with my husband I would rather be in the trenches with him.

This book was so funny, I had many great laughs while reading it, and I've given some as gifts. With a newborn, humor is greatly appreciated. I don't think it's meant to be a serious parenting guide but it is just a really funny book.

I bought this book for my husband since he and I are adding to our family. It sounded cute and easy to read and as a new Dad I thought it would be a way to include him in the wait for our child. The only thing good about this book is that it is easy to read and can finished in less than 30 minutes. If I had given it to him to read he would have rightfully felt insulted at the authors attempts to be funny as she lambbasted fathers. As an example, page 92's wisdom is 'Never say: "Hey, you delivered the baby early! Can I go to the football game Sunday?"' At least the book offends equally since it makes it clear mothers should be lied to, humored, and handled. Parents can laugh with each other, instead of at each other. Parenting is funny and heartbreaking, but instead of being at war with my husband I would rather be in the trenches with him.

The book is completely hilarious. My husband and I read it together and we were crying because we were laughing so hard. Every page is exactly what we have been going through since our new baby was born six months ago.

The book has the telephone number of the author printed in the front, and when I tried to call the publisher to tell them how much we enjoyed it, Jeanne Murphy answered the telephone. She was as normal as could be and she seemed genuinely happy that we enjoyed it.

I'm going to keep it around so I can read it again with our next baby.

WE ENJOYED THIS BOOK VERY MUCH.

OUR COMPANY IS GIVING THE ENTIRE "BABY TIPS" SERIES; FIVE BOOKS IN TOTAL, AS A GIFT TO EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE NEW BABIES.

THE FEEDBACK ON THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN GREAT.