Help me find a good guide book for my friend

[dingdong05]

Hello guys,
My male friend has just announced he (and his wife!) are expecting their 1st. I'd really like to get him a book to guide him thru the intricacies of dealing with a pregnant wife, and dealing with a new born.
He was definitely one of those guys who didn't really see himself as daddy material, and now it's on its way he's pleased but is still a bit flummoxed by it.
I was having a look at amazon and there's a few out there, but I'd really like to get advice from the horses mouth, as it were. Which were good and which were bad
Any recommendations?

is there not a fatherhood for dummies one from that series?

here

no offence anyone, just remember someone bought if for my friend when he announced he was expecting - no idea if its any good

there are loads if you type fatherhood into an amazon search though

Hello dizzyd!
I saw it on amazon but the reviews are pretty luke warm. I was hoping there was something out there that was more "everything you wanted to know but were too afraid to ask" with a healthy dose of humour- because that always helps

lol, can't help then sorry - nobody had the good sense to buy dh one [humph]

someone did however buy me one called 'how to be a little sod' when expecting dd1 and its VERY funny!

My DH read The Rough Guide to Babies and thought it was helpful.

You could do a lot worse than this one

Curious as why a 'book' is thought to be helpful. It doesn't affect anything, other than the publisher's profit margin.

Keep talking to each other, think critically about your own experiences of being "parented", expect the unexpected, love your dp and child, and don't expect life to be ever the same again.

That just about covers it all. See? Saved you £6.99!

Ah, metalliccerise, but we live in a complicated world with little or no extended family, peers have children at different times and the one thing we do know is that we don't want to be the kind of parents who take screaming kids into restaurants.
A good book helps answer some questions you didn't even know you should ask. And to the uninitiated it gives a link into the world of experience many folk just don't have access to pre-baby.

Make sure you let him know about Mumsnet! Better than a book. When I went away for a weekend with friends post dds MMR and she got really ill, DH was on Mumsnet at 2am looking for advice. Quite often now we will be chatting about something to do with dd and he will say 'what does Mumsnet say?'

He never wanted kids either, but is a great dad.

Also, make sure he is exposed to other dads and their babies if at all possible (although I suppose it would be better if they were 'good' role models IFYSWIM). Our best man and his dw had a baby whilst I was pregnant, and dh went round there for an intensive course. Went and changed nappies with his mate and discussed concerns etc. His mate told him 'get stuck in straight away, they won't break', and 'in the early days, dw will be knackered and feeding all the time. You job is to let her get as much rest as possible in betewen feeds and make sure the house is spotless and stocked with food to come home to'....my dh followed this advice to the letter bless him.

Bump

Come on, anything else?

Sorry for being rude- thanks to all the replies!

That's the one I was going to recommend Califrau

Thanks! I'd heard about this one actually, but forgotten...

Any others out there?

try this 4 a laugh

i thought "what to expect when your expecting"was a great pregnancy book let me know all the details of what should be hapening month by month.never read a baby book thats what mn is for