Any book recommendations for first time expectant dads?

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That's it really. My husband is excited, shocked and utterly terrified all at the same time. I would like to get him a book which explains what's going on and what's to come from a male perspective. Any recommendations?

DH got this when I was expecting DS.

this book is great for you/him.

[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pregnancy-Men-whole-nine-months/dp/190541062X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1350222809&sr=1-1 this]] book is fantastic for you both whilst you're still pregnant

this books is great for the first year, but the author is pro-breast feeding that reading it made me feel a bit shit for not breast feeding (he says things like 'At 6 months your wife is obviously still breast feeding but it's time to introduce other foods).

second link again as I messed up

Thank you, going to have a browse through those now.

I'd second the recommendation for 'Pregnancy For Men: The whole nine months'.

I wasn't sure about getting DH a book initially, since it felt a bit patronizing. But he really liked it: it seemed to be written in a way he could identify with and gave just the right amount of information to make the pregnancy seem real to him, and help him feel part of it. He even said (unprompted!) that he wished he'd read it earlier so he could have been more supportive early on (I gave it to him at about 4 months).

Ditto strawberry I got it for my dh after it was recommended by a friend but he chose not to read it until we were on holiday when I was 6 months [hmmm]
He immediately regretted it and I heard lots of "oh so THAT'S why..." and "oh honey I didn't realise..."
The downside is that he has become a bit of a know it all and now tries to tell me what I should be doing all the time. Beware of husbands who know too much!!!

Another vote for the pregnancy for men book. My H got two books, this was the only one he actually read, as it was funny, so it appealed to him. He has got a bit tedious about me lifting bags now though, as one of the instructions in the book was all lifting was now his job. Winds me up a bit, but he means well.

My DH read this:

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0091929792/ref=mp_s_a_1?pi=SL75&qid=1350247428&sr=8-1

some of the dad's books are a bit blokey, a bit "fnah her norks will be enormous!" (although none of this recommended so far seem to be). I liked the tone of this one and spurred DH to do some useful research re car seats etc.

The Haynes baby manual has been the most useful book

My husband really rates Commando Dad for helping prepare him for fatherhood, but it doesn't have anything in it about supporting the mother through pregnancy. I wish he'd read one of the books mentioned above to make him understand what I've been going through for the last 35 weeks a bit better!

Another plug for Pregnancy For Men. My partner is not a reader, but he read this. Incidentally it's good for women too - helped me think about his perspective and is funny as well as explaining things in a clear way. Also the only baby book I read that made me excited about having a baby.

I bought DP Commando Dad and he's really enjoying it, coming in and telling me what he's learned on a regular basis (he reads bits in the bath!)

Thank you all. I've ordered the Haynes Manual one as it appeals to his aspie, scientist nerdy side (he already has a collection of Haynes manuals that he reads for fun )

Yay! I love all of the diagrams. It's the least patronising book I could find.

Pregnancy for Men is both of our favourite. I thought it was a bit blokey at first, but it's actually ended up being the only pregnancy book of all the ones we borrowed from the library that hasn't gone back in disgrace for winding me up with stupid comments (e.g. Miriam Stoppard on home vs hospital birth: "Most women find that going to hospital makes birth the event they expect they expect it to be." I beg your pardon?).

I found The Expectant Dad's Survival Guide really useful and non-patronising. Many of the others on offer seemed to be of the aforementioned useless 'wahey! blokey bloke' type, but the Survival Guide was actually useful throughout my OH's pregnancy and also useful on practical things like picking car seats, pushchairs etc.

I discussed it with DH and he bought himself two - one was (I think) pregnancy for men and the other was Commando Dad. He really likes the commando dad one because it is short, provides essential instructions, and doesn't go on about feelings. The other has more about what happens in pregnancy though. I think it was helpful for him to think about what he wanted - this was perhaps around the beginning of the second trimester when I had been reading and seemed to know lots and he was beginning to feel out of control/ left behind as he felt he didn't understand various things. Anyway, he is now quite clued up and uses the Commando Dad book to tell me what we really need to buy. We also went to the NCT classes except I missed the last one due to being in hospital and he went on his own - so is now the expert on nappy changing, baths, slings etc!

check out 'The Complete Guide to Pregnancy For Men' available on amazon well worth a read.

www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=the%20complete%20guide%20to%20pregnancy%20for%20men

Husband loved reading "commando dad" book.
It's around £7 on amazon.

My DH and I both read "From Here to Paternity" by Andrew Cullen (don't know how to do links, sorry). We both found it good - well-written and funny, but it's not so much an information book as someon's diary of their wife's pregnancy and the early days of being a new dad.

The Pregnancy for Men one was also good too, from memory.

Please do NOT get him 'The Blokes Guide to Pregnancy' unless your OH is a Zoo-reading, mouth breathing moron. What a fucking waste of money that was.

I would love my husband to read Ina May's Guide to Childbirth and other natural birth books, I have found men sometimes get even more excited than the women when it clicks for them how this stuff is pure human biology which you can help along quite a bit if you know how. Sadly he is very dyslexic and doesn't enjoy reading hundreds of pages. So I got him the Haynes guide too, it is waiting under the tree....

When I browsed through it it wasn't entirely up-to-date, and it isn' t the most exciting natural childbirth guide but other than that, I think it's actually pretty good. It is incredibly straight-forward and no-nonsense and very easy to read. I have come accross the Commando Dad several times but find it almost unreadable, the stupid commando language gets on my nerves immensely...

Dad FC - Debut Dads - The First Season of Fatherhood is a great book for new dads, especially those who love football. I know a few people who've got this for expectant and new dads, and it seems to never fail! Thanks for the article and useful comments!

Commando Dad is great! Raw Recruits is the first one