Great Books For Dads
We all sometimes need help and motivation. Being a dad is not too easy at it is even more difficult to find male-centric books on parenting. Keeping this in mind I have shortlisted a couple of books here available on Amazon which would be a good read for dads.
Be Prepared: A Practical Handbook for New Dads (Paperback)
Take your average guide for new mothers, chuck most of the stuff about breast feeding and ditch the deep background research and stats, then generously pepper with illustrations and burley humor and what do you have? Your average guide for new fathers. Be Prepared follows that template pretty closely, and that’s really quite an acceptable thing. Yes, there’s a bit too much emphasis here on broadly drawn manly stuff like changing a diaper at a ballgame, but there’s also heaps of useful advice that’s cleverly and efficiently presented for pops who, despite their best intentions, really aren’t prepared to dig into encyclopedia-sized tomes. The basics (childproofing, bathing, feeding, entertaining) intermix with nifty sidebars (homemade bath toys, foods to never give your baby, exercises for dads) in easy-to-peruse chapters organized according to the age of the offspring up to age 1.
Father’s First Steps: 25 Things Every New Dad Should Know (Hardcover)
Leading childcare experts Drs. Robert and James Sears draw on their experience as fathers and pediatricians to discuss 25 important aspects of new fatherhood, including supporting the mother during labor, bonding with baby, deciphering baby talk, being a good husband as well as a good father, and more. For anyone anticipating fatherhood with a mixture of joy and jitters, this reassuring book is the perfect resource. Drs. Robert and James Sears are fathers and pediatricians in private practice with their father, Dr. William Sears, one of the country’s leading pediatricians. Robert and James co-authored The Premature Baby Book and the best-selling The Baby Book. They appear regularly on TV and in print media as parenting experts and are active contributors to the Web site AskDrSears.com.
Hope you enjoy these books. Do let me know how you liked them.
