You walk into any bookstore and you will see lots of pregnancy books in the parenting section. The problem is that most of these books are geared towards mom and baby. While this seems to make sense, the dad is often left out in the cold. Here are some of the best books for expectant fathers.
4 Books For Expectant Fathers
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The Expectant Father:
Facts, Tips and Advice for Dads-To-Be by Jennifer Ash and Armin A. Brott- This is a great book that shows expectant dads all the changes they will go through during their partner’s pregnancy including physical, emotional and financial. The Expectant Father: Facts, Tips and Advice for Dads-To-Be is filled with expert advice and wisdom from birth-class instructors to obstetricians to sociologists to psychologists. The book provided soon-to-be dads with a month to month guide on everything they need to know about pregnancy.
The Caveman’s Pregnancy Companion:
A Survival Guide for Expectant Fathers by David Port and John Ralston– This book is written in a way that most dads can relate: with humor and caveman art. The Caveman’s Pregnancy Companion: A Survival Guide for Expectant Fathers features an array of topics from what to expect at the visits to the doctor to what is causing mom’s pain and discomfort during labor and delivery. The book has a variety of bullet points, charts and tables to make it easy to read.
So You’re Going To Be A Dad by Peter Downey
This is the ideal book for first-time fathers because it gives them all kinds of valuable and helpful information including topics such as pregnancy, labor and delivery and caring for your newborn. Dads will learn exactly what it feels like to give birth, how to deal with changing a dirty diaper and how to baby-proof the home. So You’re Going To Be A Dad is written by a physician that has decades of experience with babies and children.
Quarterback Dad:
A Play by Play Guide to Tackling Your New Baby by Booby Mercer and Alison D. Schonwald– Quarterback is a term that dads can totally relate to so this book is designed for new dads or dads that just need a refresher. Who would have thought to create a book that explains all about pregnancy, childbirth and baby care in football talk? Well, these authors did and they did an amazing job of combining text with illustrations, all in football terms. The book features four sections: Training Camp, Pre-Season, Regular Season and Super Bowl. Training Camp deals with the pregnancy, Pre-Season deals with labor and delivery, Regular Season is the baby’s first year and Super Bowl is all of the first year’s triumphs.
Which of these books for expectant fathers would you offer? Tell me in the comments.
Can I add ‘Expecting the Unexpected: One Man’s Journey Through a Most Eventful Pregnancy’ to the list? If you like dramatic stories and British humor, and are prepared to weep a little (they have a really tough nine months!) then you’ll love this, regardless of whether you’re a mom or dad-to-be.
Love the perspective. Good tips. Dads should be involved!
It’s great that so many modern day fathers want to be involved in the early lives of their children.
I bought a few of these for my husband, but he unfortunately never really got into them. They do have great info though!
This is so great. I know a lot of men freak out when they find out their wife or girlfriend is expecting (at least mine did!) It’s really good to see there are books geared towards them to answer their questions and concerns.
Wish I had know about this book when my daughter was pregnant. Will share anyway.
I didn’t do anything according to books for all four of my children. It was all flying by the seat of my pants fathering.
I love this! I think its great that there are books out there geared toward the dad. I hope dads would read them.
I think my husband gonna need this, to know after he read this books!
Nice roundup. My husband never read a book while pregnant. Possibly because I was constantly talking about it so he figured he was prepared. 😉
This is great because a lot of parenting books only cater to mothers! I think this could really help with fathers who are also looking to be ready for the arrival of their little one!
i hope dads will get to read this
Great list maybe the fathers will take the time to read it. This would be awesome.
What a great list and wonderful way to keep dad included 🙂
Those sound really helpful. Love when the dads get involved.
This is very cute! I love dads who are hands-on when it comes to their wives’ pregnancy and their family in general. This will definitely be beneficial to them!
It’s great that the guys have been targeted with books full of info. We need them to know what they’re doing!
My guess is my husband would get the books and tell me ‘let me know what you think after you read them, ” lol
Now if I could just get my husband to read the book. My hubby learned more from me.