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Go to Guides for Guys ABCs for Expectant Dads (Go to Guides for Guys)

By Todd Barrett Lieman

For every father-to-be wondering about life with baby, comes Todd Barrett Lieman s witty ABCs for Expectant Dads. This Go-To Guide for GuysTM includes more than 100 pages of point-blank information from the intriguing APGAR score to all the ZZzzzz s that Dad won t be getting after baby is born! ABCs for Expectant Dads tells the special guy in your life what s what with fatherhood, from that life-changing, line on the stick moment to baby s first sippy cup. Says Lieman: It's the ultimate A-Z guide for new dads, as they wade their way through some VERY unfamiliar waters. Lieman, a veteran writer and new dad, pulls no punches with bright, informative entries like: Diapers: How can something that seems so harmless be so . . . Not harmless? Fear: Holy moly, you have a kid! What the heck were you thinking? IPod: The labor process can take hours upon hours and hours upon hours. It can take days. So it s important to have some music in the birth room. Jealousy: You are gonna feel it. You ll be jealous of your kid. You ll be jealous of your partner. You ll be jealous of your friends that don t have kids. You ll be jealous of the 18-year-old kid down the street with the hot girlfriend. Layette: An expensive French name for stuff your baby needs ... Maternity Clothes: Repeat this phrase, Honey, you look awesome in that outfit. Baby Monitors: Watching and listening to your kid will become an addiction, but is potentially good practice for when she is a teenager and has a boy in the house. Opportunity Weight: You get to order whatever you want and/or finish what she doesn t. It s great fun! Poop: It s what you fear most. Strollers: Shopping for a stroller is like shopping for a car . . . It s the first thing you ll notice when another family strolls by. You ll whisper with envy if they have a more expensive model, and you ll silently mock them if they have the cheap equivalent. Ultrasound: A serious reality check. Wife (if applicable) : After this experience, if you don t think she s the most amazing person on the planet, you should be shot.