Great guide but expectations are insane

book reads great and I love the format and breakdown. the suggestions are grest as well and I recommend listening. HOWEVER, his development milestones are not realistic. everything he says they should be doing at various stages are wildly early. at 11 months they can help dress themselves? as a themed "new fathers" book, remember we are just trying to survive, don't tack on ideas that sound good but can't be executed unless you spend 24hrs a day trying to develop your child like a soldier

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A detailed, exhaustive, and well-organized guide

After reading Brott's "The Expectant Father," I was happy to see that he has written guide books for most of the subsequent years as well. This is yet another good, detailed guide for fathers tackling their first year. The consistent organization of the chapters, arranged by time periods, with "what's going on with ..." make them easy to access. The chapter titles on the pages and bullet-pointed summaries also make it easy to skip ahead or go back through to find information you may be looking for. While I do not agree with all the advice Brott may give, he does a great job of putting things in context and does not tout what he says as "gospel" but rather good recommendations from experienced dads. He does a great job narrating and the PDF attachment is useful, though I recommend just getting a paper copy of this book to follow along with and refer back to. I am now expecting twins and wish that Brott would write a book like this for fathers of twins, though there is already good (if short) literature out there on fathering twins. This is a must-read for new dads!

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Great New Father Instructions Manual

A baby does not come with an instruction manual but this is the closest thing to one. Each chapter was another month. I would listen to each chapter around the time my son would reach that age/month. I was amazed how many times the chapters were spot on. What the baby is going through, what the mother is going through and what you are going through. First time fathers, this book is a must.

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Phik

Great read for new fathers ....expect everything from you new born the author talks about....Its a must read ...I plan listening too the audio book again

A nice comprehensive self help book for new fathers

As a father of my first child in my 40’s I came to realize (very quickly!) how different my ‘memories of my own childhood and my relationship with my father are to my current way of living. Specially more obvious since my child is a girl! This book really covered the main key points that I needed as I was preparing for the arrival of our girl. Unfortunately, our girl arrived a bit earlier than expected so I missed the opportunity to calmly go over the first 2 months (I wish I had the time!) I now know that the topics covered during birth and the 1st month make a lot of sense.
My journey ahead is not that of an in-home dad but I still appreciated the guidance re Dad support groups, communication, vaccines, financial planning, baby feeding, discipline, playing! … this book compliments very nicely the other books on nutrition, co-sleeping, baby sign language and after 1 year books.
I purchased the printed copy for future reference while I listened to this book during several long burping and calming the baby sessions during her 2 month.

Great book

I liked the way the facts were presented, as well as the voice of the author.

As a new dad I’ve read a lot of parenting books…

And don’t get me wrong, the books written by women for women have a ton of great material, especially for how to support my wife. But Armin Brotts books have helped ME tremendously! I appreciate his emphasis on active fathering and how he points out and disarms the many parenting myths around fatherhood. His book The Expectant Father was the book that most prepared me for the birth of my son, which was far crazier and emotionally vivid than any other moment in my life. And this book has helped me to get a grasp on the milestones I have to look forward to now that we’re home and parenting (our son is 10 days old as I wrote this). Thanks Armin, sincerely, you helped me grasp the task at hand, from so many different angles!

Good book for very young fathers

In my opinion most of this book gives very common, obvious knowledge. I didn’t gain much from it.

Great book to guide fathers through the first year

Great book recommended it for all fathers. Good insights into how to handle the first year.

Great for advancing your steps to fatherhood!

Thank you for expanding your series for successful fatherhood. My partner and I are looking forward to growing our family. We appreciate the anecdotal lessons throughout the book.