Dude, You're Gonna Be a Dad!: How to Get (Both of You) Through the Next 9 Months

John Pfeiffer

Mar 2011 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

There are approximately 3,712 ways for a guy to look stupid during pregnancy - this book's here to help you avoid all(most) of them. And here's your first hint: Focus on what you can be doing for her rather than what's happening to her.

She's pregnant. She knows that. You know that. And her 152 baby books tell her exactly what she can expect. Your job is to learn what you can do between the stick turning blue and the drive to the delivery room to make the next nine months go as smoothly as possible. That's where John Pfeiffer steps in.

Like any good coach, he's been through it. He's dealt with the morning sickness and doctor visits, painting the baby's nursery and packing the overnight bag, choosing a name, hospital, and the color of the car-seat cover. All the while he remained positive and responsive - there with a "You're beautiful" when necessary - but assertive during the decision-making process (he didn't want to wind up with a kid named Percy). And now it's your turn.

She might be having the baby, but you have plenty of responsibilities.

Ratings and reviews

Terrible book. Not helpful at all. This book is necessary if you are a drink all the time, leave your wife home alone, neglect all responsibilities around the house and overall useless man. If you have 1/20 the sense a half responsible man should have you will find yourself saying “no shit” at least twice on every page you read. This book seemed to spend more time telling you how you need to go out less for beer and wings and it’s great that your wife’s boobs grow during pregnancy than it does giving you actual advise. Please don’t waste your time or give this hack of an author your money. If you have common sense, you don’t need this book

Very derogatory towards any man who cares anything about his wife and soon to be family. has very little useful information. Mostly filled with stereotypes and low hanging fruit type jokes.

Got this book for my husband, he loves it, the author is very funny and breaks everything down. Great dad book!

About the author

John Pfeiffer is a married father of three. With a stepdaughter, a naturally conceived daughter, and a baby by way of a threesome (with an IVF specialist), Pfeiffer is especially qualified to take expectant dads all the way through pregnancy's home stretch. He lives with his wife and kids in Georgia.