The Baby Owner's Manual: Operating Instructions, Trouble-Shooting Tips, and Advice on First-Year Maintenance

The info in this book is not only helpful, but also written in a very user friendly way. Everything is well organized and is straight to the point. I enjoyed reading this book cover to cover (unlike other baby books that were given to me that I found too wordy). I recommend this book for anyone that is having a hard time getting their mate to read baby books. The book also includes charts that can be used to track your baby's progress. The other things in this keepsake box are not necessary, but are very nice to have. The instructional poster is not only useful, but also a great conversational piece in the nursery.

Finally a baby gift with the father in mind. A gift all men can relate too.

I stumbled upon this book in the bookstore a couple of weeks ago on accident, and was intrigued by the cover of a baby drawn in the style of functional diagram. What fascinated me further were the off the wall diagrams combined with the technical manual-esque style found inside, which made me think "Worst Case Scenario Handbook" for the parenting world. But moving beyond the cover I discovered many such useful facts which have undoubtedly helped me prepare for fatherhood. As a slightly jittery, somewhat confused, but overall excited expecting father, this book has become a Godsend.I read "What to Expect In The First Year", and for the typical male this doesn't work. The dialogue is so blatantly pitted toward women that my brain can't register it. The context juggles concepts of shopping, breastfeeding, and cutsie warm blankets in a convoluted, non-linear fashion which spawned a tangent-of-a-tangent style change of topics reminiscent of listening to my wife talk on the phone to her sister.This book combines humor with an effective style for logically-wired males like myself, and I recommend it to anyone who wants to cut to the chase and really prepare for what to expect in fatherhood, and avoid the "what to wear to the baby shower" and other non-essential rhetoric.