My Boys Can Swim!: The Official Guy's Guide to Pregnancy
by Ian Davis
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Author: Ian DavisBrand: Ian Davis
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1999-10
ISBN: 0761521674
Number of pages: 112
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
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- ISBN13: 9780761521679
- Condition: New
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Book Review: The Chicago Tribune: Book Review
Summary: 5 Stars
WHAT DOES HE EXPECT? A NEW DAD ANSWERS QUESTIONS Women get morning sickness and swollen feet, strangers touching their bellies, unsolicited advice and hideous hand-me-downs from every mother they know. Men pretty much just don't get it when it comes to the nine-month drama their wives are starring in. They know approximately how it started and how it will end, but they're a little shaky on the role they'll play in between. That's the premise of "My Boy's Can Swim! The Officials Guy's Guide to Pregnancy."Ian Davis decided to write the 89-page changing table book when he needed straight from the (expanding) hip advice. Although named for George Costanza's reaction to getting someone pregnant, the book's similarity to "Seinfeld's" clueless character ends at the title. Davis know his (and her) stuff. He knows the lingo (amnio, layette), the major players (the "OB/GOD", the labor-delivery nurse, the insurance rep, and the hard truths (the price, the puffiness, the pain). And he knows he can't know everything, which is why he always lets his wife call the shots and advises readers to do the same.
Davis gives a pregnancy play-by-play, pack with action -- running in terror from an overpriced maternity-wear boutique, running to the nearest bathroom--and colorful analysis. Davis, with the permission of his wife, Nada, recounts the experience, from the plus sign on the pregnancy test to the circumcision decision (which was a yes, minus an audience "stuffing their faces with bagels and lox").
Part Cliff Notes, part Dear Abby, the book answers the questions most guys are too embarrassed to ask (e.g., no, you won't lose custody if you pass on the front-row view and ask to stand "above your wife's elbow" in the delivery room. And mind your manners after the birth. When she asks if the baby is beautiful, say yes--even though the infant might look like a mini-conehead for a few weeks.
Summary of My Boys Can Swim!: The Official Guy's Guide to Pregnancy
Finally?A Pregnancy Book That Won't Put Men to SleepMy Boys Can Swim! tells real men everything they really want to know about pregnancy, such as: How much is it going to cost? Why does your wife primp before seeing her doctor when she hasn't put a stitch of make-up on for you in months? And, most important, what's it going to do to your sex life?
This rollicking, laugh-out-loud book is for expectant dads in search of bottom-line pregnancy information, without all that boring touchy-feely stuff you find in those books written for women. Inside you'll discover helpful?and hilarious?information and insights on such topics as:
The Maternity Wardrobe: "A key part of the maternity wardrobe is maternity underwear?parachute-like undies big enough to fit an NFL defensive lineman."
Baby Names: "Don't give your kids mockable names like Thaddeus, which is Greek for 'I'm a dork and should be beaten up.'"
The Birth: "No one told me it's normal that babies' heads can be misshapen at birth. I was convinced that my wife gave birth to Veldar, the conehead."
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