Commando Dad: New Recruits: A Guide to Pregnancy and Birth for Dads-to-Be

When I found out my wife (CO) was pregnant with our first child (BT), I was immediately overwhelmed. Luckily for me, I have a great network of friends willing to help. One of my closest friends who recently went through the same experience referred me to this book, and let me tell you: he was not wrong. This book is tremendously helpful as a read through, but also as a reference guide throughout the process. I highly recommend this book to any new dads to be!

Solid read good 1st book to read when expecting your first child. Hits the highlights of what to expect in the pregnancy

I'm a soldier in the US army. The Field Manual approach to this book makes it an easy read for any military parent.

has a lot of good information for the first time dad with no information at all. Wish it would have gone a little for indepth on some of the information but at least it tells you what to watch out for and then you can continue your research if needed. I would recommend this book to the first time dads looking for a place to start.

Great book, a must read for any completely clueless dads to be like myself.

I was given this book as a gift. I honestly would not have spent any money on it were it left up to me. As a Veteran, the military manual style of writing was novel and like most military literature is well organized. I could see this format perhaps start to wear a bit though as peoples preferences differ. There is a decent amount of good information however there's a lot of extraneous stuff that could have been left out (See below for more on that).Why the 2 stars? Firstly, There is an overwhelming tone to this book that your wife (Commanding Officer, as the author puts it, which I think is dumb) has been rendered useless in most all matters of house and home due to pregnancy. Under the guise of being a supportive dad the book goes overboard in the "you need to do practically everything" around the house and life for 9 months narrative. I won't go into specifics but I find it to be belittling to females as if they are completely incapacitated and need a man to do everything for them. Having recently gone through my wife's pregnancy I can tell you that of course as the baby grows things become harder for her to do but this book has an underlying tone to it that you need to basically wait on her hand and foot while she does nothing all day (Maybe some women would like that, mine would not allow that to go on very long). Again its the tone of things and the way they are presented. Secondly, the level of detail that is given on very private things female wise goes above and beyond what I think is really needed to be shared here. I read some of this stuff to my wife and she was like why write out in such gory detail all the little disgusting things that are going to happen to me, I don't even want to know all that! To each their own its just kind of a too much information is just that, too much information. Not judging anyone who does want to know but again for me I did not purchase this book and wouldn't have. Third and lastly, a lot of the stuff near the end comes off rather "preachy". As in you and your wife need to do all this stuff otherwise you're going to be miserable/hate yourself/have a bad baby ect... Maybe this is how most of these Pregnancy self help books are. I don't know I only read this one. My wife had an excellent OBGYN and he provided a much more distilled and concise bit of info throughout the pregnancy which I found more helpful than this book to be honest. As far as how to act as a supportive husband and father to be I guess I didn't need any field manual for that after-all.

I received this book for free from LibraryThing's Early Reviewers program.This book is a nice, quick overview of what to expect during pregnancy, birth, and immediately after. I enjoyed the style of the book, and I think it did exactly what it set out to do. All of the most common events you can expect to encounter are covered, and there is enough information here that if you want or need to know more, you should be able to find it pretty easily.The author runs a website with a forum. I have no familiarity with the forum, but I would at least be willing to give it a go after reading this book.I've been through the birth of two kids so far, and what I read in this book rings true, for the most part. I only say for the most part because I am contrary by nature, and a bit particular too. To the best of my knowledge, the information presented in this book conforms to the standard recommendations of OBs in the United States. The few quibbles I have are about things where I know better. For example, in the breakdown of trimesters, Sinclair saysYour CO [the mother] is considered to be two weeks into her pregnancy when fertilization occurs. As it is impossible to predict the moment of conception, it is counted from a date that is known; that is, the start of her last period.It is possible to document conception, without any equipment more complicated than a thermometer, within a couple of days at least. Anyone who practices any of the various methods of NFP or FAM knows how. I can't complain too much however, this is a venerable lie in the medical community. I am also rather skeptical of the current recommendations about drinking alcoholic and caffeinated beverages during pregnancy. I would be willing to change my mind on this if I ever saw convincing data. Since I haven't made an exhaustive study of the field, this is possible. But from what I do know, it sure doesn't look likely.Regardless, that has no bearing on the quality of the book. Only a contrarian like me with no need to generate book sales would venture out on those limbs. I like this book enough to give it to a friend who is going to be a father soon. I think that is the best endorsement I can make.

I bought this for my son in law and he is finding it easy to read.