Caveman's Guide to Baby's First Year: A Modern Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the First Year of Fatherhood

By John Ralston, David Port, Brian M. Ralston

Congratulations You're a father. Now what? The follow-up to the hysterical bestselling Caveman's Pregnancy Companion . You managed to survive pregnancy without getting hit in the face by a blunt projectile hurled from your wife's sling. Now the birth of your baby has ushered in a bewildering phase where your crude, uncivilized, and underdeveloped ways will surely be put to the test. Offbeat and humorous but full of useful tips, Caveman's Guide to Baby's First Year will lead you from a Fatherhood Aptitude Test to the 10 Commandments for Cro-Magnon Fathers to a Yoga Party (quasi-erotic yoga poses designed to reduce stress and stimulate the body). Along the way you'll find candid advice on all topics, from the mechanics of breastfeeding to baby proofing the home to instructions for toys even a caveman could make himself. So if you've been wondering what to do now that best thing that ever happened to you happened, leading to an anxiety-ridden life of no sleep, no sex, and more time picking out formula than ordering beer, fear no more There have been quite a few advances since you first stepped out of your cave (vaccinations, infant massage, and baby sign language to name a few) and it's all here, accompanied by charts, diagrams and other illustrations straightforward enough for you to get your Paleolithic head around.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1435101391
• ISBN13: 9781435101395
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Sterling
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.7" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Great for first-time parents, not just the cavemen

I bought this for my husband for Father's Day, as we're expecting our first child. He didn't even get to look at it yet because I spent the whole day skimming it. The whole book is very well written - not so technical as lots of the "mom" books are. Easy to read, easy to find specific topics. Good illustrations for baby massage, great tables on the timeline for foods, and I love the input from "expert" women scattered throughout. It will be read cover to cover before this baby arrives. Honestly, I'm as clueless about being a parent as he is, and this book will help me get over some of the scares.

Finally!

This is the first of all the books written for men that I found to be funny without being patronizing. It is honest, funny, and offers ways for men to help their wives rather than the usual grin and bear it tone that the other books have. I thought I was done with the idea of giving my husband a book about pregnancy "for men". Every single one of them treated pregnancy like treating a disease! I knew if my husband relayed a single line from one of those books his life would be in danger. Then this miraculous book appeared yes women you can give your men a book that does not make you out to be an alien. Yes men here is a book for you with reassurances that everything is going according to plan and suggestions for what to do in the mean time.

Second is as good as the first

If you read the first book you will love this one. If you didn't read the first one you will still love this one. Hopefully Dave and his co-authors will continue to explore the steps of children and how adults can cope with those steps.