New updated edition.

Congratulations, you're having a baby. Yes, that's right, you're expecting too!

David Caren delivers a long 'overdue' practical, straight-talking pregnancy guide for Irish expectant dads - all from a dad's perspective. Combining real-life experiences from a fraternity of Irish fathers, tried-and-tested tips and expert views, with highlights including:

• Testing, Testing: Scans and Checks
• What's Up, Doc? Monitoring Mum
• Prams, Trams & Automobiles: Choosing the Right Wheels
• Lights, Camera (Maybe?), ACTION: The Delivery
• Gone with the Sleep: Surviving Sleep Deprivation

Accessible, entertaining, reassuring - everything an expectant and new dad needs to know!

Fully reviewed and updated.

About the Author
Originally from Dublin, and now living in Cork, David Caren is a freelance writer and author of the bestselling parenting guide, 'The Irish Dad's Survival Guide to Pregnancy & Beyond'. David's first children's book is the inspiring story of the Senior Women's Irish hockey goalkeeper, Ayeisha McFerran.

Reviews

highly recommended

-- Tuam Herald

entertaining and reassuring - everything an expectant and new dad needs to know

-- Easy Parenting Magazine

definitely one of our must reads

-- Pregnancy & Parenting Magazine

'everything an expectant dad will need to know'

-- Maternity & Infant Magazine

'practical and easy-to-follow'

-- Maternity & Infant Magazine

'just the book to see 'Daddy' through'

-- Maternity & Infant Magazine

'help you celebrate and understand everything that's going on ... full of everything you need to know'

-- Woman's Way

'straightforward, humorous'

-- mummypages.ie

'a really wonderful resource for men'

-- mummypages.ie

'if you're an expectant mum and are sick and tired of explaining the ins and outs of pregnancy ... then it might be a wise decision to give the man in your life the gift of 'The Irish Dad's Survival Guide to Pregnancy and Beyond'

-- mummypages.ie

'no topic is off limit in David's book, there is an answer for every question an expectant father might possibly have'

-- mummypages.ie

'packed full of practical advice'

-- mummypages.ie

'we frequently get asked by our mums (and dads-to-be) where they can find information that's aimed at men about pregnancy and parenthood and we're delighted to say we have found just the book!'

-- mummypages.ie

'honest and real'

-- schooldays.ie

'I wish I'd had this book to read when I was pregnant - I found it a lot easier to read - and far less annoying - than some of the 'What to expect' type books I found myself reading and throwing on the floor!'

-- schooldays.ie

'just what expectant father's have been waiting for'

-- schooldays.ie

'written in a down-to-earth, straight-talking, no nonsense, humorous way, the book goes through everything the other 'pregnancy' books go through, but with Dad in mind, rather than mum'

-- schooldays.ie

'I would highly recommend it to any new Dad, or second, third, fourth (etc.) time Dad as a refresher guide'

-- schooldays.ie

'David Caren may become the male equivalent of Gina Ford, with every father-to-be hanging on his every word'

-- schooldays.ie

'covers everything nearly-fathers will need to know'

-- Irish Independent

'a down-to-earth practical guide'

-- Books Ireland

'refreshing ... accessible'

-- Sunday World

'filled with the most useful and most important information ... contains all the stuff one would have liked to know, but never knew enough to ask about'

-- The Irish Catholic

'be welcomed ... practical ... the fact that it's specific to Ireland elevates it above the majority of guides for expectant fathers'

-- Sunday Business Post

'it's brilliant'

-- Tom Dunne Show

'humourous and practical'

-- Sunday World

'a handbook for all new members of the "expectant fathers" club'

-- Irish Times

'answers all those questions many fathers-to-be would never utter in the light of a pre-natal class'

-- Sunday World

'a fantastic read!'

-- Mums & Tots Magazine

'practical pointers and top tips for any new dad or dad to be in Ireland'

-- Mums & Tots Magazine

A book I often turn to as a parent of very young children is The Irish Dad's Survival Guide to Pregnancy and Beyond, by David Caren

-- Simon Tierney, Irish Times



Book Information
ISBN 9781788492508
Author David Caren
Format Paperback
Page Count 304
Imprint O'Brien Press Ltd
Publisher O'Brien Press Ltd
Weight(grams) 332g
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 135mm * 23mm