It’s been a verrrrrry long time since the Dad in our house had any babies to bond with, and this book, with subtitle “Building A Closer Connection to Your Baby” brought back some fond memories. It’s very cute visually (see photos!) and light on heavy-duty advice. It’s basically a reminder that dads can and should be involved in basically every aspect of their new kid’s life. The instructions are kind of on the silly side (Diapering: Sing “she’s a very stinky girl” to the tune of “she’s a very kinky girl”) but nonetheless humorous and appealing. You’re not going to get any answers to the REALLY heavy-duty challenges of parenting here, but as I said, it’s a lighthearted reminder that there is no aspect of one’s baby’s life that is hands off.

I could not agree more. I was VERY into the notion of 50-50 parenting when I had my babies. Even though their dad was working full time out of the house, I really felt like it had to be split evenly when he was home. I will say that he valiantly did almost 50% of the feeding (with pumped breastmilk) and almost 50% of the nighttime getting up and Dealing With Whatever. He was a real trooper. I personally do not think that Motherhood should have ANYthing over Fatherhood, especially in these early months/years, and this book was a great validation of that idea.

This book was written by a mom-and-dad duo, James di Properzio and Jennifer Margulis, and they did a great job with their teamwork. It’s obvious that a lot of loving care went into this pretty little book.

All I can do when I look at these photos is sigh and wait down that looong tunnel ’til grandparenthood.

Meanwhile, if there are any new dads out there, or people who love them, leave a comment here if you want to be in a random drawing to win my copy of this book!