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We don’t have any children yet, and I got this book in the hopes that it might be helpful to think through these things before we’re exhausted and overwhelmed. But my first night reading this book, on which I made it through page 83 (about halfway through the book), really just left me kind of overwhelmed and anxious about the idea of navigating pregnancy and childcare. Some of the comics seemed to depict conflicts I could easily see us getting into. I had to go communicate these feelings to my partner, who helped convince me that we’d be okay. Ironically, that’s kind of the theme of the book: that you need to communicate with your partner and make sure you’re taking care of each other and yourself, not just the baby.I think maybe this book might be better treated as a reference book, where you just read through the section about whatever specific challenge is resonating with you at the moment — or at least read it in very small snippets, as probably makes sense in the life of a busy parent. The entire book is structured in little two-page snippets that you can read whenever you have a spare moment - and maybe reading too many snippets in one go is a recipe for getting overwhelmed.The advice seems basically sound, though, even if it doesn’t contain anything that should be particularly earth shattering. Sometimes you just need someone to say it to you. And this book offers to fill that role. It wasn’t quite for us at our present stage, but we could see it being helpful to others. Just read it in snippets and ideally talk through the snippets one at a time with your partner, would be my advice.
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This book is validating. It has many scenarios parents may encounter from not being able to get pregnant, a lot of pressure on dads to be “strong,” and how to handle boundaries with other people around your child.
The book is in a handwriting print, and it somehow feels comforting. It seems more personal and easy to read.
I will definitely keep this to refer back to when I’m a parent. It was helpful to read through this in hopes I can use some of these tools when I encounter the real-life scenarios.
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I am not a parent yet, but I hope to be in the next couple years. I wanted to read this book to prepare and to keep for when I have kids.Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2022
This book is validating. It has many scenarios parents may encounter from not being able to get pregnant, a lot of pressure on dads to be “strong,” and how to handle boundaries with other people around your child.
The book is in a handwriting print, and it somehow feels comforting. It seems more personal and easy to read.
I will definitely keep this to refer back to when I’m a parent. It was helpful to read through this in hopes I can use some of these tools when I encounter the real-life scenarios.
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We don’t have any children yet, and I got this book in the hopes that it might be helpful to think through these things before we’re exhausted and overwhelmed. But my first night reading this book, on which I made it through page 83 (about halfway through the book), really just left me kind of overwhelmed and anxious about the idea of navigating pregnancy and childcare. Some of the comics seemed to depict conflicts I could easily see us getting into. I had to go communicate these feelings to my partner, who helped convince me that we’d be okay. Ironically, that’s kind of the theme of the book: that you need to communicate with your partner and make sure you’re taking care of each other and yourself, not just the baby.
I think maybe this book might be better treated as a reference book, where you just read through the section about whatever specific challenge is resonating with you at the moment — or at least read it in very small snippets, as probably makes sense in the life of a busy parent. The entire book is structured in little two-page snippets that you can read whenever you have a spare moment - and maybe reading too many snippets in one go is a recipe for getting overwhelmed.
The advice seems basically sound, though, even if it doesn’t contain anything that should be particularly earth shattering. Sometimes you just need someone to say it to you. And this book offers to fill that role. It wasn’t quite for us at our present stage, but we could see it being helpful to others. Just read it in snippets and ideally talk through the snippets one at a time with your partner, would be my advice.
I think maybe this book might be better treated as a reference book, where you just read through the section about whatever specific challenge is resonating with you at the moment — or at least read it in very small snippets, as probably makes sense in the life of a busy parent. The entire book is structured in little two-page snippets that you can read whenever you have a spare moment - and maybe reading too many snippets in one go is a recipe for getting overwhelmed.
The advice seems basically sound, though, even if it doesn’t contain anything that should be particularly earth shattering. Sometimes you just need someone to say it to you. And this book offers to fill that role. It wasn’t quite for us at our present stage, but we could see it being helpful to others. Just read it in snippets and ideally talk through the snippets one at a time with your partner, would be my advice.
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