What Brad is reading...

Here are a couple of the things in my mind as I prepare to parent...

"My Boys Can Swim - the official guy's guide to pregnancy" by Ian Davis
The first is a book for guys. It's written by a guy for guys and thus, it's short and sweet, non-technical, and pretty funny about the types of things men go through during a pregnancy. I'd love to share a story or two but it's the usual stuff. In my opinion, I'm not really the stereotypical clueless, non-involved dad-to-be. On the contrary I'm really excited about it all, have a fairly good idea (as much as anyone can without actually having done it) about what we're in store for and hope to participate as much as I can. The book is good for a few laughs but not worth holding on to. I'll pass it on as soon as I run across another dad-to-be.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0761521674/002-3831885-0191240?v=glance

"The No Cry Sleep Solution" by Elizabeth Pantley
The second, and more practical is a book on baby's sleep. Tiffany actually picked the book up for her, but I've taken to reading it myself lately. It's written by a mother of four and advocate AGAINST the cry-it-out method. The forward is by Dr. Sears another famous author on infant sleep and he highly recommends the book for a "how-to" guide. It's really an interesting read, I just hope it works! I am just into chapter 2 right now and haven't gotten anything past the "what" and the "why". Hopefully the "how" will suit my step-by-step linear logic. We'll see...and I hope to upload some of the thoughts I have regarding the theories presented in the book after I'm deeper in.
http://www.pantley.com/elizabeth/content/sleepbooksummary.htm

Brad