Comic & filmmaker Chris Mancini tackles fatherhood head-on in this guide for expecting & new dads. Navigating through conception, pregnancy, labor and the first year, Mancini offers honest, somewhat sarcastic, sometimes hilarious insight. Choice nuggets of wisdom include:
- “The anxiety leading up to having a child is way worse than the anxiety of actually have a child.”
- “Babies R Us is a horrible, horrible store. From the moment the automatic doors slide open it feels like you’ve just entered into the carnival from Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes.”
- “The best advice for pregnancy will always be to just stay out of the way and keep your mouth shut”
Mancini is invitingly honest about his experiences (extreme anxiety before conception), lack of sex post-baby, etc and welcomes fellow men into his private life. A quick read and a good present for a dad-to-be.
Pacify Me: A Handbook for the Freaked Out New Dad. By Chris Mancini. Simon and Schuster.
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