Fatherhood: The Truth

"A super book. Says a lot of things which are true, and very funny. Recognised myself in some of them.

Captures the first year (Or 21 months to be exact) of you and your baby's life.

"Bang, bang, you're Dad" is one of the best chapter titles for a long while.

Recommended book for all fathers. Also recommended to mothers- it's far funnier than most of the mother advice books...and male humour helps get rid of the worst fusspot instructions that may be bothering you."
~ Written on 2008-04-26

"A great read for all fathers-to-be and new dads, conveys all the essential information in a light-hearted way but without brushing over the harder stuff. Thoroughly recommended!"
~ Written on 2008-04-19

"For those who are new or about to become new fathers this is an excellent book. Written in a bloke friendly way (I had tried to read a couple of others which were hard going in comparison). Full of humour but with plenty of facts that got me thinking about the right things without filling me with dread or fear. It equipped me to go on and read some of the other books that I had found harder going...
Anyway highly recommended."
~ Written on 2008-04-09

"I read it cover-to-cover in 3 sittings and I laughed out loud repeatedly. I connected with the fears and hopes and feelings of the men whose stories are told and I thought the tone was just about right... but... but... there were 3 or 4 all too brief discussions of medical matters that I thought, however well-meaning, were misleading. I'd tell him too if I could find his email address."
~ Written on 2008-01-10

"This was great. An easy read, and one that set my mind at rest with its ruthlessly honest insights into how men feel about stuff. I have delved into a couple of baby books written mainly with the mother in mind, and they were well worth reading. But Berkmann pitches his witty advice straight at the father-to-be, and relates the story of pregnancy, birth and babyhood without sparing us any of the neuroticism, cynicism, selfishness and panic that fill your brain.
I don't know why some reviewers gave this book the thumbs down. You'd have to be pretty po-faced or unselfconfident to pretend it's not both funny and useful. Of course it is not the only manual you will need on the road to fatherhood, but it fills in a lot of the gaps, and if it gets some semi-detached dads more interested in their family, then hooray."
~ Written on 2007-11-17