From dude to dad

I have consistently written a short little review of every book I've read for the last few years, and I'm not willing to let this one break my streak. The problem is, I usually read programming books, and I've read hundreds of them so I have a lot to compare to, and thus my reviews of programming books are pretty well informed.

However, this is my second "new dad" book and, I dunno, it's fine I guess? I just have little frame of reference here. I learned some stuff, it's good good advice, and it's easy to read. I basically have no idea what I'm doing as a first-time-father-to-be, so any advice is good. It's a low bar.

There's a lot of breadth here, it covers every trimester as well as the first few weeks with the new baby, which is good. A lot of these books only focus on the pregnancy itself which, yeah I like being helpful to my wife, but it's kind of her thing and I'm not super involved.

One thing I should point out is the tagline of the book "Dude, relax; you’re going to be fine." didn't ring true for me. In fact, I found that I had to stop reading this book immediately before bed, as it would give me anxiety that would cause me to wake up and be unable to sleep. The book didn't relax me at all, quite the opposite. I appreciate all the "heads up" type moments the book conveyed, but relaxation was a distant memory while reading.

Anyway, it's pretty good. Readable, kind of funny, short, useful. It's a new dad book.