Keeping the Baby Alive till Your Wife Gets Home

The perfect gift for soon-to-be (or even has-been) dads, Keeping the Baby Alive till Your Wife Gets Home is a tongue-in-cheek peek at modern parenting from a father?s point of view. It?s as funny, page-by-page, as the title promises, and all of the laughter is backed by candid advice. The spoof, clearly targeted at today?s career-minded mom-and-dad team, romps merrily from subtle to slapstick.Yet under the surface Keeping the Baby Alive focuses consistently on the complex feelings new fathers encounter but are reluctant to talk about.

The breezy, irreverent humor escorts dads through basic topics such as home-from-the-hospital adjustments, postpartum do?s and dont?s, diaper-changing, feeding, difficult infant behavior, child care choices, the walking/talking stage, father-baby games and more.

Inspired by Mr. Roark?s first-born, Meghan, the original manuscript was set aside for years. Brought to life now for the first time by Clearing Skies Press, the publication of Keeping the Baby Alive has an unusual twist to it. Now a teenager, Meghan, the book?s original inspiration, actually contributes to the work?s humorous illustrations. It?s a story with a happy ending for a very special father-daughter team. more

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-23-2008; Recommended by American Library President; I gave this book to my husband for Valentine's Day. As a part-time care giver to our little boy, he thought it was one of the funniest books ever. So I think the head librarian was right in her pick. But I didn't buy Keeping the Baby...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-10-2008; Terrible awful garbage wast of time and money don't buy this for the love...; Amazon won't let you rate something with zero stars but that's what I'd give this book if I could.I had hoped that this book would be humorous and fun to read while also somewhat informative or helpful to a new father. It falls way...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Dec-24-2007; Unique Sense of Humor; This book is a very funny satire, but it is not just a joke book like others who have tried parenting humor. If you are a new father or a father-to-be, and you like off the wall humor like David Letterman, Conan O'Brien or a good...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Dec-21-2007; Definitive Review: So-So For Humor, Total Failure for Facts; This book is a humorous treatment of caring for a baby. That much is clear from the other reviews. What is not clear, though, is that this book does not present facts which are useful in the course of attempting to be funny.Let me be...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-23-2008; Recommended by American Library President; I gave this book to my husband for Valentine's Day. As a part-time care giver to our little boy, he thought it was one of the funniest books ever. So I think the head librarian was right in her pick. But I didn't buy Keeping the Baby...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-31-2007; OK but not great; I read this book when my little girl was a few months old. By then, I had figured out 90% of what this book covered. I recommend that if you get it, read it before you have had a baby. If you have already had one, you definitely won't...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-10-2008; Terrible awful garbage wast of time and money don't buy this for the love...; Amazon won't let you rate something with zero stars but that's what I'd give this book if I could.I had hoped that this book would be humorous and fun to read while also somewhat informative or helpful to a new father. It falls way...; read full review | report as inappropriate