A Dudes Guide to Baby Size, Taylor Calmus
A Dudes Guide to Baby Size, Taylor Calmus
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A Dude's Guide to Baby Size
What to Expect and How to Prep for Dads-to-Be

Author: Taylor Calmus

Narrator: Taylor Calmus

Unabridged: 3 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/10/2022

Synopsis

The viral video star behind Dude Dad offers a humorous and heartfelt guide to helping expectant fathers survive and thrive during the wild ride that is forty weeks of pregnancy.
 
Numerous apps and books exist to help expectant parents understand their baby’s development by comparing their unborn child to a raspberry or a stalk of broccoli, but Taylor Calmus takes issue with that. First off, your baby is not some wimpy little vegetable. Your baby is a hardcore little lug nut who is straight-up growing organs on a weekly basis. Second, how big is a stalk of broccoli? And what the heck is a kumquat? Clearly this situation calls for a better approach. Enter . . . A Dude’s Guide to Baby Size.
 
• At week nine, your little shredder resembles the circumference of a guitar pick.
• At week twenty-four, your budding jalapeño is the size of some concession-stand nachos.
• By week thirty-four, your little lopper is now the size of a sixteen-inch largemouth bass that weighs four to five pounds!
 
This book is full of fun facts about your growing baby, advice on how to help Mom-to-be, as well as ideas and encouragement for you on your journey from Dude to Dude Dad.
 
Buckle up for a wild ride full of maternity metaphors, gnarly playlists for all the special occasions, new parenting tales, dos and don’ts for expecting dads, and even an entire chapter dedicated to beef brisket!

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mehsi

I received this book from Netgalley in exchange of an honest review. I just ADORE, LOVE, the Dude Dad videos. My husband and I watch them together and we always look forward to new videos. From happy ones to silly ones to sweet ones. We are fans! So when we learned about the book we were both really......more

Goodreads review by Caroline

I already followed Dude Dad on YouTube, he announced this book right before we started trying for our first baby, and we got pregnant two months after it came out. Pretty decent timing. My husband immediately loved this book, he thought it was hilarious and relatable! He tried to follow along with my......more

Goodreads review by Tom

Fun and informative book. Definitely bro-y but not as toxically masculine as it could have been, so that’s a plus.......more

Goodreads review by Kevin

My wife really enjoys Dude Dad's videos and we are having our first kid, so she got this book for me. I have to admit that Dude Dad is very, very much not my thing. There is a brand of lifestyle youtuber like Dude Dad, the Holdernesses and so on that are, frankly, a completely different reality from......more

Goodreads review by Meg (thyme.for.books)

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Thank you to Netgalley & WaterBrook! Taylor Calmus, known for his Dude Dad viral content, brings this humorous pregnancy guide for expectant dads. This book is broken down into trimesters and weekly i......more

Quotes

“As a dad, I find the biggest gift another dad can give me is their honesty. The assignment of caring for another human being can be insanely daunting, and knowing that other dads, like Taylor, are dealing with the same stuff and able to encourage and joke about it is all I want to hear.”—Tony Hale, actor and comedian

“Your partner is pregnant? This book will guide you through the dos and don’ts, which will really cut down the number of times you hear, ‘Remember when I was pregnant and you thought it was a good idea to…?’ A Dude’s Guide to Baby Size will give you the perspective of a dad who’s been there, done that—and his wife still loves him. Through his down-to-earth tone filled with humor, great anecdotes, and heartfelt advice, Taylor Calmus will help you make the most of what’s guaranteed to be the most crazy, nerve-racking, and beautiful adventure of your entire life.”—Kristina Kuzmič, speaker and author of Hold On, But Don’t Hold Still

“This is the book I needed fifteen years ago. New parenthood books scared the crap out of me, but Taylor’s book gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling and helps me realize everything will be okay. It makes me want to have another baby, except there’s nothing in the book about how to reverse a vasectomy.”—Penn Holderness, chief creative officer of Holderness Family Productions and coauthor of Everybody Fights: So Why Not Get Better at It?

“Do you want to have a better understanding of what both mom and baby are going through during pregnancy? Taylor walks you through this journey in a way that not only helps a soon-to-be dad understand the logistics of pregnancy but also invites him into connecting with the baby before birth. He shares personal stories of parenting young children, lessons learned, and prompts to help you envision what it’s going to be like to have the best title in the world: Dad. I’m super proud of Taylor and this book, and I’m not just saying that because he’s my husband!”—Heidi Calmus, wife and mother

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