Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction The First Decisions The 1st Month: Salad Days The 2nd Month: The Doctor Will See You Now The 3rd Month: Spreading the Word The 4th Month: Money, Money, Money The 5th Month: The Lights Are on and Somebody's Home The 6th Month: Work and Family The 7th Month: Entering the Home Stretch The 8th Month: Making a List and Checking It Twice The 9th Month: "Dear, It's Time" Labor and Delivery Cesarean Section Gee Honey, Now What Do We Do? Fathering Today Selected Bibliography Resources Index

About the Author

Armin Brott, author of The New Father: A Dad's Guide to the First Year, The New Father: A Dad's Guide to the Toddler Years, and The Single Father: A Dad's Guide to Parenting Without a Partner, and a contributing writer to BabyTalk magazine, has written on fatherhood for the New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, the Washington Post, American Baby magazine, and many other periodicals. His weekly radio show on parenting is carried by one of the largest radio stations in the San Francisco Bay area. He and his family live in Berkeley, California. Jennifer Ash is the author of Tropical Style: Private Palm Beach and writes for Town and Country. She, her husband, and their son and daughter make their home in New York City.