Reddit Reddit reviews The Baby Owner's Manual: Operating Instructions, Trouble-Shooting Tips, and Advice on First-Year Maintenance (Owner's and Instruction Manual Book 1)

We found 8 Reddit comments about The Baby Owner's Manual: Operating Instructions, Trouble-Shooting Tips, and Advice on First-Year Maintenance (Owner's and Instruction Manual Book 1). Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.

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8 Reddit comments about The Baby Owner's Manual: Operating Instructions, Trouble-Shooting Tips, and Advice on First-Year Maintenance (Owner's and Instruction Manual Book 1):

u/Esies · 2 pointsr/totallynotrobots

WEIRDLY ENOUGH, MY HUMAN BABY CAME WITH NO MANUAL, I WAS ABOUT TO RETURN IT UNTIL I FOUND A GOOD ONE HERE

u/gizmogreen · 2 pointsr/BabyBumps

My husband loved The Baby Owners Manual. It's both funny and genuinely helpful.

u/VKDM · 1 pointr/BabyBumps

I bought this book from Amazon to give to my husband along with a really sweet card I found today. He isn't much for actually reading books, but I feel like the humor in it and the silly manual-like terminology will be fun for him to take a look at.

u/madocgwyn · 1 pointr/funny

http://www.amazon.ca/Baby-Owners-Manual-Instructions-Trouble-Shooting-ebook/dp/B009U9S6D0/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=&qid=


Theres a manual for that, theres also a toddler and sex version their really cute and written in that same format.

u/wartornhero · 1 pointr/predaddit

As an engineer I saw this book and was drawn to it. The Baby Owner's Manual: Operating Instructions, Trouble-Shooting Tips, and Advice on First-Year Maintenance

I haven't read it yet but was thinking about getting it: https://www.amazon.com/Baby-Owners-Manual-Instructions-Trouble-Shooting-ebook/dp/B009U9S6D0/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1498253075&sr=8-1

u/ey215 · 1 pointr/predaddit

The numbers are Weeks and Days. So 38 + 2 would be 38 weeks + 2 days.

As for resources, I just Googled a lot. Granted, it's the internet so who knows, but it's not a bad place to start.

https://www.amazon.com/Baby-Owners-Manual-Instructions-Trouble-Shooting-ebook/dp/B009U9S6D0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1539721229&sr=8-1&keywords=baby+user+manual

Is also a lot of fun. :)

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u/poetniknowit · 1 pointr/Parenting

I had my, now 7 y/o, daughter when I was 26. My bf was a young 23. Women, regardless of the age, usually have pictured themselves as parents. They've spent someamount of time imagining the sort of mom they'd be. They know what's acceptable and what's not with parenting more so than men- it's in our wheelhouse- I'm not being sexist.
So when I had my baby I'd already had experience with small children. I'd handled babies, changed diapers, babysat- other things a lot of boys don't experience as a kid.

My bf avoided doing things at first, like changing our preemie baby's clothing. He wouldn't take the initiative, but he communicated that he was terrified he'd hurt her-he never handled a baby before!

So I had him shadow me while I did those things. I told him what I was doing and why I was doing it that way. I did this with clothing. Bathing. Diapering. Burping was a scary one for both of us bc over the shoulder was harderso we practiced sitting her on our lap, her lil chin in our burp-rag-covered-hand while patting her back.

Bc we are highly communicative he expressed his concerns and we fixed them.

Do you guys really communicate in a positive way? I ask that bc some people may think they do, but there's a big difference btw in the heat of the moment when angry and tired and in pain snipping "Why don't you get off your phone and help me!" And waiting for a quiet moment when baby is asleep to tell your partner "We need to have a serious talk, so I need you to put the phone down and be present with me for a minute. You've been avoiding getting involved with taking care of the baby. Being in the room with your phoneup to your face all day is not the same as being present, and it's really frustrating for me to be the only one doing all the work. I pump, so there's no reason why I'm the only one feeding the baby. You avoid doing things, and I don't know why. Maybe you're unaware of how to do certain things, or your having trouble bonding with the baby, but I need you to put your phone down and be present.'

Some people don't realize what they're doing is wrong bc they're unaware of the right way. Tell him that binkies are great if they work but not all babies are soothed so easily. Some need to be wrapped like a burrito. Some need constant rocking, or holding them on your shoulder and steadily patting them on the bum or back. He may not be aware of what he's doing bc its not like babies come with a manual!

In fact, my 16 y/o cousin just had a baby and I bought her a copy of this book, which helped my bf and I with our own newborn bc new parents need help with some stuff!. It breaks down everything in a funny, illustrated format from wrapping baby snuggly to feedings to soothing-everything!

Did he use his phone this much pre-baby and you only just realized how bad it was bc your expectations of his presence have grown now that there's a baby in your life? Lots of people have unhealthy phone habits but usually their loved ones don't care until it's getting in the way of keeping their attention.