• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Because dads don’t always think like moms™

  • Dad
    • Celebrities
    • Gay Dads
    • Sex
    • Single Dads
  • Pregnancy
    • Labor or Delivery
    • Pregnant Wife
  • Baby
    • Baby Naming
    • Feeding
    • Sleep
    • Toilet Training
  • Kids
  • Teens
  • Activities
    • Local
    • By Age
    • Movie Reviews
    • Celebrations
  • Toys
    • We Recommend
    • Toys
  • Coaching for Dads
  • Great Dad Talks Podcast

Due Dads

February 13, 2007 by GreatDad Writers Leave a Comment

Dad's Survival Guide

Most due dads, or fathers-to-be, will politely page through the pregnancy books their wives give them and throw them in a drawer. Dads like to learn on the job. For an alternate approach, you can check out Due Dads, The Man’s Survival Guide to Pregnancy. It’s a 75-minute DVD that provides a relatively painless way to get all the information you need to know. It covers everything about what goes on behind the scenes in a pregnancy, with a heavy dose of guy humor thrown in. Due Dads is alternatingly goofy and fact-filled, mostly because the stars, Clay Nichols and Brad Powell, from DadLabs.com take an Abbot and Costello approach to the story telling. The video starts with the first pregnancy test through the birth itself.

 

Due Dads takes you into the OB/GYN office for the first visit and provides enough information so you don’t feel totally like an alien being. As the Due Dads say, knowing a little bit about a lot of the pregnancy subjects you will encounter over the seven or eight months, will go a long way toward showing your wife that you’re involved, that you care, and that you’ll also make a great dad.

 

Nichols and Powell divide the video into trimesters so dads-to-be can break up the experience into three bite-size nuggets, each of which already holds a lot of information to be digested. They even throw in primers on and how to fix a meal, clean a bathroom and give a foot massage.

 

Not all due dads are going to appreciate the Due Dads advice to cut down on the drinking, help with the housework, and be more sensitive. As Nichols and Powell whine, “How can I keep any self-respect?” The video does have a strong message of trying to be an involved partner, starting with the pregnancy, since that sets the tone for how you’ll be as a dad. Part of being a man is making the necessary sacrifices to be a great dad, and that starts during the pregnancy itself.

 

Due Dads is a good primer for new dads to be or makes a funny, and useful, gift for clueless guys who don’t have time to read the books their wives keep giving them.

– Paul Banas

Founder Editor

Filed Under: Pregnancy

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
SIGN-UP TODAY to receive the only baby newsletter written by dads, for dads. Act now and receive a free copy of the popular GreatDad E-Book!
My baby's due date or birthday :
Profile picture
Privacy Policy and Terms
Baby Name Finder!

what's in a name

  • Show names for:
  • Boys
  • Girls
  • Either
Finding a name you can both agree on isn't always easy. Use our simple name generator to get started.
First Letter
Last Letter
Number of Letters
Origin
Find a name!

More to See

family under a cardboard

Over 40? The Five Types of Insurance You Should Have

October 22, 2022 By Contributing Authors

A Dad’s Guide to Bonding with Your Kids Through Computer Games

May 5, 2022 By Contributing Authors

Tags

529 Plan budgeting for teens college savings compromise dad dads Father's Day fatherhood friendship in-laws love marriage Movie Review parenting advice parenting skills prepaid cards ritual Sundays travel vacation

Footer

Hi mom!

Would you like to share this site with your husband or a friend?

Just enter his email address and your name below and we'll let him know all about GreatDad.com.

His email address
Your Name

Recent

  • Special Clarity session – $25
  • Over 40? The Five Types of Insurance You Should Have
  • A Dad’s Guide to Bonding with Your Kids Through Computer Games
  • 5 Ways to Prepare Your Child for a Surgical Procedure
  • How to get kids excited about dental hygiene

Search

Tags

529 Plan budgeting for teens college savings compromise dad dads Father's Day fatherhood friendship in-laws love marriage Movie Review parenting advice parenting skills prepaid cards ritual Sundays travel vacation

Copyright © 2023 . GreatDad