Daddy Brad: That's - beautiful.
Daddy Troy: Oh! Man.
Daddy Clay: Looks like you!
Daddy Owen: Yeah. I'm so proud. It's a beautiful book.
Daddy Brad: It's kind of like we've all given birth together.
Daddy Owen: Which explains why I'm so sore.
Daddy Troy: Good thing they cut off the corners.
Daddy Clay: Yes, it's true. The four hosts of DadLabs have teamed up to produce this: DadLabs Guide to Fatherhood: Pregnancy and Year One, a new book. There's some cool stuff in there, too.
Daddy Brad: It's like we had nine tuplets.
Daddy Clay: Does that make you the noctodad?
Daddy Owen: Thank God, it wasn't a hardback.
Daddy Brad: Oh! Man, lot of good practical information in here. Chapter 4: Baby Powder for Your Bottom Line - Baby Proofing Your Finances.
Daddy Clay: Or Chapter 2: Stirrups and Sympathy - A Guy's Guide to Gynecology. Because you're going to the gynecologist's office. You're going.
Daddy Troy: Gearing up for the baby. A lot of that is going to fall into your lap. guys. So you might as well. Be ready to go shop for the car seat. Pretty important thing you have to have one of those to take the baby home.
Daddy Owen: We also deal with some of the more serious issues of birth and the aftereffects including Chapter 8: Postpartum, or what we call - Sex, some other stuff and Sex.
Daddy Brad: Professional development. Are you and mom both going to work? You're going to have to have some daycare.
Daddy Clay: Gynecological environs. What to expect when you go to the actual gynecologist's office.
Daddy Troy: A bassinet. Do you even know what a bassinet is? You've got a crib.
Daddy Owen: Sex, can we now? And I remember sex, that thing we used to do.
Daddy Brad: What can you do during the first 48 hours of life to help the latch on breast feeding process?
Daddy Clay: Future clouds and radar - doppler and ultrasounds. Ultrasounds are creepy.
Daddy Troy: You're wife's going to go to a lot of baby showers. Well this talks about the baby kegger for guys. How to plan some sort of birthing event for the dad and how to raise money for the kid's college fund.
Daddy Owen: How to have sex with your wife when she doesn't want to have sex.
Daddy Brad: So, your 48 hours are running out. Mom is up and about a little, the sleeping and feeding cycle is established and it's time to start wrapping up. First of all take everything that isn't tied down because you paid for it. The hospital bassinet is a treasure trove packed with diapers, blankets, wipes and creams. Pick it clean.
Daddy Troy: Traditionally showers have been for women but nowadays it's not uncommon to have couples showers in which the dad participates. If you're part of a shower you need some ground rules. No silly games like guessing mommy's tummy size or dirty diaper party favors with chocolate pudding for poo. And there must be some sort of good food and or beer.
Daddy Owen: Ever crap out a watermelon? Not a little cantaloupe but a big 4th of July style watermelon? You should try it some time but before you do it grow the watermelon inside your colon for the better part of a year. After you have successfully passed the watermelon you will begun to get a small idea of what birth is really like.
Daddy Clay: So if you step over here you can see where the cervix is irritated. This is not a statement that I ever imagined I would hear. My wife is on the table with her feet in the air and the doctor is waving me over to have a look at her cervix. Should you ask your wife's permission? Honey, can I look at your cervix?
Daddy Troy: So what we have here is a useful, funny, accessible and sometimes insightful guide to be an expecting father and a new dad.
Daddy Brad: We're not experts just veteran dads who've learned from our mistakes. We screwed up so you don't have to.
Daddy Owen: And if you don't laugh so hard that at least once you spray fruit smoothie out of your nose then contact us and we will compensate you with one of these babies featured on the cover.
Daddy Clay: If you haven't already visited DadLabs.com, please do. There's over 400 funny videos about being a dad there. Also a great community of moms and dads, blogs. You name it. If it's about dads it's at DadLabs.com. We'll see you there.
Daddy Troy: DadLabs Guide to Fatherhood: Pregnancy and Year One available at bookstores and online now.
Daddy Brad: Are you crazy? Do you know how much it costs to ship a baby? Even ground it's way more expensive.
Daddy Owen: I hadn't thought of that. The bus ticket. It's a bus ticket.
Daddy Brad: Have you traveled by bus lately? I mean other than to get here.
Daddy Owen: That's where I conceived!
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