Starts as a rapid-fire string of personal anecdotes and surreal images — quick jokes, self-deprecating admissions and domestic chaos. Useful if you want laugh-first reassurance about new parenthood rather than practical instruction: the book offers mood-lifting moments and commiseration for exhausted nights. Limiting elements include repeated punchlines and a loosely stitched structure, so scenes can blur together by the middle; it lacks hands-on exercises or systematic advice, and readers seeking concrete techniques may find it lightweight.
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The night before Charlie was born I had this dream. I dreamt that I was a soldier, riding into battle ... completely naked, and on the back of a large, inflatable duck.'Matt Coyne has become a hero for thousands of parents everywhere who are devoted followers of his popular blog, Man vs Baby.This is his book, and it is not your average parenting t...
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