**CLOSED!**
**WINNER: random.org #34 = Kristel! Congratulations! Winner has been emailed and has 48 hours to respond before another winner is chosen. Thanks to everyone for reading and thanks to Todd for sponsoring!
Author Todd Barrett Lieman was nice enough to offer me a copy of his “go-to-guide for guys” book, “ABCs for Expectant Dads: The Ultimate A-Z Resource for Dads-in-Training.” I was really excited to include it in Steve’s push present… it’s so hard to find great dad-to-be gifts!
When I got this book in the mail, I was very pleasantly surprised to see a handwritten note from Todd himself on the first page of the book. He wrote:
Steve- good luck & congrats! You’re in for the ride of your life! Cheers, Todd
How nice was that?! I didn’t even know he knew my husband’s name. There is a page at the back of the book for notes and I left Steve my own mushy letter there 🙂
I figured I’d glance through the book before giving it to Steve and instead, I ended up reading the entire thing in one sitting. Every A through Z, all 113 pages of it. I learned things too! This book was great–a very easy read. Todd really covers everything a guy should know and does it in a humorous way. I circled and highlighted things for Steve and some of my favorites were…
Baby Proofing: “…only allowing the bad wines within the baby’s reach…”
Back Labor: …”If you choose to ignore your partner’s pain, you will instead have the opportunity to be divorced.”
Breastfeeding: …”someone did invent this sort of inflatable, fake-boob contraption that the non-breastfeeding partner or adoptive mother can wear around the neck, into which formula or breast milk is inserted…” (I scared DH by telling him that he was SO getting one of these! haha)
Egg shells: …”what you’ll be walking on for the better part of 40 weeks during the pregnancy… Remember: she looks beautiful pregnant…”
Golf: “Who are you kidding?”
Sports: …”If you’re smart… you can ‘volunteer’ to watch the baby, feed him, and change his diaper during the game.”
Wife: “After this experience, if you don’t think she is the most amazing person on the planet, you should be shot…”
And soooo many more! He warns of blood and gas and mood swings… or sudden urges to lip sync to the Backstreet Boys, haha.
What did Steve think? He loved it! There are a few preggo books for men out there, but they’re either “long and boring or treat you like you’re stupid.” This one is so handy in the A-Z format, you just flip to the word you want, read the short paragraph and you’re set! Plus, it’s funny.
Want your own?! You can buy it on Amazon for $10.36 here: ABCs for Expectant Dads (Go-to Guides for Guys)
OR… win your own autographed copy here!
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Contest ends Thursday, December 17th, at 11:59 pm CST. A winner will be chosen by random.org, emailed, and will have 48 hours to respond before a new winner is chosen.
Good luck!
Thanks, Emily! I’m glad you and Steve like the book.
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I’m due any day now!!! Would love to give this book to my hubby.
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I follow on Twitter (stoopidgerl)
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email subscriber
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Fun stuff! There is not enough ‘men’ books out there!!! 🙂
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I’d like to win it for my husband. He’d get a kick out of it.
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I follow you on Twitter. Username ngurl2000.
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I’m a follower via Google Reader.
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I voted for u on top baby blogs.
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Hubby totally needs this book!
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I subscribe via rss
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I voted
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I would love to win this for my friend’s husband who is going to be a first time Daddy in March and he is way more excited then she is…lol…
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I am following you on Twitter…My name on there is EbayMommy…
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I’m following Todd on Twitter with my Twitter name “EbayMommy”
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I am now an e-mail subscriber.
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I voted for you on Top Baby Blogs.
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I want to win this book for my friend kathy.
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My brother in law he is going to be a Daddy again after many years
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i love to read mverno@roadrunner.com
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I would love to add this to my lending library! I also follow both you and Todd on twitter @mindbodybabies 🙂
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I would like to win this for my brother who is a soon to be dad!
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I follow @skadaddlemedia on Twitter
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I follow @babydickey on Twitter
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Tweeted
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i would love to win this for my husband. he’s going to be a GREAT dad!
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I’d like this for my hubby.
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I would love to win this for my brother. Thank you.
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email subscriber
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for my brother in law, he needs all the help he can get!
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For my neighbor!
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For my husband!
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I would love to win this book for my husband!
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Subscribed via RSS feed.
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I’d like to win this for myself.
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I’d like this for myself.
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I would love to win this for my husband!
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Following Todd on Twitter – clctaube
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Following you on Twitter – clctaube
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Tweet: http://twitter.com/clctaube/status/6788342455
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I’m an email subscriber
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I voted on top baby blogs!
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I’d love to win this for my husband’s friend who’s expecting his 1st child. We already have 5 🙂
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