June 26th, 2009 
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Review
“If you’re honoring a dad, think about a book such as Keeping the Baby Alive….done with a humorous touch.” — Sarah Long, past president American Library Association, Chicago Daily Herald, June 4, 2002″New fathers will probably carry this book (secretly) in their briefcase all the way into the men’s restroom at work.” — StorkNet.com
The perfect gift for soon-to-be (or even has-been) dads, Keeping the Baby Alive till Your Wife Gets Home is a tongue-in-cheek peek at modern parenting from a fathers point of view. Its as funny, page-by-page, as the title promises, and all of the laughter is backed by candid advice. The spoof, clearly targeted at todays career-minded mom-and-dad team, romps merrily from subtle to slapstick.Yet under the surface Keeping the Baby Alive focuses consistently on the complex feelings new fathers encounter but are reluctant to talk about. The breezy, irreverent humor escorts dads through basic topics such as home-from-the-hosp (more…)
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Recommended by American Library President
I gave this book to my husband for Valentine’s Day. As a part-time care giver to our little boy, he thought it was one of the funniest books ever.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Terrible awful garbage wast of time and money don’t buy this for the love…
Amazon won’t let you rate something with zero stars but that’s what I’d give this book if I could.
I had hoped that this book would be humorous and fun to read while…
5.0 out of 5 stars
Unique Sense of Humor
This book is a very funny satire, but it is not just a joke book like others who have tried parenting humor.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Definitive Review: So-So For Humor, Total Failure for FactsThis book is a humorous treatment of caring for a baby. That much is clear from the other reviews.
5.0 out of 5 stars
The “Pop” Quizzes are worth the price
Now, my wife gave me Keeping the Baby Alive as a humorous shower gift, so I didn’t actually pay for the book.
2.0 out of 5 stars
About as funny as a stubbed toe
Yeah, it tries to be funny. But the humor is incredibly weak. Total nerd fest, but without any quality.
5.0 out of 5 stars
I guess some readers just don’t get it, but that’s okay for the rest of us.
For whatever reason, the humor in this book really clicked with me. Now, I have acquaintances who are also new parents, but in my mind, they tend to blow every detail of parenting…
3.0 out of 5 stars
OK but not great
I read this book when my little girl was a few months old. By then, I had figured out 90% of what this book covered.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Useless New Father Book
Why do so many of these “new father” books assume we men are all a bunch of bumbling, clueless idiots when it comes to childcare?
5.0 out of 5 stars
Special Edition
My husband loved this book, but with news of our second baby, I found a new, expanded edition. Keeping the Baby Alive till Your Wife Gets Home, Special Edition.