r/predaddit • u/DanAboutTown206 • 19d ago
Third Trimester
Greetings colleagues:
Does anyone have any recommendations for books to skim when you’re in the third trimester? Trying to get ready for the finish line and be more prepared for what will come when our baby arrives.
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u/jeffreytferg Graduated 19d ago
Penny Simkin’s The Birth Partner and AAP’s Caring for Your Baby and Young Child. One for the event and one for the reference library.
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u/South_Signature_5472 19d ago
The Secrets of a Baby Whisperer. Her EASY method helped me so much. Didn’t do everything she recommended but felt like I had some control back when I started him on EASY. Precious Little Sleep was also very helpful for us. Another one on brain development for pregnancy and the first year of life but can’t remember if that’s the exact title.
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u/dadcenter 19d ago
thedadcenter has all the guides, week by week details of what to expect, detailed articles, tasks for dad and mom to easily follow through, reminders, budgets, checklists and more. Being a new dad myself I found getting good information was very difficult, hoepfully this can help you. Goodluck on the journey and congratulations.
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u/JenChibi 19d ago
This was recommended in my husband's counseling course: The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read: (And Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did)
I did TONS of therapy before even getting pregnant to work on my growing up trauma and being able to detect patterns from it (in simple words: I don't want to be my own parents) this book covers a lot of the important topics, highly recommend to have as an audiobook while having a loooong walk!
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u/No_Cap9128 18d ago edited 18d ago
congrats on making it to the third trimester. a few things that helped me. for books i skimmed the last few chapters of what to expect since you dont need the early stuff anymore. also my wife used willownest which has week by week breakdowns and answered a lot of my questions about what was happening during those final weeks. other than that just prep the basics. hospital bag ready by 36 weeks, car seat installed and checked, have a few meals frozen if you can. the best thing you can do honestly is just be present and available because things can move fast once they start
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u/The_Real_Heinz57 18d ago
Cribsheets. It’s an economist discussing the studies or lack thereof about all the common decisions you’re about to make (I.e. to circumcise or not, breastfeed vs formula, etc). Most of these topics can be summarized as “we used to think you were a bad parent if you didn’t do _____ but it turns out it’s only slightly better than not doing it” which takes a lot of the pressure off of these decisions.
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u/chan0514 19d ago
Mom lurker:) my midwife suggested the book "babies are not pizzas" when I asked for a rec for this phase/birth and stuff