Reddit mentions of Baby 411: Your Baby, Birth to Age 1! Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask about your newborn: breastfeeding, weaning, calming a fussy baby, milestones and more! Your baby bible!

It's easy to focus on the pregnancy and not what comes after (raising a kid for the rest of you life). After my daughter was born, on the first pediatrician visit, my wife asked if the doctor recommended any books, and she mentioned Baby 411. It's been a great book, and it's well written to help with any issue we've encountered. I wish we had bought it while my wife was pregnant.

Otherwise, be supportive to your wife in her pregnancy, and once you kid is born, take the time to participate equally.

Congratulations! :)

I'm a Christian in medicine. This isn't a Reformed or even a Christian book, but it's a very good book that I think all parents with newborns should read: Baby 411: Clear Answers & Smart Advice for Your Baby's First Year. (There's also a sequel called Infant 411 for after your baby's first year.)

Baby 411 is written by a pediatrician based in Texas named Dr. Ari Brown. You don't have to read it cover to cover, but you can just use it as a reference book to answer medical and related questions you have as they come up with a newborn baby. It gets scary taking care of a newborn, especially as a father your inclination is toward your baby's protection and safety (e.g. is the baby's neck going to snap and break if I hold him or her this way, is the baby going to fit into this car seat, what if the baby's poo is this or that color, what if the baby isn't latching on well to feed), and tons of other questions like these will bring fears and anxieties. But this book will help alleviate a lot of that. In fact, Baby 411 and Infant 411 are so good that pediatricians (residents) are often required to read these books in their entirety before they begin their training in the hospital so that they can know how to advise parents with little ones.

Hope that helps, and congratulations again! :)