About this deal
The advice, approved by healthcare professionals, is quick to read, easy to understand and simple to digest, delivered in short, unambiguous bullet points and, no-nonsense rules – and, pretty unarguably, spot on. He sent a copy to each of his daughters (my mum Ann and my auntie Barbara) and across the top he wrote “thought you might like to see this. The Pocket Commando Dad uses pictures to make things really, really simple and has filled me with confidence when it comes to things that I haven’t had a go at before. I got this book for my boyfriend, as he's in the military himself and I just felt that all the books about fatherhood we're like: "Oh, shit you're a dad!
I can honestly tell you that there have been few times in my life as daunting as bringing my first son back from the hospital. I may not have a problem eating horse, but do I want to eat a horse that was killed six months ago in a country far, far away? I found the sections on how to survive the first 24 hours and how to pack a bag for taking the baby out particularly useful.
I guess that's when the idea was born," says Sinclair of his sensible and accessible new guide to parenthood, Commando Dad. It has distilled best practice by simply omitting the crap and using lists instead of heavy paragraphs. Then, Sinclair says, he started to feel he wanted to contribute more financially while staying at home; he decided the best way was to train as a childminder. Any dad in a rush or who doesn’t have the patience or desire to read hundreds of pages can still get the answers they need. I have no previous experience with babies, so to say I knew fuck all about looking after them is an understatement!
Packed with easy-to-follow advice and Commando Dad Top Tips, this book will teach you how to be the ultimate protector to your newest recruit. Felt like a lot of padding for a very basic book where the military schtick cannot carry the threadbare advice. In my experience, the first half of term is always the most difficult because it’s when the troopers are most tired, as getting back into a school routine can be a huge shock to the system. uk advises us all to “Stay local and use open spaces near to your home where possible” we have been following these guidelines loyally by leaving the house once a day for exercise purposes. We’ve achieved a LOT since our last blog post: the release of: Commando Dad Basic Training (Pocket Edition), Commando Dad Raw Recruits, Commando Dad Mission Adventure and we’ve another on the way: Commando Dad Cookbook.
com which offers expanded information on the topics covered in the book, as well as step-by-step video demonstrations of practical tasks such as changing nappies. Chapter headings include: Preparing Base Camp (baby's bedroom); An Army Marches on Its Stomach (feeding); Welcome to the Thunderbox (toilet training); On Manoeuvres (transporting kids) and Dealing with Hostilities. Written by ex-Commando and dad of three, Neil Sinclair, this manual will teach you, in no-nonsense terms, how to maintain morale in the ranks and how to feed, clothe, transport and entertain your troops.