http://www.whattoexpect.com/diaperrash/form.aspx">A diaper rash cream company is giving away free copies of What to Expect the First Year.

Very soon there will be a place for stuff like this, but this was too good a deal to pass on, so I'm dumping it here. Enjoy.

We have a copy in our fireplace. It's ashes are right next to the "What to Expect when you are Expecting" book. My husband believes that it should be called "What to Expect when when your wife is being Neurotic".

My wife and I found both What to Expect books useful. I recommend them.

We had that book with our first one, and it was useful, since we were young, and didn't know what we were doing. Somehow, our first child turned out to be a smart, cute, lovable 6 year old. I think he takes after his mother.

Yes, Virginia, there is a free lunch.

Very cool.

My wife and I hated When You're Expecting but the First Year one is helpful. When You're Expecting has way too much of that whole "Well, there's no scientific evidence that [fill in the blank] will harm your baby, but it's just to best avoid it anyway" philosophy which makes me insane.

My philosophy with pregnancy is: If 1) there are no scientific studies proving that something's bad, and 2) our parents did it, then it's fine. This applies to the moderate consumption of caffeine, alcohol, soft cheese, lunch meat, sushi, etc. Of course, my wife did everything she was "supposed to" and our kid turned out fine. Had I been carrying the poor kid, he'd probably've been born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and twitching from the gallon of coffee I drink every day.

But When You're Expecting is definitely the first place we look before calling the pediatrician. E.g., He's gone 4 days without pooping -- is that okay? When You're Expecting says yes. We call the ped anyway. Ped agrees with When You're Expecting. He's pulling on his ears all the time. Think he has an ear infection? When You're Expecting says it's because he's teething. We call the ped anyway. Ped agrees with When You're Expecting. Repeat.

I called it what to worry about when you're expecting, but I agree, the first year was a good resource. the pregnancy diet was good too, but I just read too much of when you're expecting and it had me worrying about everything. My husband used to cringe when i would reach for that book.

Oops, in my last paragraph above I meant to say First Year every time I typed When You're Expecting. (I'm an idiot -- my mom smoked and ate balogna while she was pregnant.)