Book excerpt: A new baby's arrival demands a dad give up sports, lose sleep, operate diapers, placate his wife, and protect his coveted material possessions. But all is not lost! For newcomers to fatherhood, Dad's Survival Guide to Babies provides dads a light-hearted perspective on their parenting careers. With finesse, author Hunter S. Fulghum details what equipment-and attitudes-dads need to prepare for and survive their children's development from harmless (albeit noisy and needful) infants to irritable teens. Fulghum's book is an uproarious instruction manual for novice dads that even experienced fathers will find useful and funny. Fulghum's quick-witted insight eases dads from frightened lumps of nerves to nurturing and loving parents-with a hard-nosed edge that earns them the right to say "I told you so" when their children start families of their own.