Gabriel Aubry is getting ready to give Larry Birkhead and Brad Pitt a run for their fantastic fathering money.

"I've been in preparation mode for five months," the boyfriend of Halle Berry told Extra about the couple's impending parenthood. "I've read a lot of books."

For example, Kevin Federline, perhaps you should pick up "Family First" by Dr. Phil. Aubry said it's a "great book. I recommend it."

Aubry has been preparing for expectant-father status for a while now, telling People in September that he's been massaging Berry's feet and satisfying her food cravings.

He also offers some more words of wisdom from the trenches for other soon-to-be paps: "Don't say she's fat."

Ross McCall has already learned that lesson, we're sure.