Baby Time: A Fast, Fun Keepsake Album [Hardcover]

Charise Harper (Author)

Book Description

Series: Waiting for Baby | Publication Date: June 2004

Baby Time is a new kind of baby book for today's busy parent. Fast, fun, and forgiving, it will help you create a meaningful keepsake without the fuss of a traditional album. Rather than blank pages to fill, you'll find boxes to check and items to circle, plus cute stickers to mark noteworthy happenings. Write when you can and jot when you can't -- and still create a special memory album for you and your child.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Charise Harper lives with her "he's perfect for me" husband, two cats (one's not so smart and one's a superhero) and two energy-filled dogs.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 96 pages
• Publisher: Chronicle Books (June 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811842819
• ISBN-13: 978-0811842815
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,428,762 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A STRESS-FREE way to record all of the IMPORTANT details!!, October 13, 2005

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4littlefeet - See all my reviews

This review is from: Baby Time: A Fast, Fun Keepsake Album (Hardcover)

BRILLIANT! Many other baby books left me with the thought, "How in the world will I ever find time to fill in all of these blanks?!?!" This book is perfect! You just write in it when you have time or when something important or funny happens. It takes VERY LITTLE TIME to fill out an entire page, and each page lends itself to recording many notes so you won't forget things later. It is a guilt-free, stress-free, FUN way to record a ton of memories and I know my son, now 10 months, will appreciate all of the details.


What I like:
- Flexibility: You can record a page for any month from 1-24 months. Including quarter, half and three quarters of months.
- Plenty of pages.
- The places on each page for likes and dislikes (which change constantly).
- There is a place for height and weight on each page (which I don't always fill in, but it's nice that it's there).



In the back of the book:
- You can draw in and put the date of teeth as they come in. Too cute!!
- There is a place for recording baby's reaction to first foods and songs.
- There are pages to record the big important hospital info as well as "names we thought of for you" and "what we called you before you were born"
- There is a place to date when baby startstalking, clapping, walking, etc. and a place to record and date first words.


- I could fill this any for two kids at once, because it's so quick.
- It's fun to read and to have family read. It's fun to see how the baby has changed.
- The artwork is cool.
- It's thin and hardback, so it's easy to travel with.
- It skips the things I didn't want to have to fill out in the other books and focuses on your baby's development.



Bummers:
- It only goes to 24 months.
- I wish there were more space for foods.
- Sometimes I can't fit everything on one page...when this happens, I just use 2 for the same age. :)



I also use this to make notes of trips that we have taken or the first time our son was babysat. I plan to supplement this with a simple photo album or a scrapbook if I have time some other year.
You won't regret this buy!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Baby Book!, July 8, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Baby Time: A Fast, Fun Keepsake Album (Hardcover)

Having given birth 6 months ago, I've been on a mission to find a baby book that's simple and quick, but has all the important stats. This book is it. It has one page that repeats with spaces for age, height/weight, baby's disposition, likes/dislikes, notes, and mini-milestones and subject pages in the back for the big stuff (teeth, birth day, first words, developmental milestones, name, etc.). There are also pages for hand and footprints and a picture for each season. The book is compact and the illustrations are really cute and colorful. It also comes with stickers. I know my son will love looking at it when he's older.

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a must have for new parents!, August 9, 2009

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H. Brinkley (San Diego, Ca) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Baby Time: A Fast, Fun Keepsake Album (Hardcover)

I love this book! I received it as a shower present and have since ordered a second (I filled the first and wanted to use it to keep recording-my son is 2 1/2 now and I am still writing in it). I am ordering one for my best friend and a few extras to have for future baby showers. This book is terrific because it encourages you to write brief entries about the every day things you want to remember. I write all kinds of things from milestones, to outings, to firsts, to things my son is interested in. I truly love this keepsake! It makes recording information so easy! I am more likely to write in it because it does not feel daunting, but instead quick and easy!