Product Reviewed: Baby Tracker by Time Too Inc.

Reviwed by: Erica, soon to be Mom (7 months preg.)

This is a colorful, spiral-bound notebook for keeping baby’s vital stats. It features a contact list in front (with room for information useful in an emergency—the kind of thing I’d fill out and leave for a sitter), complete with a consent form and insurance information.  The body of the book is a daily chart marked down to the half-hour, where one can record sleeping, eating, diaper, and activity habits, as well as checklists for medications, baths, etc., and a list of any new “baby needs” that may have come up. Inside the back cover is a space to record food allergies, meds, and immunizations. There is a handy pocket on the back cover for stuffing receipts, appointment cards, etc.

Overall Rating: A, as in "type A"

I am in no way anal enough for a product like this, and I don’t know anyone who is, though I’m sure they’re out there. I will never, ever keep a detailed daily log (every half-hour of the day!) chronicling every little move a baby made. I could see perhaps expecting a nanny to keep such records if I were a worrywart or if my child had some kind of condition that required extremely close monitoring. Come to think of it, this book does have more of a feel of being a nanny-log, because the hours available for obsessive recordkeeping are 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM. The back cover blurb mainly suggests that it is for mama but does mention that it is helpful for caretakers.