Crib Notes: A Random Reference for the Modern Parent

by Elizabeth Weil, Amy Maniatis, Elizabeth Maniatis, Amy; Weil

Will the baby grow up to be the Dalai Lama? How do you twist balloons into dogs? Which countries offer the best maternity benefits? What are the most common baby names? What does a human face look like to a newborn? Crib Notes is the delightful, illustrated compendium of factsuseful and useless, and always fascinatingabout pregnancy and early childhood. This enchanting volume offers page after page of compelling trivia and practical information, made...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811844056
• ISBN13: 9780811844055
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

Such fun!

This book is so fun to browse through when you're pregnant or a new parent! I have to say though, I partly bought it just because its from Chronicle Books (I *love* Chronicle Books!) Just know before you buy, it's not a sit down and read kinda book. It's more like a bathroom reading style book. It's just fun to flip through and read little facts and things. Plus (and this is why Chronicle is one of my faves) it just looks so darned cute.

Wonderful Tidbits!

I thought this book gave me some perspective into understanding certain tidbits about having a baby, that aren't often covered in regular baby/pregnancy books. It covered name meanings, to top toys of the 20th century, things that are rarely covered in pregnancy or baby books. I enjoyed the section on anatomy of a disposable diaper; to a new parent this was so interesting. It would be great as a baby shower gift, and talked about afterwards for a while.

LOVE IT!!!

I loved this book! Very unique. Extremely creative. Easy read. Highly recommend for a baby shower gift, etc. ;)

Perfect book for Gen-X parents-to-be

Pregnant for the first time, I've been given every darn baby book on the market. Most of them put me in a panic. They are too sweet or too clinical. When my college best friend sent Crib Notes to me in the mail I almost didn't read it. But as soon as I opened it, my husband and I found ourselves laughing out loud. I highly recommend this book for the thinking Gen-x parents to be. It keeps your humor alive during this crazy time of change.

What a delightful book!

I love the concept, I love the quirky facts and figures, and I especially love the tone. There really is something dehumanizing about the way parenting books speak to you--or something just dated and clueless. And so generalized--like they see their audience as every single pregnant human being, and therefore have to be utterly bland and condescending. And this little book is none of that. It captures exactly the way I feel about being a father: like I'm still myself, I haven't morphed into a robot, and I'm constantly wondering about some pretty off-the-wall aspects of having a baby, and I'm definitely too sleep-deprived to run around figuring out the answers for my self. No need, now. Just flip, muse, laugh. Flip, muse, laugh. Repeat.