Time for Bed, Baby Ted – A Review

A few weeks ago I received a review copy of the new childrens book Time for Bed, Baby Ted. It was a pretty opportune time for us to receive this book, as we are presently bracing ourselves for transitioning little man from his crib to his toddler bed in advance of the birth of our daughter.

We’ve had the bed for nearly two months at this point, yet we haven’t started his transition in earnest. Our first step was to child proof his room a little better because his newest favorite past time is to remove all of his clean clothes from the drawers and deposit them on the floor.

In preparation for the big event, we have been reading him Time for Bed, Baby Ted over the past few nights. Considering his love of books and his growing ability to retain information from them, we are hoping that it will help him develop a better understanding of his night time routine.

Like most children our son does whatever he can to delay going to bed for as long as possible. In the book Ted is a precocious toddler who plays a game with his dad where he pretends to be different animals like a crocodile, duck or bat. When his father guesses what he is pretending to be, Ted comes up with another one, saying:

“I’m not baby Ted. I can’t go to bed. Try to guess what I am instead.”

As the story progresses you see Ted and his father in the midst of their bed time routine and ultimately Ted discovers that he is a big boy and can get himself to bed.

Overall it is a fun, quick read. Aside from my hopes that it will reinforce his newfound “big boy” status, what I really liked about this book was the presence of Ted’s father.

Having read a good number of books to my son, Time for Bed, Baby Ted has been one of the few that had an active and engaged father so central to the story. You see Ted and his father read a night time story, get into jammies, brush teeth and, finally, drift off to sleep.

With fathers today becoming more and more active in their children’s lives, it is great that the importance of fathers and their role is also finding their way into children’s books.

The book was published in February and is recommended for children aged 1-3. You can find it at Amazon and the major big box retailers like Borders and Barnes & Nobles.

If you are feeling lucky, the author, Debra Sartell, is running a contest over at her site where you can enter to win a copy of the book, as well as, a Bedtime Hero kit. The contest ends on May 15th, so be sure to check it out.

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