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Feeding/Changing Log

ahnicholsahnichols
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Did you use one you would recommend? Any info. helpful.  TIA.

 

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Re: Feeding/Changing Log

  • Mrs.Cooley2beeMrs.Cooley2bee member

    I didn't use one at all for diapers but I paid attention to make sure most of the diapers were wet (and she pooped like every 5 seconds so it wasn't hard to remember that).

    We BF'd on demand so I would just try to mark the last time she ate and the last side she ate from (you can put a clip on one side of your bra to remind yourself instead of writing it down)....it would get kind of hard to remember.  After a week or two it became more second nature and I could tell which side she ate from last.  That being said, DD was  super eater and I never had to worry about her weight gain.  If baby #2 has trouble gaining weight I may consider keeping better track.

    In general I found it easier to just go with the flow and not worry too much about regimented tracking/logging.  But I guess it can't hurt :0)

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  • Lyons_in_2007Lyons_in_2007
    We just used the one they gave us in the hospital (modifying it as an Excel spreadsheet in order to continue with the tracking).  We were obsessive about it; and, as such, our families got a good laugh at our expense.  However, it was invaluable information as/when BF related supply and weight gain became an issue for us. 
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  • margauxa1margauxa1

    were we supposed to do that after we came back from the hospital :)??

    We tracked for one week and just continued the info in a spiral notebook.

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  • KristenBtobeKristenBtobe member
    We used the sheet given to us by the hospital. We tracked Maggie 2 weeks, Owen just a few days as he was a champ in poop, pee, and eating. :-) It was more for my benefit to remember what side I'd last nursed on etc.
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  • MoestenMoesten
    We just used a small spiral notebook for the first two weeks of life. 
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  • allibaba76allibaba76
    This is what we did too (wrote everything down in a spiral notebook).  In fact we probably wrote everything down for a little longer than two weeks.  We had an issue with our son not pooping for several days in a row so it was really useful to be able to look at our chart and see exactly how long it had been.  I think this is really helpful with a newborn because your schedule is so out of whack...being so overly tired and possibly on strong pain medication, I never could have kept track of stuff in my head.
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  • LoriZLoriZ

    I kept a log for DD's entire first year and am well on my way to doing the same with DS.  DD was super jaundiced so we had to keep a log for the first couple weeks.  Then it just seemed like a good idea to us.  It's super nice to not have to remember off the top of my head when he last ate, which side, how many times so far that day, when he last pooped, etc.  For example, DS now nurses 6-7 times a day.  When he nurses 7 times I can be pretty confident he's going to STTN.  Not so much when he only nurses 6 times.  It's nice to know that before the night begins.  Also, if he goes more than 36 hours without pooping, I know to plan for a blowout.  I'm also horrible about remembering when he last nursed and on which side.  It would be bad news if I didn't have a cheat sheet.

    For DD I had an Excel spreadsheet.  It had enough room for seven days on one page, and I would print out a new form each week.  It had boxes for the time, which side, how long she ate, a place to check if she peed, and another place to check for poop.

    For DS I wanted to use my iPhone since it was kind of a pain to keep track of a piece of paper all the time with DD, and my phone is always with me.  I couldn't find an app I liked so I just make a new note each day in the Notes app.  Then I email the notes to myself and clear them out of my phone every so often.  I've kind of developed a shorthand to make it super easy.  For example, the last entry right now is: 8:09 r28 us.  In other words, he began nursing at 8:09, he nursed on the right side for 28 minutes, and he peed and pooped.

     Anyway, that's probably way more than you wanted to know, but it's amazing how much I've figured out about my kids by seeing their habits on paper.  I'd definitely recommend giving it a try.

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