Eating, sleeping, pooping...

Re: Eating, sleeping, pooping...

• TheTamedShrew member

  August 2016

  TBH, I found that trying to track these things wasn't really necessary. You can for the first few days to make sure BMs are the right color/texture, but after that you just get a feel for baby's rhythm. The "routine" will be changing constantly in the first few months, so it's best just to go with the flow. Unless you need to track feeding for weight gain purposes I wouldn't mess with tracking apps or notebooks. That's just me though. The only thing I kept track of was which side I had nursed on, by switching my wedding ring to the other hand each time.

  
  
         
  

  
  

  
  

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• tinypikachu member

  August 2016

  TheTamedShrew said:

  [...] The only thing I kept track of was which side I had nursed on, by switching my wedding ring to the other hand each time.

  
  
  Here I was looking for cute Pinterest ways to remember the sides.

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• estellegetty member

  August 2016

  If only my wedding ring (or any ring for that matter) still fit me -- hahah! 
  
  Good to to know that I prob won't have to track this kid's every move...more time to snuggle! 

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• Soon2bemissG member

  August 2016

  we use an ItzBeen timer for our first. The only reason was because she was born early and I was parinoid. I stopped when she got her weight up to where we wanted it. 

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• erinmarie86 member

  August 2016

  I agree with pp...i really just tracked which side i had fed on last (you usually offer both sides, but the second side offered doesn't get drained as much so i'd always want to start on that side).
  
  I really like the wedding ring idea!

  
  
  
  
  

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• AnnaS930 member

  August 2016

  We weren't crazy about tracking things at home, but I LOVE getting a half sheet of paper from daycare saying when/how much he ate, napped, wet/BM diapers.  I highly suggest an app or printed progress sheet for whoever is going to watch baby, it can be hard to remember by the end of the day.
  

  
  

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• PSUBecky23 member

  August 2016

  Agree that an app isn't really necessary. Honestly, it made me a little obsessive because I felt like I had to constantly track how long she ate for, how many times a day, etc. You want to feed on demand regardless so it's easier to just follow your baby's cues.

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  Reese born 3/23/13

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• mamadomino member

  August 2016

  This is really not what I thought this thread was going to be about. 

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• estellegetty member

  August 2016

  mamadomino said:

  This is really not what I thought this thread was going to be about. 

  Hahaha sorry to disappoint! 

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• toimadness1 member

  August 2016

  I used the babynursing app with my last little one. I liked knowing how long he ate for and which side. I found it easy to use since I pretty much always had my phone with me and I just had to open the app and tap a button. It was also useful for when I was gone and had to pump so I could keep track of how many ounces I had for when I was gone. I used it for the 11 months he nursed before he refused to anymore.  I didn't use it for anything else though like diapers or baths. 

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• Shiva14 member

  August 2016

  @TheTamedShrew the wedding ring idea is genius!!!!!

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• jensou member

  August 2016

  Smallinetta said:

  Have any of you used an app that you would recommend for recording all of baby's highlights such as eating, sleeping, and pooping? I originally thought we would use just an old fashioned notebook, but my husband likes the idea of an app that we can be "connected" on along with his mom when she starts to watch the baby... 
  
  STUCK IN THE BOX! 
  weve been using the Eat Sleep app but I'm not super happy with it. Diaper annotation is easy but I wish it just had a start / stop option for nursing. 
  
  We have to keep a log and share info at our weight check / Bili check appointments. 
  
  Would welcome anyone elses recommendations on a useful app. Thanks  

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• pizzaandwine member

  August 2016

  I used Feedbaby last time and I loved it. Big graphics and easy to use. I tracked feedings, sleeps and diapers. I am actually still using it to track naps and night sleep for my almost two year old. Crazy, I know. It's free, too!

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• marajay6 member

  August 2016

  toimadness1 said:

  I used the babynursing app with my last little one. I liked knowing how long he ate for and which side. I found it easy to use since I pretty much always had my phone with me and I just had to open the app and tap a button. It was also useful for when I was gone and had to pump so I could keep track of how many ounces I had for when I was gone. I used it for the 11 months he nursed before he refused to anymore.  I didn't use it for anything else though like diapers or baths. 

  Exactly this. I used the same app and timed all my nursing and pumping. I didn't use it for sleep, diapers, or anything else. I kinda like seeing the daily totals of how many minutes I nursed - it made me feel better for the lack of housecleaning that I did!

  
  

  
  

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• marikkita12 member

  August 2016

  My BFF recommended one called baby tracker. She used it to keep track of nursing mostly (side, time, etc). It also has a pumping section where you can enter how long you pumped on what side and how much. Then it keeps track of your milk stash and if you later feed a bottle of pumped milk to baby, it removes it from your tally. It is free but you can't share thw information with a different user via the cloud or something 

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• jensou member

  August 2016

  I started the "baby nursing" app 
  @toimadness1 and @marajay6 recommended. I like it a lot better than eat sleep. It does have more features than I plan on using but nice to know it's an option.
  
  Tried wunderlist and liked how freestyle it was and can share data but doesn't do the math / summaries for you 

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• KimmySchmidt member

  August 2016

  We stopped tracking everything within about two weeks. Except BM's because we were having constipation issues. We had to keep track of that for a few months.
  
  We would track everything for 24 hours before the doctors appointments so we'd have answers for her when she asked us, but that was it and a notebook was fine for that. 

  
  
  

  

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