Comments on: Confessions of a baby tracker

By: Heather Flett

Heather Flett — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:17:43 +0000

It’s nice to hear from the other baby tracking parents (and wannabes).

By: hadashi

hadashi — Mon, 20 May 2013 04:38:37 +0000

thank you thank you…thank all of you for validating the pile of tiny notebooks that i should now put in my son’s memory box. yeah, that’s right, i’m so list-driven, i used paper & pencil. no digital for me, but then again, i’m not an engineer. and i disagree: being able to angrily scraw GAH NAP FAIL!!!!! did take the edge off. the last tiny notebook ends a few weeks after his first birthday. no good reason; i just woke up one day and felt it was done. oh geez, i’m actually feeling nostalgic writing this…

By: Lisa Marie Pettinato

Lisa Marie Pettinato — Mon, 20 May 2013 03:18:07 +0000

My baby is almost 10 months old and I’m STILL tracking everything. In some odd way, I feel in control too, which I’m not. But at least I know how long she slept, when I changed her and when I gave her medicine last. I still can’t remember these things. I was just thinking if I should stop or just cut back to at night when I can’t remember it a sleep haze. Thank you for making me feel better, although you stopped after 9 months LOL and I’m still going…..she’s been sleeping for 36 minutes and 50 seconds….okay I think I have a problem LOL!!

By: emma

emma — Mon, 20 May 2013 01:21:06 +0000

I have to say I’m not a baby tracker but I’m kinda bummed I didn’t with my little one! I have journals dating back to college (I’ve been out quite some time…) but I stopped the feeding/pooping/pee pee log right around 3 months…I think I realized I was able to feed her fine! And naps, well, we’re doing quiet time at our house now. I don’t want to write down the naps, it’s too depressing.

By: Kadi Mahoney

Kadi Mahoney — Sat, 18 May 2013 03:31:59 +0000

Love this!! I have been using Baby Connect since day one inthe hospital and now going on 7.5 months of tracking all baby activities. I admit as well it is a bit time consuming and sitters just look at me so strange when I download the app to their phone but when it’s used properly I can “check in” and see what’s going on with the baby when I’m away. Also-I will never forget when the milestones occurred, I was able to capture everyone so far!

By: How to enjoy a theme park with a baby

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By: RookieMom Heather

RookieMom Heather — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 23:10:33 +0000

@Mihnea, Great recommendation. I don’t have an Android, but you probably helped a future rookie mom with the tip.

By: Mihnea

Mihnea — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 06:16:09 +0000

I like and use StickyTot: stickytot.com.There’s a free Android app and a iPhone web app. The apps keepe track of notes, pictures, growth data, calculates percentile. It has a nifty feature where parents can share tracking data. There is also a desktop browser version.

By: Beth

Beth — Tue, 08 May 2012 21:47:55 +0000

Well I must say, it’s nice to know I’m not alone on this front! I found an app that I think is more for contractors and time sheets and such, but it’s worked quite well for me. And the inane questions?? Yup. Gotta answer it… ‘just how long has this nap been?’, ‘did he really wake up 4 times last night?’… it does, it adds comfort to be able to know, but I certainly lack the comfort to be anything but along for the ride on the other parts! And yes, the scientist in me likes all the pretty charts and graphs I can make with my data… so it’s 8 months and counting… and I just don’t know when I’ll stop! Sigh…

By: Johanna

Johanna — Tue, 08 May 2012 03:57:25 +0000

I have resisted the call of the iPhone thus far, but this post makes me wish I had one for the sake of data tracking (full disclosure: I looked for baby-tracking apps for my Nook last night but resisted). I do, however, keep every paper I get from daycare for Connor noting when he ate, how much he ate, when he napped and for how long, and how many diapers got changed and what they contained. I’m keeping these…because I’m sentimental? I’m not sure why, but I can’t bear to throw them away deliberately. Maybe this is may way to make sense of the seat-of-your-pants life that having a baby creates?

On a separate note, I enjoy the freedom of no longer breastfeeding or pumping, but reading everyone’s posts about b-milk makes me miss that part of being a mother that I found so binding. Oh, how quickly I can miss “the old days” even when my baby’s only 8-months old!

By: LT

LT — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 05:20:21 +0000

Oh crap, this blog post made me feel so much better! I used the Total Baby app until my daughter’s first birthday. Because of course 365+1 days is a completely rational number to take insane amounts of arguably useless data. But what if I have another one and I need to know when she got her 6th tooth?? Or maybe she will want all of this if she has kids of her own in 30 years?? In all honesty, I still love looking at it… they even added more charting options!
(Full disclosure: I’m an engineer as well.)

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 06:30:23 +0000

We have twins and we love baby connect! Since we have people helping us at times it really keeps things organized. When food = sleep we are always wanting to know how much each drank, who pooped, what time etc. I also love the medical tab where we can put in meds given and track their weights with the built in growth chart. Anyway, with twins (and a 3 year old) this has been a great tool to keep everyone informed.