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Recording feeds and sleeps
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Hi
Since Adam was born, I have been dutifully writing down how much he eats at each feed, what time he feeds and the times of his naps. I had to do this when we stayed in hospital (not sure why!) and just carried on.
Anyway, I was wondering if anyone else does this, and if so, what they use it for?? I take my notebook along to the GP and HV every time I go, but no one has ever asked to see it!
xx
Since Adam was born, I have been dutifully writing down how much he eats at each feed, what time he feeds and the times of his naps. I had to do this when we stayed in hospital (not sure why!) and just carried on.
Anyway, I was wondering if anyone else does this, and if so, what they use it for?? I take my notebook along to the GP and HV every time I go, but no one has ever asked to see it!
xx
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I think it's good to know how often they feed and sleep etc and for how long just in case you need that info for the HV or Doctor anytime but not to the point where you're writing it down each time.
Love NN and Olyvia xxx
ashy x
As for sleeps, I started making a note of this when LO was probably about 8 weeks, as I was hoping to see some kind of routine. Here we are 6 months later and every day is still different LOL!
Not sure how long I'll continue but can't see me giving up anytime soon xx
Joanna x
not writing it down though. Bern using babyconnect app on the iPhone. Wicked app. One of the girls on here told me about it and it puts it into graphs and both me and hubby can update from either of our phones
I was writing down how much Niamh was having at each feed and also what I was expressing each time I expressed. I was good to see how much I was getting compared to what Niamh was taking in a day! Every time i saw the doctor or HV though they told me to stop as I was adding extra pressure to myself.
However I only stopped when I felt ready to stop noting it down. I think I missed a couple of feeds (noting them down not the actual feeds lol) and I must say I have relaxed a lot more since I have done.
I keep saying I am going to start noting down Niamh's sleeps in a day to see if I can get any pattern to them but I haven't got around to it yet.
It has been very helpful to me as I have been able to see patterns and any problems which I could accurately explain to my GP.