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Begin your baby sleep tracker and baby feed chart right from the start, before you, yourself, become sleep deprived and overwhelmed by all the little things you have to remember.
This 6in by 9in baby care log will last for 60 days (or 9 weeks), with a day planner and a night planner side by side so that you can record baby's important information for each day and view 24 hours of activities at a glance.
It will easily fit into baby's bag of essentials when the two of you are out and about and if you need to hand baby off to daddy, grandma, a babysitter or to daycare, as long as everyone keeps up the entries, anyone can quickly and easily pick up where the last care giver left off.
Useful statistics to record:
- Day and night sleep times: Mark exactly when baby went to sleep and when she woke so that you can avoid trying to get her to sleep too soon after her last nap or trying to feed an overtired baby who nods off in the middle of a feed, then wakes up an hour later because she is hungry.
- Baby feed tracker: Manage your breast rotation. Which breast did you end off with at the last feed? How long did baby nurse on each side? Are you expressing or using formula? How many ounces did baby consume.
- Baby poop frequency and consistency: Are there more night time diaper changes than in the day time?
- Play time: How you entertained baby and what they liked best.
- Add your own custom field: Is teething causing a cranky baby at night? Does your baby have health issues or medication that needs to be tracked?
After a couple of days tracking your baby's sleep patterns you will be able to predict at a glance roughly when you will be free to catch up on other chores or schedule a nap for yourself.
If you revisit yesterday's baby feed schedule you will be better able to predict when to expect the next feed and how much time it takes to nurse baby. If you are bottle feeding you can record how many ounces of formula baby consumes at each feed.
You will be able to record changes in poo frequency, consistency and color and know how many diapers you need to supply per day.
You can look back and clearly see how time consuming baby care is so that you won't feel guilty that you weren't able to get everything else done today.
Once you have filled one log book, file it away as a memento and start on the next one. There is a space on the front cover to enter 1 to 9 weeks or 10 to 18 weeks, so you will easily be able to identify each booklet without having to look inside.
