[blparent] Accessible ways to track diaper changing, feeding, etc.

Sat Dec 12 02:24:21 UTC 2015

Hello Everyone,

Thanks for all the great ideas.

Since the hospital wants to track things like changing and feeding
metrics, we just want to make sure we have established a plan where we
remain in charge of the process. She is our baby, so the information
is our responsibility to manage our way. If someone else also needs or
wants that information, we will try to reasonably accommodate their
needs if we have chosen a low-tech solution like hard-copy Braille or
we will show them the data if we have chosen to use an accessible
high-tech solution.

I appreciate Tracey's Baby Feeding Log app suggestion and wI will be
looking into that right away, since I seem to enjoy app adventures.
:-)

Another idea we came up with is to track the data using a spreadsheet
in Excel or Numbers.

Thanks, again, for all the great ideas!

Regards,

Darrell, Allison and Baby Hilliker

On 12/11/15, Darrell Shandrow Hilliker <darrell.shandrow at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Tracey,
>
> How recently did you use Baby Feeding Log? I'm just cynically
> wondering if it remains accessible today. :-)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Darrell
>
>
>
> On 12/11/15, Darrell Shandrow Hilliker <darrell.shandrow at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Ronit,
>>
>> Thanks for the lead on Baby Connect. Your experiences with it do not
>> seem to match mine. Immediately after purchasing and installing it, I
>> found unlabeled controls and very little useful information. I'm
>> wondering if this is an app that used to be accessible once upon a
>> time? I'd consider writing the app's developer, but, really, where's
>> the time for that? I guess I'll just ask Apple to issue a refund.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Darrell
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 12/11/15, Ronit Ovadia Mazzoni via BlParent <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
>>> Hi everyone,
>>> One app taht we have had our nanny use to keep track of things for us
>>> is called baby connect. It's quite accessible, I really like using it.
>>> I have used it to log things but honestly it's more work to do this as
>>> new parents. IF yo uneed someone else to track it for you so yo ucan
>>> read it later though, it's a great app. You can each have an account
>>> so each parent can see each other's entries. I don't recommend
>>> tracking feeds or diaper changes though, you will know if something is
>>> wrong. Wet diapers are easy to track, every time you change a diaper
>>> it should be wet. Feeds are so often that keeping track of them is
>>> kind fo silly especially in the first few weeks.
>>> Good luck.
>>> Ronit
>>>
>>> On 12/11/15, Star Gazer via BlParent <blparent at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>> 				Realize too, guys, that these classes sole
>>>> purpose is to pass on material. I hesitate to use the word information,
>>>> because one person's information is another person's useless data.
>>>> My point is that the newborn instructor will never say "You guys are
>>>> functional adults, you've made it this far in life, you'll do fine with
>>>> your
>>>> babies, go home and enjoy yourselves".
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: BlParent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tammy
>>>> via
>>>> BlParent
>>>> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2015 8:11 PM
>>>> To: Blind Parents Mailing List <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Cc: Tammy <tcl189 at rogers.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Accessible ways to track diaper changing,
>>>> feeding,
>>>> etc.
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I never tracked any of this information unless it had been requested by
>>>> a
>>>> doctor.  Unless there's an issue with feeding it's not necessary to do
>>>> so.
>>>> But if I needed to I'd have used a memo app on my phone or dictated it
>>>> into
>>>> notes, or used notepad if my windows pc was closest.  the tracking apps
>>>> for
>>>> such things are really not helpful for us but might be for your doctor
>>>> if
>>>> there are fraphs etc.
>>>>
>>>> hth
>>>>
>>>> Tammy
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Darrell Shandrow Hilliker via BlParent
>>>> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2015 7:20 PM
>>>> To: blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>> Cc: Darrell Shandrow Hilliker
>>>> Subject: [blparent] Accessible ways to track diaper changing, feeding,
>>>> etc.
>>>>
>>>> Hello Everyone,
>>>>
>>>> Allison and I realize that we need to be able to log and track several
>>>> important metrics, such as diapers and feeding. Of course, in our
>>>> new-born care class, the instructor described writing this information
>>>> into a log, which obviously does nothing for us.
>>>>
>>>> We wish to be able to log and effectively use this information in a
>>>> way that works best for us, while reasonably accommodating the needs
>>>> of sighted hospital staff.
>>>>
>>>> I tried the tracking tools found in the Baby Connect and My Baby Today
>>>> iOS apps, but found them inaccessible.
>>>>
>>>> I would be interested in learning how all of you have tracked critical
>>>> baby-related metrics in an accessible manner.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Darrell
>>>>
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