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

Sat Dec 12 16:24:33 UTC 2015

It seems to be standard  practice in hospitals now that they require the parents to keep a log of every time the baby eats and soils a diaper. I guess if the baby is losing more weight than they think is normal, they can use it to troubleshoot why. In our hospital, I think it was because the newborn pediatrician never came into the room to actually talk to the parents. They required that the babies were taken to the nursery to be examined. As for how do you know how much a baby has drunk from a bottle, I had to pump a lot,  And I got a set of Medela milk storage bottles that were exactly 2 1/2 ounces. So if my daughter needed to drink a 4 ounce bottle, I figured out where the line for 2 ounces was and use the bottle to measure into a larger feeding bottle.   

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> On Dec 12, 2015, at 10:41 AM, Danielle Ledet via BlParent <blparent at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Is there something wrong with your baby? Usually under normal
> circumstances, this isn't necessary. I did it by memory or sometimes
> using a Braillewriter or a voice recorder would work well too. Why
> would hospital staff need to know of your daily habits where your baby
> is concerned? And why worry about accommodating them? Do they go out
> of there way regularly to make you and Allison comfortable? If memory
> serves, I just told them what the wets and dirties were when they came
> in to check which was often and they wrote it down. Do you both not
> read Braille or have a way to write it? You could read back to the
> what you wrote, or print out your log if you have a way to do that.
> Unless you just prefer the complications and costs of electronics(i.e,
> the Apple craze). Hahaha Darrell. Yes I feel your stress with that.
> Tracy I do like the Baby Feeding Log. Now watch by the time I get an
> Appple device if I need it it won't be functional anymore. Ha! Just
> like you lamented Darrell. Now here is a question for the
> bottle-feeders on this list, how do you know how many ounces your baby
> drank if you can't see. Like Melissa, I always breastfed so never knew
> the number of ounces drunk, but tracked by wet and dirty diapers
> instead. When looking after other people's children, the other sighted
> adults would bother to look at the bottle to see; whereas, I'd just
> gauge by there burping and temperament if they were satiated and happy
> with the feed. Thanks for your help. I find this list always helpful
> though I am not actively parenting right now.
> 
> 
>> On 12/12/15, Ronit Mazzoni via BlParent <blparent at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Hi Darrell,
>> That’s really too bad. I’m using it currently, not once upon a time. I use
>> it every day to keep track of Elena’s weight at the doctor too, not just
>> feeding/sleeping. I am using the most current version of iOS but it worked
>> on iOS 8 as well. Perhaps you bought the wrong app, there are lots of apps
>> that have similar names. I will look in to who made the app with the
>> developer name and send i to you when I can get to my phone. Sorry you are
>> having no luck with it but honestly I don’t understand why because mine
>> works beautifully.
>> Ronit
>> 
>>> On Dec 11, 2015, at 5:28 PM, Darrell Shandrow Hilliker via BlParent
>>> <blparent at nfbnet.org> 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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