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

Sat Dec 12 20:10:05 UTC 2015

				Your methods are fine. 
Bottle feeding is easy, you know how big the bottles are and if you fill them up, then you know how many ounces were consumed. In other words, if you have a four ounce bottle and fill it, the you will need to get another bottle if the baby wants/needs to drink six ounces. Just like with big people food, if you eat a bowl of spaghetti, you need to get and fill anotherbowl if you need or want to eat two bowls.

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From: BlParent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Danielle Ledet via BlParent
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Cc: Danielle Ledet <singingmywayin at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [blparent] Accessible ways to track diaper changing, feeding, etc.

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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