[blparent] [parent] Accessible ways to track diaper changing, feeding, etc.
Jennifer S Jackson
jennifersjackson at att.net
Mon Dec 14 00:28:10 UTC 2015
Keep in mind that you will most likely be in the hospital for less than 24
hours. If you need to be their longer you will hav more to worry about than
keeping up with this log for other people. I guess my take is that if the
apps are pretty easy to use it is probably worth it to do just because you
might like to use it with child care providers later, or just for
communication when trading off with your partner. If it is a hassle, I would
just let it go and let someone else fill in the log.
Congradulations on your upcoming birth and my best wishes for an easy
transisition to parenthood. :)
Jennifer J
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Subject: Re: [blparent] [parent] Accessible ways to track diaper changing,
feeding, etc.
Hi Everybody,
Thanks for all the discussion and suggestions about tracking baby info.
Tracey, I really like the Baby Feeding Log app. Darrell and I tried it out
and I think it works well. Thank you! I love how simple the interface is.
Ronit, we'll experiment with the Baby Connect app. I haven't tried it yet,
but Darrell couldn't get it to work. Good to know that it's working for you
though.
Stargazer, your message made me laugh. I agree, baby care probably doesn't
have to be half as complicated as they try to make it seem at all the
classes we've attended.
Overall, tracking baby feeding, diaper changes, sleep, etc. probably isn't
absolutely essential. We can probably do just fine without it. However, we
know that the hospital I'll be delivering in requires parents to log these
things. It's not a negotiable thing if we want to deliver there, which we
do. So the point of our questions was not, is tracking baby metrics
necessary, it was that since we have to do it, what's the most nonvisually
accessible way to do so? We both read Braille, but the hospital staff do
not. We could let nurses or friends log for us in print, but that sounds
really annoying at best, and not at all useful to Darrell and I at worst. So
I'm thinking something electronic, like an app, may work for everyone. We'll
see. Thanks again for the suggestions.
Best,
Allison, Darrell, and Baby Girl Pending
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From: BlParent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracey
Turri via BlParent
Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2015 6:21 AM
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Cc: Tracey Turri <turri.tracey at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [blparent] Accessible ways to track diaper changing, feeding,
etc.
Hello,
I still have the Baby Feeding Log app, and it looks the same now as it did 2
years ago. There is a button that says Left for the nursing mom to remember
witch side she fed from last, a bottle button for formula or pumped breast
milk that has a place to indicate how many oz were drunk, a rite side button
for nursing, a diaper change button ware you can indicate wet dirty both or
dry. There is also a sleep timer but we never needed to use it. If your wife
will be nursing, she should double tap witch ever breast she will be feeding
from at the start of a feeding, and this starts the timer. When baby is done
double tap the done button. Bottles should work the same way, you just have
to add the number of oz drunk. Hope this is helpful, let me know if you have
questions.
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> On Dec 11, 2015, at 8:35 PM, Darrell Shandrow Hilliker via BlParent
<blparent at nfbnet.org> 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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