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My experience is identical. I think this kind of app could be really helpful but inputs need to be automated for this to be feasible. Maybe using some IoT devi

My experience is identical. I think this kind of app could be really helpful but inputs need to be automated for this to be feasible. Maybe using some IoT devices (baby cradle sleep monitor, diaper box sensor, etc.).

giarc 9y ago
Use Amazon dash buttons throughout the house. A poopy and a wet button near the change station, a nap start and nap end near the crib, a left breast/right breast near the rocking chair etc. Set them to make an API post request.
- cdubzzz 9y ago
  This is a pretty cool idea! Currently the app only has a minimal (Django REST) API, but expanding it to those sorts of functions would be really neat.
roryisok 9y ago
or an end of day prompt with a really quick and simple survey. of course, for some of us, having a newborn means you completely lose track of time. I was off for 4 weeks when our first was born in the height of summer. we slept whenever she slept. I remember waking up once when it was sunny outside, seeing "8:00" on our 12-hour bedside clock and literally not knowing if it was 8 in the morning or 8 in the evening.
PMan74 9y ago
There are companies doing just this for feeding https://mymomsense.com https://mymomsense.com http://milksense.com http://milksense.com (and one other one that had IoT nipple shield that measured flow)
stevekemp 9y ago
I guess it depends on the child, and to a certain extent the parents too, but I found that it was pretty simple to keep track of obvious metrics "woke up" , "fell asleep", "changed nappy". I'd rarely do it in real-time, but I had a notebook I'd update pretty often. That let us predict our childs routine pretty well, enough to schedule naps anyway.
- cdubzzz 9y ago
  > enough to schedule naps anyway This was honestly the biggest motivator for me. Back when we were still a few months out, I found this article[0] and graph[1]. I was amazed at how erratic the sleep times are and it seemed to me that having a graph like that in real time could be incredibly helpful. It absolutely has been - we are 1.5 months in and able to pretty decently determine when it is time for some sleep because we can see the progress and patterns beginning to develop so clearly. [0] https://www.babysleepsite.com/baby-sleep-patterns/baby-sleep-pattern-chart/ https://www.babysleepsite.com/baby-sleep-patterns/baby-sleep... [1] https://www.babysleepsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Sleep-Schedule-All-Data1.jpg https://www.babysleepsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Sle...

giarc 9y ago

Use Amazon dash buttons throughout the house. A poopy and a wet button near the change station, a nap start and nap end near the crib, a left breast/right breast near the rocking chair etc. Set them to make an API post request.

cdubzzz 9y ago
This is a pretty cool idea! Currently the app only has a minimal (Django REST) API, but expanding it to those sorts of functions would be really neat.

roryisok 9y ago

or an end of day prompt with a really quick and simple survey. of course, for some of us, having a newborn means you completely lose track of time. I was off for 4 weeks when our first was born in the height of summer. we slept whenever she slept. I remember waking up once when it was sunny outside, seeing "8:00" on our 12-hour bedside clock and literally not knowing if it was 8 in the morning or 8 in the evening.

PMan74 9y ago

There are companies doing just this for feeding https://mymomsense.com https://mymomsense.com http://milksense.com http://milksense.com (and one other one that had IoT nipple shield that measured flow)

stevekemp 9y ago

I guess it depends on the child, and to a certain extent the parents too, but I found that it was pretty simple to keep track of obvious metrics "woke up" , "fell asleep", "changed nappy". I'd rarely do it in real-time, but I had a notebook I'd update pretty often. That let us predict our childs routine pretty well, enough to schedule naps anyway.

cdubzzz 9y ago
> enough to schedule naps anyway This was honestly the biggest motivator for me. Back when we were still a few months out, I found this article[0] and graph[1]. I was amazed at how erratic the sleep times are and it seemed to me that having a graph like that in real time could be incredibly helpful. It absolutely has been - we are 1.5 months in and able to pretty decently determine when it is time for some sleep because we can see the progress and patterns beginning to develop so clearly. [0] https://www.babysleepsite.com/baby-sleep-patterns/baby-sleep-pattern-chart/ https://www.babysleepsite.com/baby-sleep-patterns/baby-sleep... [1] https://www.babysleepsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Sleep-Schedule-All-Data1.jpg https://www.babysleepsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Sle...