To be fair, many 'new parent' classes urge people to record a good bit of that information, in the event that the child is having trouble gaining weight, has an

To be fair, many 'new parent' classes urge people to record a good bit of that information, in the event that the child is having trouble gaining weight, has an illness, etc. Mix that 'good advice' with the 'quantified self' band-wagon that rolled through and it doesn't seem too crazy for a journalist to have taken up that torch -- at least long enough for an article or three. To have continued well after it became clear that their child was properly growing/healthy -- and other article subjects presented themselves -- would be something different though.