If you used an app like Baby Connect, how long did you keep it up?
We have been tracking sleep, feeding, and diapers. I admit that it's fun to look at the data, but I worry that I'm getting too attached to it. He's eating and sleeping on demand at this point (4 weeks), so I wonder if I can just stop using the app. He's gaining weight like a champ.
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
I used it for over a year with LO. She is now 16 months old and I only use it to track naps and overnight sleep.
I use it obsessively for my newborn but I don't think I can keep it up for a year this time! 
coconut / 8305 posts
I never really tracked. The only reason it was really helpful was because her pedi always wanted to know how often she was eating, in the end though "on-demand" wasn't okay with them & when I actually kept & told them the number they told me to stop feeding so much. Pfft. No thanks! I haven't tracked feedings since.
I do still use it to keep her growth stats though.
grapefruit / 4235 posts
L is 3.5 months and I still use it to track naps and feeding. It has been really useful as we (us and the daycare) try to get L into a schedule.
coconut / 8430 posts
My LO is 8 months and we are still tracking nursing, diapers, naps/sleep and pumping. I am still finding it helpful.
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
8 weeks and I just use it for feeding and diapers. I like to see the time and helps me to remember what side to start on
pomelo / 5331 posts
Diapers for maybe 3 weeks, sleep and eating for 6ish? Then I just felt like a slave to it so I stopped.
coconut / 8498 posts
Diapers for a few weeks, sleep off and on for a few months, and nursing for about 8 months. I still use it at 1 year to keep up with stats and vaccines.
nectarine / 2964 posts
We "weaned off" of the app at 10-11 months! It was more for our ex-nanny toward the end. It was especially helpful when we were traveling overseas where we need to adjust timezones. I agree with @ladyfingers: that at the end I feel like I was a slave to it and I stopped as well.
pear / 1672 posts
I only track feedings and diapers, but it's more for me to know how long ago I did those things.
cantaloupe / 6397 posts
I only tracked for a week and then Madeline had passed her birth weight so I decided to stop! Might take it up again later, especially for sleep.
GOLD / grapefruit / 4007 posts
I stopped dipes at 2 months. Right now we track sleep and eating. I'm pretty sure we will drop sleep soon. Honestly it is just a good way for me to keep up with when he last ate and slept !
pomegranate / 3452 posts
@sslm: I'm thinking it will help with sleep once there is some kind of schedule - still too early!
pomegranate / 3452 posts
@ladyfingers: I feel obsessed with it! As soon as he starts eating im like "where's my phone?!" Instead of focusing on him
@BKCaribBaby: it has been great for my memory, that's true
grapefruit / 4136 posts
I lasted 3 months but only tracked feedings because I was so tired that I couldn't remember anything!
pomelo / 5178 posts
I tracked everything for both kids for the first year. It was helpful, but after we bottle weaned, I only needed the sleep info, so I just dropped it altogether.
pear / 1698 posts
Probably 8 weeks or so we stopped tracking. By then we all kind of knew the schedule.
grapefruit / 4717 posts
At 10.5 months, I'm still tracking nursing sessions. It's kind of cool and mind blowing to see that I've nursed for over 22 days since birth! I also occasionally still record poop just to be sure he's regular. I also track milestones and growth.
bananas / 9118 posts
I only kept notes for the first month or so. I unfortunately didn't find Baby Connect until he was about 6 months already. I do still use it often (about a year later) when he is sick. It is super helpful for pediatrician appointments when I can't remember how long his fevers have been or the last time he was sick or cut a tooth. When all sleep goes to crap I use it to get us back on a routine again. I use it for big milestones too so I can eventually update the baby book (or I look it up here in my archives, since I usually mention in my posts what is happening).
GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts
E is almost 9 months old and I use it to track naps and overnight sleep, mostly so I can know how long he's been up or down.
pomegranate / 3872 posts
LO is almost 3 months and I still track feeding and pees and poops. I could definitely drop the diaper tracking but I feel like I need to for some strange reason. I like to track feedings to remember left vs. right boob and to make sure she's eating enough even though I feed on demand LOL. I've never tracked naps because she's a great napper and sleeper so I've never worried about it. Also, I can kind of estimate based on the feeding times.
cantaloupe / 6164 posts
Once she was back at her birth weight at her two week appointment I stopped using it. I was obsessed with her eating and peeing enough those first two weeks since she lost so much weight. Now I feed on demand & change her when she's wet. I didn't really see a need for it & it was just one more thing to keep up with!
pineapple / 12793 posts
I gave it up last week (dd is almost four months). I got so obsessed that I'd go to the bathroom and open the app to add it. I feel so free!
bananas / 9973 posts
I'm pretty addicted to tracking BFing time! Without it I wouldn't remember how long it has been and which side was last (I only feed one side per session). It also helps when she is cluster feeding so I can make sure to give the same side. I also love to know how many minutes each session is!
I am really bad at tracking diapers and horrid at the sleep - but trying to track sleep better at night and for naps so I can get an idea of a pattern now. I also use it to track her weight and height from dr visits.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
Used it from 3-12 wks! Then quit after going back to work!
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