Diapers Q&A - Does anyone know of a website that tracks breastfeeding times and/or diaper changes?

Does anyone know of a website that tracks breastfeeding times and/or diaper changes?

My wife just gave birth to a healthy baby girl. We are trying to breastfeed. Our hospital said to be sure to track breastfeeding times/patterns and to keep track of which breast we stopped on. We are also looking for a chart to track how many of each type of diaper she should have daily. And a chart to track them. Any help is appreciated.

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i have never seen anything on a website but i am expecting twins within the month and i just went into microsoft and made charts for them. i did a chart for feeding which has a colum for which side is used, start time and end time. i also have a pee/poo chart which has a colum for time and pee or poo. it was so hard to remember these things when i had my daughter i couldnt imagine trying to keep up with two so i made them a few weeks ago. good luck! and congrats on your baby girl!!
This website has one you can download and print: http://www.kideas.com/show/11 or just make your own in excel
I believe that Parents.com or Parenting.com have one. I'm not exactly sure which one, but i know i printed one off of one of those sites. Hope this helps!!
hello .. congratulation i will be having a girl too the website that i found because I'm first time mom . It's this one i hope i help it http://www.themommyplaybook.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2596 i hope it help you .. at least it give you a track of it .. take care ..
I tried to do this with my first and I just wrote it on a paper. I stopped withing the first couple weeks. Breastfeeding doesn't have to be that hard. Don't watch times, or patterns. Just have her nurse whenever baby wants to. It will be exhausting trying to write down every feed and diaper. If your baby is having diapers and is content between feedings they are getting enough anyway so you don't have to worry so much There are some tricks for remembering which side you were on, put a bracelet on that arm or put the clip to the nursing bra one higher, things like that.
I'll be totally honest with you... i breastfed my newborn son every 1.5 to 2 hours (on demand), whenever i though he was hungry, i'd nurse him. so i spent a good chunk of my day with him attached... so i had no time to shower most days until my husband got home from work, let alone go online. as long as your wife breastfeeds on demand and the baby is happy, then it's getting enough milk. believe me, the baby will let you know when she's hungry! and i changed my baby's diaper every time he nursed. breastmilk is digested very quickly, it was a pooper every time! we went thru about 12 diapers a day for the first month, then about 9-10 a day for the next few months. yeah, that's a lot of diapers! tell your wife to hang in there if breastfeeding seems hard. it was for me, too. after the first 2 weeks, it became woderful! i promise. and good for her for trying! good luck!
Here is a link to a printable chart that you can use to track when the feedings were and also the wet/poopie diapers your daughter has. http://printables.familyeducation.com/tv/printables/fe/pc/0,,33802-1576,00.pdf I hope this helps
Oh goodness! What a bunch of hooey! Tracking when, for how long, which breast, etc makes breastfeeding unnecessarily complicated. If you have an excessively sleepy baby it may be necessary to track how long its been since a feed so you can wake them, but that usually isn't necessary. Yes you should alternate breasts, but it isn't like the world is going to come to an end if you feed on one side twice in a row. Also there is no problem feeding on the more full side unless you are trying to rectify a size/supply difference between the two breasts. If your baby is meeting minimum stooling requirements (while under 4 weeks of age) then you really do not have to worry about anything else! Babies can not make poop from nothing you know? Just stick a pad of paper with the diapers and put a check beside it for each poopy diaper. However seriously after 3 you can STOP COUNTING. http://www.todaysparent.com/article.jsp?content=1266685 Wiessinger believes that counting and timing feedings may only make a nursing mother feel more stressed about what she thinks she needs to accomplish during the day. The reality, however, might actually be quite different since, as Wiessinger points out, frequent feedings tend to be short and easy to fit around other activities. http://www.kellymom.com/bf/supply/enough-milk.html DIRTY DIAPERS: 3 – 4+ dirty diapers per day (after day 4). Stools should be yellow (no meconium) by day 5 and the size of a US quarter (2.5 cm) or larger. The normal stool of a breastfed baby is usually yellow and is loose (soft to watery, may be seedy or curdy). The Importance of Newborn Stool Counts http://www.llli.org//llleaderweb/LV/LVDec97Jan98p123.html Two Kinds of Milk The terms "foremilk" and "hindmilk" are used to refer to the differences in human milk during a single feeding. Foremilk, the first milk taken at a feeding, is the more plentiful, yet it has a relatively lower percentage of fats and calories. As suckling continues at the first breast the percentage of fats in the milk increases until baby receives the higher calorie hindmilk. A combined intake of both foremilk and hindmilk is the optimum result. In answer to the question, "Is baby getting enough?" a second question could be posed, "Enough of which?" In the early weeks wet diaper counts give only part of the answer. Because the nursing newborn takes in plenty of foremilk before receiving the richer hindmilk, it would be difficult for an infant to produce several bowel movements per day without being adequately hydrated. However, the opposite can easily occur. Since feeding practices, ineffective sucking or other problems may diminish the mother's milk supply or prevent the baby from receiving an adequate portion of hindmilk, it is possible for a baby to be adequately hydrated yet have an inadequate calorie intake. Frequent urination remains one valid indicator of adequate newborn hydration from foremilk intake. Multiple daily stooling is an indicator of adequate newborn calorie intake from hindmilk. Both factors are needed to fully assess neonatal breastfeeding. Since a lack of daily stooling may be associated with inadequate newborn calorie intake, it is also a predictor of poor infant weight gain. Early detection of this symptom can be crucial for the baby's health and the continuation of breastfeeding. In severe cases, an infant's low calorie intake may lead to weaker sucking, diminished milk supply and critical dehydration. While less serious conditions may be improved at various stages of breastfeeding, it is much more effective to establish a generous milk supply and hearty weight gain in the early weeks than to have to work to achieve them in later months. http://www.kellymom.com/newman/14more_more_bf_myths.html#3 3. Physicians know a lot about breastfeeding. Not true! Obviously, there are exceptions. However, very few physicians trained in North America or Western Europe learned anything at all about breastfeeding in medical school. Even fewer learned about the practical aspects of helping mothers start breastfeeding and helping them maintain breastfeeding. After medical school, most of the information physicians get regarding infant feeding comes from formula company representatives or advertisements. 4. Pediatricians, at least, know a lot about breastfeeding. Not true! Obviously, there are exceptions. However, in their post-medical school training (residency), most pediatricians learned nothing formally about breastfeeding, and what they picked up in passing was often wrong. To many trainees in pediatrics, breastfeeding is seen as an "obstacle to the good medical care" of hospitalized babies.
I was never told to keep a diary with my baby's feeding and diapers. But I tried to keep track for a couple of days just because I wanted to know if there was a pattern in her feeding (I am feeding on demand). I also included nap times. I stopped this after a few days, because it was a hassle. Anyway it only confimred what I thought anyway. Eventhough my baby was and is fed on demand she eats roughly at the same times every day and has roughly the same amount of wet/dirty diapers, and slleps roughly at the same times each day. I think you could keep a chart for a while but it is not essential to do so. But keep an eye on the wet and dirty diapers. That way you will know if your baby will get enough.