Tracking baby feeds on Shabbos/Yom Tov

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amother

Fri, Sep 22 2023, 11:03 am

For medical reasons, I need to track my baby's feeds everyday. Trying to come up with a good way to track them on Shabbos and the upcoming Yomim Tovim.

amother

Geranium

Fri, Sep 22 2023, 11:11 am

Are you counting ounces?

I’d take a paper and type/write numbers 1- x down as if making a list. Then use a paper clip to signify the ounces She’s taken.

This is what I did when I needed to check and records my blood sugar During pregnancy

amother

Fri, Sep 22 2023, 11:55 am

amother Geranium wrote:

I'm counting ounces per feeding as well as time and type of feed... its a lot of information. Super easy on an app but not sure how to do it on Shabbos.

amother

Snapdragon

Fri, Sep 22 2023, 1:03 pm

I would suggest using reusable stickers.
For the timing and the amount.
I had gotten something like this to track my daughter’s seizures.
Bh I never used it. But since it’s reusable it wasn’t considered a form of “writing”
Or you can use small magnetic numbers on a magnet board.

amother

Saddlebrown

Fri, Sep 22 2023, 1:04 pm

You can use number magnets

amother

Oleander

Fri, Sep 22 2023, 1:27 pm

Paper printed out with times in 15 or 30 min increments. Use paperclips to put next to the times they ate. You can have each paperclip stand for 1 oz, or use colorful clips for different amounts. For example, red =1 oz , blue =1/2 oz, green =3. So 1 blue, 1 red and 1 green clip at 2:30 means 4.5 ozs. Make up numbers that work for how much your baby usually eats and write down the color code before Shabbos.

amother

Sun, Sep 24 2023, 10:12 am

Bumping for more ideas.

amother

Lightcoral

Sun, Sep 24 2023, 10:30 am

Print these out and use paper clips to mark the data.

amother

Sun, Sep 24 2023, 11:25 am

amother Lightcoral wrote:

Print these out and use paper clips to mark the data.

Exactly what I need. Printing right now. Thank you and Gmar Chasima Tova.

amother

Thu, Sep 28 2023, 9:00 am

amother Lightcoral wrote:

Print these out and use paper clips to mark the data.

Thank you so much! This really helped us over Yom Kippur.

Is it possible to make available a editable version? So I can make some changes that will better suit my baby? I can post my username or an email address if you prefer.

amother

Lightcoral

Thu, Sep 28 2023, 9:22 am

amother OP wrote:

If you have Adobe InDesign...

otherwise if you want to let me know what would work better for you I can try to switch things!

amother

Thu, Sep 28 2023, 3:56 pm

amother Lightcoral wrote:

If you have Adobe InDesign...

otherwise if you want to let me know what would work better for you I can try to switch things!

InDesign I don't have, I should have realized it's professional!

The change that would be most helpful for me would be to change the numbers on top (for ounces) from the current 1-8 to 1-4 with marks at each half ounce (1, 1.5, 2, 2.5 etc). That way I can mark half and quarter ounces more easily.

amother

Lightcoral

Thu, Sep 28 2023, 4:53 pm

amother OP wrote:

Not that professional!

Here's another version, what else could make it easier to use?

amother

Thu, Sep 28 2023, 5:27 pm

amother Lightcoral wrote:

Not that professional!

Here's another version, what else could make it easier to use?

Wow, thank you so much! It's tough but this tracker will make it easier.

Have a great Sukkos!

ETA: if anyone else needs to use this, I printed a four to a page and then cut it out. They came out the perfect size.

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