Planners and Poop

[joenali]

Moms, do you really track how much your kid shits??

[cajunmom]

No. I know lots of moms that did when their babies were small, though.

[wannabe]

I sure don't.

[yellowbrkrd]

LOL When you first bring the kid home from the hospital I think they ask you track their sleeping, eating and pooping habits to make sure they are all good and healthy.

[oregonpachey]

Only when they were tiny but never on paper. Just mentally.

I don't even keep track of the time they eat.

[AAM2012]

I bet EC has a sticker available for that.....

[StJess80]

No. What she does with anything under her undies has ceased to be of any concern of mine since she was potty-trained.

I use to keep track of my own 'schedule' with an app on my phone, however. Do with that as you will.

[mmmomof2]

If you're breastfeeding the doctors want to know how many poops they are having in the early days. I was already sleep deprived and whatnot, so yeah I wrote it down. No shame!

ETA- ooooh, planners. I thought you meant People that are planners. I just used scratch paper.

[dr.girlfriend]

DS had pooping problems as an infant, so we had to do this. He got tested for pyloric stenosis, Hirschsrung's Disease, etc., but in the end he was just slow to get pooping together. Now he's potty-training and he's having problems again. So, no, I don't track it in my planner, but I do keep track in my head and if he's going on more than 4 days without a poop I'll start giving him fiber and Miralax and stuff.

[agnes]

Ya know, i had been wondering the same thing!

[Nonny]

Peep!!

:-| :-|

[UMaineTeach]

every infant room I have ever worked in has a place to track wet and/or BM diapers on the parents' daily note

[CallingAllAngels]

Like for the first 2 days in the planner the hospital gave us just for that task.

[Roc A Bee]

I don't have kids, but I'm thinking about tracking mine. Now that I'm sans gallbladder, I'm worried about my GI track.

[lanyac]

Aug 6, 2012 20:19:23 GMT -5 Roc A Bee said:

I don't have kids, but I'm thinking about tracking mine. Now that I'm sans gallbladder, I'm worried about my GI track.

Ditto. I'm worried I have some sort of GI disease. Dr. tells me its stress (which it very well could be) but it couldn't hurt to have some data.

[backinpgh]

I don't TRACK it per se, but I do pay attention to it. If she doesn't poop for a day then I make sure to give her some juice or whatever to get things going.

When she was much younger, if she didn't poop for over a day it meant a blowout was coming so it was nice to be prepared and not put her in any nice clothes lol

[joenali]

Aug 6, 2012 20:23:27 GMT -5 backinpgh said:

I don't TRACK it per se, but I do pay attention to it. If she doesn't poop for a day then I make sure to give her some juice or whatever to get things going.

When she was much younger, if she didn't poop for over a day it meant a blowout was coming so it was nice to be prepared and not put her in any nice clothes lol

Your kid is ADORABLE!!

[Deleted]

when I nannied, I would always write down BMs, meals eaten, and nap times. babies can get constipated pretty easily (esp. w/ formula) so we tracked to make sure this wasn't the case.

[h]

No. I have never written it down and, barring having a child with a medical condition that requires it, I never intend to.

[lemondrop]

Aug 6, 2012 19:40:13 GMT -5 v said:

OMG

I am never, ever reproducing

Don't base your decisions on this. This kid is gassy and maybe constipated.

[Deleted]

Yup. I write down his schedule every day, & my mom does as well as she watches ds daily. It's a good way to track any changes in schedule

[aspentosh]

They tell you to track, so I did. My DD was tiny when she was born and since I BF they worried about her intake and output. I didn't write it down for more than a few weeks (until she got back to birth weight and they backed off the freaking out).

Now that we're introducing solids I keep an eye on it since our ped recommended it, but I don't write it down

[aspentosh]

Aug 6, 2012 20:13:28 GMT -5 UMaineTeach said:

every infant room I have ever worked in has a place to track wet and/or BM diapers on the parents' daily note

This is also true. Our daycare gives a list of how much she drank, when she slept, and if she had a wet/dirty diaper.

[Wines Not Whines]

I did for the first 2 weeks. If you're breastfeeding, it's one of the best ways to track whether the baby is getting enough food. But I didn't need a planner for that. It was only 2 weeks.

[pierogigirl]

I keep track of feeding and pee/poop while I'm breastfeeding (so about a year and just on regular paper, not a fancy "peep" log). I believe it is unusual, but it works for me. I have crap sleepers and writing things down lets me look for patterns and I can never remember which side I need to feed from next.

[karinothing]

I did when he was itty bitty so I could make sure he was eating enough. I keep mental notes now to make sure he isn't dehydrated or something.

[lemondrop]

Aug 7, 2012 6:44:58 GMT -5 v said:

Aug 6, 2012 21:29:36 GMT -5 lemondrop said:

Don't base your decisions on this. This kid is gassy and maybe constipated.

I'm not holding anything against the kid. It is the mother who is freaking me out. I don't want to be her.

But you need to know when the last poop was. I don't write it down, but I am very aware of DD's last messy diaper.

[GailGoldie]

i wrote it down the first 2 weeks - that's it.

Now we do make sure they have pooped once/day... b/c 2 of our boys have dealt with constipation so it's important to make sure they are getting enough fiber, etc - otherwise when it gets backed up it's HORRIBLE for them.

[dcrunnergirl]

We did for the first 6 weeks. Every bottle, pee, and poop. But, we just used a regular notebook at first and then i tracked it in a note in outlook. Nothing fancy required.

[whitepicketfence]

I did track their poop while they were infants but I didn't need a planner for that.