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<\/p>\nIf you read the “last post”:\/news\/2006\/first-night-without-papa-the-girls-side\/, you might be wondering to yourself, “How did Ann know how many diapers she had changed?” Behold, the wonder of the Lucy Log. <\/p>\n
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Before Lucy was born, I was convinced that we needed a system to keep track of the number of feedings, wet diapers, sleep periods, and such. At the hospital, they encouraged us to record these things, especially to help us gauge if breastfeeding was on track or not. We sketched out a couple of charts for this purpose, but it wasn’t until Lucy was about one week old that Papa came up with this fabulous design.<\/p>\n
It resembles a “Scantron”:http:\/\/www.jonboyd.org\/words\/000026.php form. There are little circles for feedings, wet and dirty diapers, and sleep at each half hour through the whole day, making it easy to record what happens without writing (useful, when suffering from sleep deprivation) and read it at a glance in near darkness.<\/p>\n
Here are some of its benefits:<\/p>\n
* you can see time depicted accurately “to scale”
\n* it is easy to count feedings or diapers
\n* there is room for notes
\n* filling in those little circles can be pretty satisfying<\/p>\n
You might call us freaks for still keeping track of Lucy’s behavior now that she is 12 weeks old. (Actually, you might call us freaks for any number of reasons.) Well, go ahead — it won’t be the first time! The Log might be a bit on the obsessive-compulsive side, but we find it very useful to have an accurate record when we start to feel discouraged about any of Lucy’s habits.<\/p>\n
bq. *Devil on left shoulder:* “Lucy hasn’t pooped in days!”
\n*Lucy Log:* Well, no, it’s just been 18 hours.
\n*Devil:* “Lucy will always wake up at 3:15 AM!”
\n*Lucy Log:* Well, she’s only done it two days in a row — and she slept till 5:30 or later for six consecutive days before that.
\n*Devil:* “Um… let’s see… she smells bad!”
\n*Lucy Log:* That is so weak, can’t you do better? Guess not.<\/p>\n
An objective dose of reality is the best antidote to our worries sometimes.<\/p>\n
In case you might want to use this form, you can “download it as an Excel document”:\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/lucy-log-2.xls [revised version]. Note that it’s designed to print on legal-sized paper (8.5″ x 14″).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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