Our first sitter suggested using a date-book to note feedings, changings, and naps. We got the kind with quarter-hours marked on it, so we could come home at the end of the day and see that she'd napped from 11:15-12:30, then taken 3 ounces of milk, then pooped, etc. I found this vastly reassuring, to have access to all these details, but it does take a diligent (not to say obsessive) sitter to keep it up. On days my husband was home with the baby, he'd trail off on the date-book at about noon, and I'd say, "honey, did she nap in the afternoon?" and he'd say, "um, yeah? Maybe for, um, 45 minutes? I don't know?" Argh!
This becomes much less necessary when/if your kid develops a routine.
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Date: 2005-06-27 07:43 pm (UTC)This becomes much less necessary when/if your kid develops a routine.