My wife has us both in like 3 different baby apps tracking sleep, feeding, development milestones. It's helpful but also stressing me out because I feel like if I don't log something within an hour the data gets messy. Do other dads use these or are we overthinking this? Our boy is 6 weeks. Just want to make sure he's on track without becoming obsessive about it.
The apps can help at first but they can also make you obsess over every little thing. Just pick one or two that actually matter to you guys and ignore the rest.
Ha, yeah those apps are great at first and then they become another job. We used one for the first couple months and then deleted like 90 percent of them. You really only need one that both parents can access if you want to track the big stuff like sleep and feeds.
Three apps is overkill. Pick the one you both actually like and ditch the others. Too many notifications will drive you nuts. The real milestone tracker is just noticing what your kid does, not what an app tells you they should be doing.
My wife was the same way when our first was born. I finally said let's just use ONE app for actual medical stuff like milestones and doctor appointments and dump the rest. Simplified things a lot. You don't need to track every poop to be a good parent.
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Man, I get it. We had the same thing going with my daughter and honestly I had to tell my wife I needed to ditch two of the apps. We kept the sleep one since those early days are such a blur anyway, but the rest was just adding stress.