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[–]FuckSeizureSalads 935 ポイント936 ポイント  (77子コメント)

I don't understand how new parents do this.

All I managed to keep track of with a newborn was "Is he still alive? Am I still alive? Good."

[–]motherofdragoons[S] 319 ポイント320 ポイント  (43子コメント)

data nerd going in! Also, very type A, tracking everything gave me a (false) sense of control during a chaotic time.

[–]FuckSeizureSalads 74 ポイント75 ポイント  (21子コメント)

I just can't imagine always being in a position to record things.

Like, if he falls asleep, I'm not moving to get my phone and input what he ate beforehand.

[–]motherofdragoons[S] 95 ポイント96 ポイント  (20子コメント)

oh, always have your phone near to hand! chances are you're going to be stuck for awhile where you are and you're going to get bored!!!

[–]FuckSeizureSalads 36 ポイント37 ポイント  (19子コメント)

I did not breastfeed, but there were still plenty of times I got stuck without my phone attached to me.

I keep it on a chain around my neck now, but not with a drooly, puking infant on my lap all the time.

[–]motherofdragoons[S] 43 ポイント44 ポイント  (10子コメント)

don't say puking to me right now!

[–]FuckSeizureSalads 21 ポイント22 ポイント  (9子コメント)

My son had protein sensitivities and reflux. Fun times...

[–]motherofdragoons[S] 33 ポイント34 ポイント  (8子コメント)

reflux here too. I think she nursed more because of it. Now we're trying to figure out if she's actually allergic to cows milk.

[–]snakesoup88 7 ポイント8 ポイント  (3子コメント)

My kid was allergic to regular formula. You know you are in trouble when the top shelf stuff she drinks is more expensive than imported craft beer.

[–]motherofdragoons[S] 7 ポイント8 ポイント  (2子コメント)

another good data point would be how much Guinness I consumed during this time period.

[–]thatmorrowguy 9 ポイント10 ポイント  (6子コメント)

I think that's when you invest in one of the super heavy duty water-proof phone cases. Also, I've been tempted to get one of those Kindle Fire 12 pack Black Friday deals, and just stick a kindle next to pretty much every seat in the house. Then, no matter where you end up, you're not far away from some mindless youtube, Reddit, or Facebook.

Also, I've heard of Alexa skills for some of these apps, or people just sticking a homebrew Amazon Tap button to record diaper changes by hitting the button at the diaper station.

[–]FuckSeizureSalads 6 ポイント7 ポイント  (2子コメント)

I was a poor single mom. I didn't have any Kindles or Alexa or any of that, much less one for each room.

[–]thatmorrowguy 6 ポイント7 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Oh certainly the essentials get paid for first, and being a parent is god awful expensive. I'm incredibly lucky that my family has enough money for some fun techy toys once in a while, which makes my inner tech geek glee.

[–]FuckSeizureSalads 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I was living on roughly ~$500/mo so there wasn't really much wiggle room, heh.

[–]ThrowmeawayAKisCold 6 ポイント7 ポイント  (3子コメント)

It's really great information from a medical standpoint. You might find a breastfeeding study that could use this. Especially if you measured your baby's weight regularly during breastfeeding.

[–]Ipsider 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (1子コメント)

So one could say you're a nerd?

[–]motherofdragoons[S] 10 ポイント11 ポイント  (0子コメント)

yup (pushes up glasses)

[–]somastars 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (0子コメント)

if anyone wants to do something similar, I recommend the Milk Maid phone app. It has a lot of built-in statistic options, produces nice charts, and allows you to export the data if you want to take it into Excel and really go crazy with it. I exclusively pumped for a little over a year and tracked my output. I produced over 100 gallons of milk, according to the app. 😳 Crazy stuff.

[–]MitonyTopa 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Not a data nerd, but MAN those tracking apps are beautiful. I use Sprout Baby.

[–]CuddlesMcHuggy 13 ポイント14 ポイント  (8子コメント)

"Is he still alive? Good. Am i still alive? Shit..."

[–]FuckSeizureSalads 7 ポイント8 ポイント  (7子コメント)

This is actually way more accurate.

Postpartum depression and psychosis are a bitch.

[–]LykkeStrom 7 ポイント8 ポイント  (5子コメント)

You had postpartum psychosis? You poor, poor thing. A close friend of mine came down with it after her second daughter was born, and had a really rough time. She still has periodic episodes where she has to be in hospital for a couple of weeks, and kiddo is now nearly 6 years old :(

I'm currently preggo, with a history of depression, and JESUS it's a rough journey! Luckily I'm in a country that takes new mothers' mental health pretty seriously, but still. Whew.

I hope you're feeling better now. Hugs from rainy France (where I'm not allowed any of the cheese or wine, hmmmmph)!

[–]FuckSeizureSalads 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (2子コメント)

Yeah, I ended up placing my son for adoption because it was so severe and I kept trying to kill myself. (rape situation)

[–]tarnkek 11 ポイント12 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Random redditor popping by to remind you that you're a human with value :) keep on keeping on friend

[–]l1owdown 10 ポイント11 ポイント  (3子コメント)

As soon as I read the first few words I thought of the baby's first year book that I barely filled out a few pages. Then I read the rest and laughed.

[–]motherofdragoons[S] 5 ポイント6 ポイント  (0子コメント)

oh and my kid's baby book is very sketchy, not even close to half done. I sat down with it recently and tried to fill it out but got bored and stopped.

[–]FuckSeizureSalads 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yeah, I wrote some stuff in mine before he was born.

Not a page filled out after.

[–]joebrownow 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Sounds like the end to a great acid trip

[–]FuckSeizureSalads 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

That would likely be more fun but I dislike hallucinating...

[–]sintos-compa 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (7子コメント)

We had a preemie, and we did the same thing. We tracked temperature, food intake, diapers, in a google doc sheet. I even wrote a JS interface to it to make it easier to log the instances, and calculate max/min/averages.

[–]mandreko 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (2子コメント)

I'm getting ready to be a dad in May. I have never been around kids. I'm hoping YouTube can teach me stuff because I think just keeping a child alive is going to be rough. I love sleep, more than most people. I'm really good at it, I practice daily.

[–]NOUSEORNAME 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I couldnt keep track either. We just got down to "did she poop today" as a basis for how things were going that day. Most of the time the answer was YES. Thats my girl. Three times a day just like daddy.

[–]motherofdragoons[S] 123 ポイント124 ポイント  (22子コメント)

Here's how I got my data. I breastfed my daughter for just over 15 months.

I used an app called "feed baby" to track feeds consistently for the first 5 months.

I went back to work when she was 14 weeks old and used this app to track pumping.

Data on the nursing's between 6 and 15 months is based on how often (average) she nursed and how long she usually took, this is based on memory to some degree so I'd say its 80% accurate.

For the ounces per nursing I based this on research and weighted feeds I did. For the first 3 months I used 2 ounces per 20 minutes, next 4 months 3 ounces per feed and 4 ounces per feed after that. That's a average/guess some babies will be more, some less.

For the first 3 months I spent an average of 4.8 hours per day nursing.

Calories is based on an average of 20 calories per ounce per kellymom.com

This is not scientific! This is based on my own experience and personal record keeping! I used excel to compile the data exported from the app.

[–]Dont_Think_So 96 ポイント97 ポイント  (2子コメント)

For the record, I'm a scientist by training, and any data you collect is scientific, so long as you write down the limitations of your data collection like you did here.

So yep, scientist looked at it, it checks out, definitely science. Now we just need N > 1 and we can get a stew going.

[–]Khourieat 63 ポイント64 ポイント  (1子コメント)

The difference between science and screwing around is writing it down!

  • Adam Savage

[–]EnthusiasticLlama 27 ポイント28 ポイント  (3子コメント)

For the first 3 months I spent an average of 4.8 hours per day nursing.

That sounds so physically exhausting. The ongoing sacrifice you made to breastfeed your baby is impressive.

[–]motherofdragoons[S] 15 ポイント16 ポイント  (2子コメント)

thank you. It was but worth it in my opinion. (and this is absolutely nothing against formula feeders!)

[–]lhinFTW 7 ポイント8 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Thank you for posting this! I'm a nursing mom of an 11 month old, and this rings so true! Worth it, but wow, what a commitment. Also, I'm a statistician, and I'm having serious data envy right now! Wish I would have tracked it even half as well as you did. Impressive!

[–]yellowjacketcoder 7 ポイント8 ポイント  (1子コメント)

What's the asterisk on Month 7 indicate? I missed the footnote for it.

[–]motherofdragoons[S] 9 ポイント10 ポイント  (0子コメント)

yes, sorry, it got cut off in my screen shot! It indicates that is when I stopped consistently tracking the feeds in the app and the data past that point for nursing is estimated.

[–]_MicroWave_ 12 ポイント13 ポイント  (4子コメント)

went back to work when she was 14 weeks old and used this app to track pumping

Definitely American. I am sorry you couldn't spend more time with your kid.

[–]motherofdragoons[S] 18 ポイント19 ポイント  (2子コメント)

I am too but I'm not made to be a SAHM either, I would have like a bit more time but eventually needed to be back at work for my own sanity.

[–]bhadau8 48 ポイント49 ポイント  (51子コメント)

I am going to be a father in a few months. I am screwed. Up to 15 times diaper change per day. You kidding?

[–]EDeputy 29 ポイント30 ポイント  (9子コメント)

It gets exponentially lower as the months progress. Something about babies growing makes the time between shits longer.

[–]motherofdragoons[S] 18 ポイント19 ポイント  (4子コメント)

absolutely, my kid is 15 months old now and gets diaper changed 4 times a day or so

[–]c0rnfus3d 8 ポイント9 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Yep. My 4 month old is probably at 8-10 a day because she hates being wet. The 3 yo(whom still refuses to potty train for more then 3 days in a row) is 3-4 a day.

[–]generaltsopizza 5 ポイント6 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yep. I myself shit once every 3 days

[–]matebeatscoffee 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I love the semantics on that sentence.

[Mathematical explanation]. [Shit talk].

[–]motherofdragoons[S] 6 ポイント7 ポイント  (0子コメント)

not even a little bit. sorry! and its even more physical diapers than that, because you go to change them and they pee and/or poop on the one you are trying to fasten on so you have to grab another one, that happened at last once a day, usually more. I could probably calculate how many diapers we went through... :D Don't buy too many of one size/brand though, they all fit differently and you don't know how fast your kid will grow. We prefer the costco brand above all others.

[–]JLive23 14 ポイント15 ポイント  (4子コメント)

Am dad....don't sweat it. Changing diapers is one of those urban legends that people make to sound hard but is actually a breeze. Get a cool dad diaper bag and maybe keep a small flask in there. Or don't.

[–]mattymck 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (0子コメント)

note-taking intensfies

[–]imnotnewhere_really 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (1子コメント)

This is so true! And the best thing about newborn diaper changes is that they can't move yet, so changes are fast and easy. My one year old, on the other hand, is constantly trying to roll off the table or stick her hands in her poopy diaper...

[–]StimulatorCam 10 ポイント11 ポイント  (15子コメント)

I'm a father of 5, and my youngest has been potty trained for over a year now, so diapers are only a distant memory for me, but 15 is like on the extreme end of things. OP's chart shows about a 6-8 median per day, which is fairly normal but maybe even on the high side. It really comes down to how long you'll let your kid sit in a wet diaper, or how wet the diaper is. A poopy diaper you have to change right away though.

[–]motherofdragoons[S] 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (14子コメント)

My kid flipped when her diaper was wet so I had to change it pretty quickly. Also breastfed babies poop more so there's that.

[–]GaidalCain 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Its the opposite, babies drinking formula poop more. Breast milk gets absorbed by them a lot better. At around 2 months ours only pooped like once a week. And now its once/twice a day (5 months)

[–]StimulatorCam 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (11子コメント)

My youngest breast fed until she was 2 1/2 :)

[–]motherofdragoons[S] 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (4子コメント)

I'd like to see those totals!!

[–]StimulatorCam 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (3子コメント)

It wouldn't have been much different than yours, as she trailed off to just once or twice a day not much later than you, and just kept it up as part of her bedtime routine for almost a year.

[–]motherofdragoons[S] 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (2子コメント)

we were just a bedtime for about a month before we weaned. I just felt like we needed to be done.

[–]StimulatorCam 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (1子コメント)

My daughter was talking and potty trained by the end of it. She would ask for it, have it, then go to the bathroom by herself. It kind of seemed odd, but so what?

[–]motherofdragoons[S] 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

my daughter would get so worked up and start whining "boo boo boo boo" when she wanted to nurse, especially to sleep.

[–]Luder714 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (4子コメント)

Saw a show somewhere where this hippie mom was still breastfeeding her 5 year old. Someone asks how old the kids was. Her reply was something like "284 Weeks".

[–]StimulatorCam 5 ポイント6 ポイント  (1子コメント)

See, I want to think "that's crazy!", but then again I'm sure someone out there thinks breast feeding a 2 year old is crazy, so I shouldn't judge.

Even though it's crazy...

[–]Oddsockgnome [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

World Health Organisation recommends breastfeeding until 2.

[–]ADVentive 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Both of my kids breastfed until about 5 years old. I did not track their ages in weeks though. Not sure why you would!

[–]Luder714 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I forgot to mention it was a comedy. Some weird cartoon on Adult Swim about 10 years ago. Just some random memory.

[–]cp5000 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

You can probably get away with 8-10 a day in the first couple months. It'll come down once they sleep well through the night.

[–]Joenz 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (1子コメント)

I'm about to be a father of twins in 2 months. Get yourself a diaper calculator http://www.diaperplanner.com/

Mine says 4900 diapers in the first year.

[–]mattymck 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

wow. i never knew babies pooped so much.

[–]GiggleButts 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (2子コメント)

New mom of a 4 month old here! Some babies reeeaally don't like having pee in their diaper (can you blame them??). Mine was one of them. It made him really upset and we would joke that he acted like some villain was putting the pee there. He went through 20+ diapers/24 hours in the first few weeks.

My mother in law rolled her eyes at first when she visited and said we were "spoiling him" by changing his diaper when he became hysterical (right...a 3 week old), but quickly realized it was honestly complete torture for him to sit in it!

It got waaaay better as time went on and he got used to the sensation. Now he goes the whole night without needing a change and only needs 5-8 or so changes during the day (which I swear is very manageable!).

My best friend had a baby at the same time. Right off the bat, her baby needed MAYBE 5 changes a day. Mind you, it turned out the baby had some serious problems w/not being able to breastfeed properly, but even when her diaper was full it didn't bother her at all.

Point being, your baby will be an individual, and will have his or her own preferences. You'll also see them as the cutest thing you've ever looked at and won't mind at all. You get super good at it super fast and it's no big deal 😉 Good luck and congratulations!

PS-invest in some overnight diapers as soon as your baby is big enough! The target ones are all up to 12 hours by default and have worked much better for us than the "fancy" brands.

[–]motherofdragoons[S] 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

my girl was the same way, she flipped shit when her diaper was wet. Life was better if you just gave in and changed it. Its gotten better!

[–]BoiledForYourSins 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Don't worry about those early frequent diaper changes, they're super easy like wiping a bit of mustard of someone's chin. They don't even smell bad.

You need to be concerned about the three year old diaper changes that are only like once a day but they're dropping like full-size adult shits. It's just nasty.

[–]lhinFTW 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

It sounds bad, but it's not so terrible. The diapers of a newborn are a cakewalk compared to older kid diapers. Newborns don't squirm and try to crawl away, and their poop isn't too smelly. Thank god I only change a few diapers a day now (11 month old), cause it is like an act of Congress- complete with poor attempts at negotiating, name calling, and lots of crying.

[–]jdronks 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yep. Get used to changing it, then having to change it five minutes after.

[–]garnetblack67 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Seriously. I have one coming in about 8 weeks. I'm not sure I'm prepared for all that shit.

[–]skibbi9 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yes, the first month is typically 10-15 a day, by month 3 you're like 8-10. They're not usually bad changes, just constant and always change before feeding so that they'll sleep better.

[–]skrln 45 ポイント46 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Got it. When I become a father I'll give it 320 big macs and be done with it until kindergarten. Thanks for the research.

[–]theotherrusty 60 ポイント61 ポイント  (3子コメント)

Why on earth is this tagged NSFW? Does anyone in their right mind really consider merely talking about breastfeeding NSFW?

Edit: The tag appears to be removed. Good news, but it's very sad to know that some people think the mere discussion of breastfeeding is NSFW...

[–]motherofdragoons[S] 18 ポイント19 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I'm going to contact admins about that.

[–]jofwu 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (0子コメント)

They probably have automod tag anything with "breast" in it just to be on the safe side.

[–]Trollw00t 74 ポイント75 ポイント  (13子コメント)

Refering to your diaper diagram this is probably the most informational shitpost on reddit.

[–]Nik_Tesla 23 ポイント24 ポイント  (11子コメント)

That daily average is way higher than I expected it to be. Is that normal? I have absolutely no sense of how much it should be, but changing a diaper about ever 2 hours is terrifyingly often as a non-parent.

[–]StimulatorCam 6 ポイント7 ポイント  (0子コメント)

It's a bit on the high side, from my personal experience, but not ridiculous. Probably could be 4-6 average after the first year.

[–]motherofdragoons[S] 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (6子コメント)

some days its more often than that, I think breastfed babies are more often than formula fed (based on what my friends tell me) it can be every time they eat.

[–]pineapplecharm 13 ポイント14 ポイント  (1子コメント)

But, but.. fifteen times a day? At some point you must have considered plumbing the baby into a receptacle of some kind.

[–]decepere 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Yeap, our son (almost 9 months) is on formula and solid food now and his diaper changes were roughly about half of what you have during the same time period.

[–]cmd-t 20 ポイント21 ポイント  (2子コメント)

OP, did you mark this nsfw yourself? If so, do you really consider this to be nsfw?

[–]motherofdragoons[S] 13 ポイント14 ポイント  (1子コメント)

I did not! bot or reported I'm guessing. Going to contact admin.

[–]RedDevilsEggs 10 ポイント11 ポイント  (3子コメント)

70 gallons out of the boobs? Holy crap, they aren't joking when they say babies suck the life out of em...

[–]motherofdragoons[S] 5 ポイント6 ポイント  (2子コメント)

yep! they still look pretty good right now but I only weaned a week ago.

[–]RedDevilsEggs 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (1子コメント)

I feel like there's a sunglasses gif with "niiice" or something that would be the reddit appropriate response, but honestly thanks for sharing the data. This kinda stuff makes babies less scary to the nerdbrain of mine :D

[–]motherofdragoons[S] 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

they are terrifying but also amazing. I said elsewhere but tracking all of this gave me some sense of control.

[–]parposbio 11 ポイント12 ポイント  (2子コメント)

Why is this marked NSFW? This post only includes a well-articulated set of data and nothing else. Just because the word "breast" is in the title doesn't mean it's NSFW.

[–]motherofdragoons[S] 8 ポイント9 ポイント  (0子コメント)

exactly! Was this a bot or did someone report it? Should I contact admin?

[–]Silocon 12 ポイント13 ポイント  (7子コメント)

Wow, at the height in months 5 and 6, you were expending 6-7,000 calories per month or ~225 calories/day on breast milk. That's about 10% of the average woman's daily intake!

Is 225 calories/day about right for a 5 month old? I really have no idea, I've not had kids! Were there other foods not recorded here?

Cool data, thanks for sharing.

[–]motherofdragoons[S] 8 ポイント9 ポイント  (5子コメント)

I had a BIG kid, she started on solids (meaning baby food purees) at 4 months which is a bit earlier than most kids and started eating table food around 8 months.
Her height and weight have always been off the charts so I guess she got what she needed!

[–]Silocon 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (4子コメント)

Cool. I'd not really considered the caloric cost of breastfeeding until today. It's comparable to a daily 5k run.

Breastfeeding for weight-loss, that's a million dollar idea :P

[–]Cran-lemonade 11 ポイント12 ポイント  (1子コメント)

It's something that's often brought up in the mommy communities. I'm not even a parent, but as a 30 year old woman with lots of 30 year old women friends...my facebook is full of this shit. They're constantly going on and on about all the reasons breastfeeding is best, and one of their reasons is that it burns 500 calories a day for mom. (That's the number they're always throwing around, no idea how truthful it is.) I think they ALL breastfeed though, so I'm not exactly sure who they're preaching to.

[–]motherofdragoons[S] 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

it was not a contributing factor for me I had other reasons to do it but it was nice except that hunger that comes from breastfeeding is UNREAL.

[–]motherofdragoons[S] 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I lost tons of weight in the first few months (then f'ed it up when I went back to work).

[–]adalida 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (0子コメント)

It's a thing! Many people attribute their weight loss to breastfeeding. Your hormones also change, though, and your hunger increases (sometimes dramatically), so it varies from person to person. For some moms it sucks those "last 10 pounds" of baby weight right off; others can't lose it while breastfeeding even when they try, but slim down as soon as they wean.

[–]ShaiNoy 10 ポイント11 ポイント  (1子コメント)

I'm having a hard time understanding what could be possibly NSFW in this post...

[–]motherofdragoons[S] 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

not sure how it got marked that way

[–]alice-in-canada-land 6 ポイント7 ポイント  (1子コメント)

I like how randomly varied the feeding is.

Certainly confirms my experience of nursing. Half the exhaustion is not knowing what to expect.

[–]lippertstick 5 ポイント6 ポイント  (2子コメント)

Now, the verb "to breastfeed" can mean either to give or to receive milk. And I just want to say that anyone who's receiving that much milk shouldn't be able to do data tracking on it.

[–]lampshade9909 5 ポイント6 ポイント  (6子コメント)

How about some birth control for the teenagers out there. Please describe in detail what it was like to change 15 diapers on that peak day.

[–]motherofdragoons[S] 18 ポイント19 ポイント  (3子コメント)

I was on maternity leave for 14 weeks. Some days my husband would walk in the door and I'd say 'I'll give you anything if you just change her diaper' because the prospect of changing ONE MORE DIAPER was just overwhelming. My kid also had a poop canon. I cleaned poop off of: blinds, floor, chair, lamp, window, changing table, myself and out of the heat register. I've been peed on (by a baby girl no less), pooped on more times than I can count, had poop underneath my fingernails, gone to work with poop on my pants (that I found once I got there). Changed more outfits (mine and hers) in a day that should be allowed and have had to bath poop out of her hair.

[–]cicadaselectric 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (1子コメント)

You could've brought your little pooper into middle schools, would've scared everyone to the appropriate degree!

[–]Whiskey_bent 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Mom of a one year old here. For us, changing an ungodly amount of diapers was the easy part! Spending 8+ hours a day in the beginning either breastfeeding or pumping was fucking dreadful.

[–]toomanyburritos 6 ポイント7 ポイント  (2子コメント)

I think this is beautiful and inspiring. I'm 4 days overdue and going out of my mind but this gave me a huge sense of comfort. I'm total type A Virgo and will probably do something similar if this baby ever comes out.

[–]HereticalSkeptic 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I see a direct correlation between amount of feeding and amount of diaper changing.

I have a hypotheses that in this case, correlation is causation.

So, new parents, you know what to do to reduce the number of diaper changings.

[–]DarwinianMonkey 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (1子コメント)

I wanted this thread to be about a 20 year old guy with tape on his glasses still feeding from the teat.

[–]zellexe 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I was oddly expecting this to

[–]morgunus 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (2子コメント)

What the fuck happened at the end of December. Am i reading a child required 16 diaper changes in a single day. Did you feed it blended taco bell with exlax holy shit.

[–]nate1212 7 ポイント8 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Fellow nerd here.

Big Macs should not have an apostrophe.

Bothered the fuck out of me.

[–]motherofdragoons[S] 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

sorry! screen shot, can't change it but duly noted!

[–]grumpymario 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (3子コメント)

OP, your username and your post together suggest you breast fed some dragons. Is that the case? I'm impressed.

Immediate edit: I can't read without those glasses. But damn I'll just leave it here.

[–]motherofdragoons[S] 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (2子コメント)

haha, most people make the mistake when they read my username, I'm okay with that.

[–]iLikeTurtuls 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (1子コメント)

So you're the mother of a fighter pretty much. What war?

[–]BunsMunchHay 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (3子コメント)

Fellow data nerd here and I am due in April. My collegues are forcing me to take 3+ months of maternity leave but I'm afraid I will be bored. I can see myself making something like this. I can also see myself wishing I had time to be bored between 6 hours of nursing and 8-12 diaper changes per day, sheesh!

[–]adalida 5 ポイント6 ポイント  (0子コメント)

You will be very VERY busy and deeply sleep deprived and hopped up on more emotions than you can even imagine. You might get 'bored,' but not in the sense of having nothing to do. Maybe in the sense of having nothing intellectual to do, but that's just kinda part of it for that life stage.

[–]motherofdragoons[S] 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

feel free to PM me with questions! I loved this app by the way.

[–]Cheeseand0nions 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Anyone else notice the huge monthly dip in volume produced? one day a month and later one day every two weeks there is a day when milk production is way, way donw from all the surrounding days. Might have something to do with the mother's monthly hormonal cycles.

[–]anal_boner 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (5子コメント)

That's a lot of milk.

When my daughter was born she refused to latch. So, we had to exclusively bottle feed her, but my wife still pumped for her. At her pumping height she was producing between 55-65 ounces every day. That went on for about 7 months.

[–]iamasher92 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (1子コメント)

This is awesome, my Fiancée would love this. She had to pump because our daughter is G-Tube fed. But she was writing down how much she pumped daily and kept a pretty detailed log. Nothing compared to this!

She was pumping enough for twins and at the time I believe our daughter wasn't taking more than 25-100ml a feed for her first few months. At one point we eneded up having both our grandparents and my parents deep freezers full pf breast milk. If you find yourself with leftovers when breastfeeding is done look into donating or selling it. The stuff is liquid gold.

[–]Gonzostewie 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (1子コメント)

My wife would have loved to do something like this. As it is, she kept a journal with the first one and used it to gauge the second's eating habits. She's crazy but she's productive/constructive crazy & that's why I love her.

[–]Trialzero 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (1子コメント)

December 29, 2016 was the shittiest day of the year.

Seriously, 14-15 diaper changes on that day? what the fuck happened? Did Taco Bell come out of your breasts?

[–]wingchild 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (5子コメント)

Is the average time spent feeding actually cumulative time spent feeding? I can't see how you survived the first three months otherwise, packing an 12 to 13 feedings into a day, each of which lasted four to five hours straight based on the average time. Days would need to be 48 hours long, or longer.

They may have felt that way, come to think of it.

[–]motherofdragoons[S] 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (4子コメント)

no, its average for that month, so month 1 was 266.7 minutes per day average which is 4.45 hours per day.

[–]TheMeiguoren 5 ポイント6 ポイント  (3子コメント)

Guy here. I had absolutely no idea babies breastfed that much. 4+ hrs/day? Holy crap.

[–]adalida 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Newborns for the first few weeks of life have essentially NO internal clocks or schedules, and they develop quite slowly, over a few months. They're also in a very unique period of incredible growth that's unlike any other time in a human's life. This means their needs are basically random. Parents can help structure sleeping shceuldes somewhat, and the natural circadian rhythm eventually kicks in...but it takes awhile. Eating and eliminating continue to be pretty much constant for even longer, though. Their tummies are just so tiny and they need SO much energy.

[–]motherofdragoons[S] 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (0子コメント)

it's called cluster feeding. Its really just for the first few months but its real and harrowing when you are in the midst of it.

[–]Demonicmonk 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (1子コメント)

So I didn't read everything, I apologize if this was discussed prior. It seems like there is a (Very) large spike in the amount the kid ate right before a general fall off of how much they ate in general? Is that true? Do you think/notice if they came with any kind of growth spurts?

[–]motherofdragoons[S] 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

there are absolutely spikes around growth spurts and generally drops around teething times.

[–]phess92 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (5子コメント)

Were the sharp drops in pumping at around 4/21/2016 and 5/31/2016 due to anything specific?

[–]Luder714 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (5子コメント)

That's a shitload (pun intended) of diaper changes. Are you using cloth diapers?

Edit: This has first child written all over it :) I appreciate the info. Interesting.

[–]motherofdragoons[S] 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (4子コメント)

no disposable. I considered cloth but decided I just couldn't handle it.

[–]Joenz 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (2子コメント)

Diapers are only around $500-$600 for the first year. Expensive, but people overestimate the cost.

[–]GestaltJungle 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (3子コメント)

12 diaper changes per day?! Does breast feeding make this more likely? My son had nowhere near this: 3 a day tops.

[–]regularforcesmedic 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (3子コメント)

I'd also want to see correlative data on sleep, teething, and illness. Because I'm curious that way. Any chance you did this?

[–]motherofdragoons[S] 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (2子コメント)

I couldn't track sleep, I tried but my kid was a SHIT sleeper (still kind of is). She was an early teether, I can add in teeth dates, I have those and I have temperature recordings which would indicate illness.

[–]regularforcesmedic 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Did she nurse more or less while ill? Teething? Did she sleep better when she nursed a lot during the day, and poorly on nights where she nursed less?

Growth would also be interesting. I noticed that my boys would cycle....eat like mad for weeks, then sleep like mad for weeks with less eating, and then they'd suddenly need the next clothing size. There'd be a short few weeks' break and then it'd start over again. :)

Babies are fun. Mine are 14 and 15 now.

[–]lexonhym 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Do you have a version using the age of the child on the axis instead of the date?

[–]whats_a_bylaw 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (1子コメント)

I used the same app, but was lucky to make 5oz per day at most. (IGT sucks.) It was great for tracking formula feeds. I charted my output, too, but tossed it when I tossed the pump. Good on you for being persistent.

[–]motherofdragoons[S] 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Here is more poop data for those interested http://imgur.com/a/PXZd5

[–]Robotic_Pedant 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

"March 8: did not feed Navy at all. Diapers continued to be soiled. Looking into alternative causes."

[–]forgotyourbriefcase 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (2子コメント)

Am i the only one who is confused as to how there can be 0.6 of a feed?

[–]Literallythisupvote 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Maybe they had an estimate of the average volume that the baby consumes. And if they consumed less than that (fractional amount) a value that isn't a whole number could be recorded.

[–]1LostInSpaceAgain 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Why is this NSFW? Labeling a normal function like feeding a child as not safe for work increases the misconception that it's abnormal.

[–]motherofdragoons[S] 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I think is fixed, not sure what happened.

[–]bluerocketsflying 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (1子コメント)

There is a lot of variation among infants. My girl is 9 weeks old and takes one massive dump every other day.

[–]CanadianAstronaut 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Can anyone calculate, based on the volumes, how many calories the mother provided?

[–]h0bb3z 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Not sure why this is considered NSFW. Breast feeding is a natural thing that has been done for literally centuries. American society has some really stupid taboos on shit.

Edit -- also, this is awesome.

[–]Quasar_Cross [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Wow. Based on how much fat and calories they ingest from breast milk, I assume babies are basically coffee cream.

[–]4448144484 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Nurses in the maternity ward should show the first chart that details how many Big Macs the calories add up to as incentive for women who are desperate to "get rid of the baby weight."

Many women would have extra motivation to "keep with it."

[–]aminimalisticwitch [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Lord I would lose it haha. I tried tracking feeds and it just drove me nuts. I kept track of diapers instead. This is cool though! Still nursing my 18mo, I wonder how many nursing sessions we've had in that time lol.

[–]siliconsmiley [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

How do you estimate the volume when nursing? Is there a meter somewhere that I'm unaware of?

[–]senses3 [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Holy crap, I had no idea newborns would eat like 10+ times a day! That's nuts. Not to mention they apparently poop (or pee I guess) about the same number of times.

These graphs were very enlightening indeed.

[–]Electric_Cat [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

You have to change a baby 14 times a day? holy shit I'm not ready for that

[–]oh_like_you_know [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

gotta step up your game - I have a friend who used a kitchen scale to weigh her baby before and after every feed so she could capture ounces fed without pumping. but really, great work!

[–]ZeusHatesTrees 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (9子コメント)

10 ounces per day (month 6) a lot, isn't it? I dunno, I'm a guy, just going by what my also nerd sister tells me about how boob math works.

[–]adalida 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (1子コメント)

I only pumped for a couple of months, but once my supply was established I got probably 8 ounces a day. And I wasn't exclusively feeding the baby breast milk. 10 ounces definitely seems reasonable.

Varies a lot between women, though; your supply depends on demand and on your hormonal and environmental situation. Some women can't make enough to exclusively feed their babies breast milk; some make enough to feed 3 or 4 kids (they sometimes donate to banks because they're amazing).

[–]motherofdragoons[S] 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (4子コメント)

pumping or nursings?

[–]ZeusHatesTrees 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (3子コメント)

If I remember right she said that was pumping.

Yeah, definitely pumping. We were talking about her bottles of milk, and how much you actually make, I think she said it ranges at peak from like 3 ounces some women, up to like.. a large number for others.

Once again, I'm going from memory from a discussion at chistmas.

[–]motherofdragoons[S] 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (2子コメント)

From what I understand my pump out put was right about average. I peaked at about 16oz per day which is above average but settled in about 10-12 ounces per day, less towards the end. but I was pumping 3-4x a day at work.

[–]ZeusHatesTrees 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (1子コメント)

aah, so this chart is pretty close to average then.

[–]motherofdragoons[S] 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I think I was pretty average.

[–]bannydinns 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (2子コメント)

If you're old enough to use excel you probably shouldn't still be breastfeeding.

[–]ClickHereForUpvote 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (1子コメント)

12... Twelve... Diapers per day? Maybe people should sneak some fibre into breast milk?