Price Tag: $19.95
Official URL: http://www.littlelogbook.com/
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NOTE: This giveaway has ended. Number 11 is our winner according to random.org. Congratulations Lisa! We’ll be emailing you tonight to get the shipping information.

“Babies Little Log Book” is the creation of Alex Ahrens that will be very valued by breastfeeding moms in particular. In addition to allowing mom to track her baby’s behavior, there are two sections for mom: Lactation Notes and Pumping Log. Most baby log books assume that babies are bottle fed, or that mom doesn’t pump. Since the number of pages devoted to breastfeeding specifics are a small percentage of the book, this book is valuable to formula feeding moms, or those that mix-feed as well.

The goal of this log book is not only to record information about your baby’s life, but to help you analyze patterns in your baby’s days that may be causing sleep disturbances or colicky behavior.

This book is great for twins, although you only get about a month and a half of use out of it this way (buy two!) Just use one side for Baby A and the other for Baby B. It makes it easy to quickly compare the days of the two babies.

CONTENTS

This book is divided into four color-coded sections, along with an introduction and some areas to enter additional information:

Introduction Pages: The first 5 pages of the log book contain the introduction which tells the parent why the log book was created, followed by two pages on how to use the log book, and then one sample log book page for a one month old, and another sample page for a six month old so that you can get an idea for what type of information to cover.

Page-a-Day logging:  This book contains approximately 3 months worth of daily logging pages.  Each page is structured the same. At the top of most of these page is a quote in orange text about parenthood or babies. To the outside of the page there are two “leaf” icons that you can use to write in the date and the baby’s age for that day. Below that are four columns that you can fill in with the time of observation, eating notes, sleeping notes, and diaper information.  No information is pre-filled, so you can just record what you consider significant. You can also use the fields to record other information such as play time if you choose. There are 17 lines to fill in the information, and then a line across the bottom to write in a summary including total amount of sleep for the day. Belo that are three lines where you can record the day’s milestones, moods, medications and other information. You can use one page per day, or you can use one line per event and stretch out the use of the book even further on uneventful days.

You’ll love the quotes at the top of most of the log pages. They are insightful or amusing or touching. And each page has a different quote.  One quote reads “Loving a baby is a circular business, a kind of feedback loop. The more you give the more you get and the more you get the more you feel like giving.“- Penelope Leach Another reads: “Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories.” – John Wilmot

The pages in this section have an orange border so that you can quickly flip to the right section. I find it useful to dog-ear the page that I’m on.

Baby’s Doctor Visits: This section has green edges. Each page in this section contains fields for the following information: Pediatrician’s name, date, baby’s age, weight & percentile, length & percentile, head circumference & percentile, questions for the pediatrician, notes from the visit, Immunizations given, and date/details of the next visit scheduled. There are 6 pages for Doctor visit notes. Enough for three months of well-baby visits.

Mommy’s Lactation Notes: This section goes back to orange edges. There are 10 pages for lactation notes. Each page begins with a field for the lactation consultant’s name, another for phone number, and then the rest of the page is devoted to notes.  It would be awesome if future versions of this note taking book had quick facts about breastfeeding at the top of each page, or maybe the national La Leche League hotline information.

Mommy’s Pumping Log: This section has green edges and is six pages long. Each page has 5 day’s worth (one work week) of grids to track the pumping of the day. Each gridhas an area for the date, timeof day,minutes of pumping and amount of milk. There is room for up to 8 pumping sessions per day, and an area to write in the total amount of milk pumped for each day.

Extras: The inside of the front cover has two areas to write down the name of the baby that the log book belongs to, and his birth date. The rear cover has areas for baby’s important phone numbers and information including baby’s name and birthdate, medical information such as pediatrician’s name, phone number and location/address.. Insurance information, Medical Record number, lacation consultant’s name and phone number, three areas for “other” names and phone numbers (babysitter? Daycare? Allergy specialist? Physical therapist?) and a special notes area for allergies, medications and other information.

AESTHETICS

This little book has an orange and green theme with an adorable little baby bee mascot. Most of each page is dedicated to record keeping, but lightly decorated to keep it interesting for mom.

SPECS

This book is horizontal and holds about 3 months of data for one baby, or one and a half months of data for two babies. The book is double-spiral bound with strong black-coated wire

CHARITABLE ASPECT

10% of all profits of Baby’s Little Log Book are donated to GenerationRescue.org to support research for the causes and treatments for autism. The book is approximately 8″ wide by 6″ tall. I like the horizontal format of it because it makes it easier for me to keep near our diaper changing table.

BOTTOM LINE

This book is a great tool for parents. As a nursing mom I love the lactation & pumping log sections. As a parent, I love the quotes. I’d recommend this book to any new parent, it really simplifies the task of keeping track of all the things related to early parenthood.