A baby tracker that reminds you when to stop

What does “reminds you when to stop” actually mean?

Wobble looks for a boringly steady stretch in the logs you entered. If the checks below pass, it may show one calm prompt suggesting that you log less. You can dismiss a sleep or feed prompt and keep logging. For a nappy or solids graduation, you can hide the type or keep it. Once dismissed, the same prompt does not return for that baby.

It does not diagnose a problem, certify a routine or tell you that your baby will behave the same way tomorrow. Wobble cannot see an unsettled feed, a growth spurt or the expression on your baby’s face. You can.

What Wobble checks before a sleep or feed prompt

Every sleep or milk-feed prompt has the same safeguards:

• your baby is at least eight weeks old
• you are still using Wobble, with at least five logs of any kind in the past seven days
• recent night-waking logs do not show two or more rough nights, where each night has at least two recorded wake-ups
• you have sleep or milk-feed logs on about 12 of the past 14 nights or days

For sleep, Wobble checks whether the total sleep you logged each night stays within a fairly narrow range. For milk feeds, it checks whether the number of nursing and bottle feeds you logged each day is fairly consistent. It does not judge whether that amount is healthy or enough.

Three examples of what the app can say

Sleep looks steady

You have logged night sleep on 12 of the past 14 nights, the nightly totals are similar, and the rough-patch check is clear. Wobble may say that sleep has a steady pattern and suggest taking it easy with sleep logs.

That is a statement about the record, not a sleep forecast.

Milk-feed counts look steady

You have logged nursing or bottles on 12 of the past 14 days and the daily number is similar. Wobble may say that feeds have found a rhythm and that logging every feed is optional.

It is not saying a bottle was large enough, a nursing session transferred enough milk, or that feeding on cue should change.

You already stopped logging nappies or solids

Wobble can also notice when you used to record a category, have not touched it for a month, but still use the app for other things. It may offer to hide nappies or solids from the logging controls. “Keep logging” remains available.

Medication is excluded from these graduation prompts because it is episodic. Sleep and milk feeds use the separate two-week checks above.

When should I ignore the prompt and keep tracking?

Keep the record if it is still answering a question, helping with a handover, or following a plan agreed with a health professional. A clinician’s request to record feeds, nappies, medicines or symptoms takes priority over Wobble’s general prompt.

You can also restart a category later. Stopping is not a graduation exam. It simply means the log has done its job for now.

For the wider decision, read Do I need a baby tracking app? and Do baby tracking apps actually help?.