Log Types
BabyLog ships with twelve log types, each tuned for one piece of newborn care. Every type has the same skeleton — a time, optional notes, and a few fields specific to what you're tracking. This page is the reference for what each one captures.
Open any log type by tapping its tile on the Home screen, or by tapping the large + button on the Logs page.
Feed
Two feed methods, one log type.
Breast
- Side — left, right, or both
- Duration per side — minutes; if you pick "both" you can enter each side separately
- End side — the side baby finished on (used to suggest the other side next time)
- Estimated — flag a feed where you're guessing how long
- Notes — free text
Bottle
- Amount — volume in millilitres
- Estimated — flag if you're guessing the amount
- Notes — free text
Hand preference — bottle feeds support one-handed logging. In Settings → Preferences → Hand preference, pick left or right; the bottle modal moves its keypad and primary buttons to that thumb. See Customising Overview for the layout switch.
The Home tile shows an estimated next-feed window based on your recent feeding rhythm. The estimate updates after every saved feed.
Sleep
Sleep has two flows:
- Timer — tap Start when baby falls asleep. The Home tile shows a live timer. Tap Stop when they wake. Duration is filled in for you.
- Manual — enter the start time and end time directly when you're logging a past sleep.
Fields
- Start and end — both required to save; while a timer is running, end is left blank
- Duration — calculated automatically
- Notes — free text
If two caregivers both start a sleep timer for the same baby, BabyLog keeps the earlier one (closest to when baby actually fell asleep).
Nappy
One tap covers a routine change. Add detail when it matters (medical follow-up, watching for allergies, weaning shifts).
Fields
- Type — wee · poo · mixed · dry · clean
- Colour — tar · mustard · gold · orange · brown · frothy · green · olive · red · chalk · black (used for the poo colour chart)
- Consistency — watery · runny · mushy · pasty · formed · hard pellets
- Notes — free text
Type is the only required field beyond the timestamp; colour and consistency stay optional so a routine clean-up doesn't take more than a tap.
See our Baby poo colour chart for what each colour usually means.
Solids
Track food introduction, amounts, and reactions.
Fields
- Food — free text or autocomplete from a per-baby food library (autosaves new foods as you add them)
- Food categories — optional tags (fruit, vegetables, grains, protein, dairy, mixed meal, drinks, snacks)
- Notes — free text, often used to record reaction (loved, allergic, gagged, etc.)
Each baby has its own food library, so what your toddler ate this week doesn't pollute your newborn's history.
Pumping
Log expressed milk sessions.
Fields
- Start and end time — duration is calculated
- Left (ml) and Right (ml) — optional per-side split
- Total (ml) — required; auto-fills from left + right if you've entered both
- Notes — free text
If you only track the total, leave the per-side fields blank.
Bath
A timestamp so the whole care team knows when the last bath was.
Fields
- Time — defaults to now
- Notes — free text (water temperature, reaction, etc.)
Notes
Catch-all for anything that doesn't fit another type — a milestone, a doctor's comment, a moment to remember.
Fields
- Time — defaults to now
- Text — required
Notes appear on the Timeline alongside everything else but are excluded from numeric summaries.
Growth
Track height, weight, and head circumference against WHO growth charts.
Fields
- Weight — grams (you can enter kg with a decimal, e.g. 4.2 kg)
- Height — millimetres (entered as cm with a decimal, e.g. 56.5 cm)
- Head circumference — millimetres (entered as cm with a decimal)
- Notes — free text
All three fields are optional, so a weigh-only check-in is one number. The Summary view plots each reading against the WHO percentile curves and shows trend lines across visits.
Play
Log developmental play and tummy time.
Fields
- Play type — pick from your baby's play type library (e.g. tummy time, music, outdoor walk); add new types inline
- Notes — free text, useful for duration or how baby responded
Like solids, play types are per-baby — older siblings' activities don't appear in the newborn's autocomplete.
Temperature
Record body temperature when baby's unwell.
Fields
- Temperature (°C) — to one decimal (e.g. 37.5)
- Notes — free text, often used to record the method (ear, forehead, oral)
Stored internally as tenths of a degree, so 37.5 °C is exact. Display units (°C / °F) follow your locale.
Medication
Track every dose, including over-the-counter and prescribed.
Fields
- Medication — pick from your baby's medication library (autocomplete); add new ones inline
- Amount — numeric dose
- Unit — drops · ml · mg · tablets · puffs (or whatever you add)
- Notes — free text (reason, prescriber, reaction)
Each baby has its own medication library so the names you use stay accurate to that child.
Symptoms
Log a single symptom per entry so you can spot duration and severity at a glance.
Fields
- Symptom — free text or autocomplete (cough, runny nose, fever, vomiting, rash, etc.)
- Severity — mild · moderate · severe
- Notes — free text
Pair Symptoms with Medication and Temperature when something's going around — Summary stacks them per day so a paediatrician can read the timeline easily.