Category Archives: Metrics

600 diapers yesterday

Posted on September 26, 2003 by benmac

There’s really not much more to say. Well, actually, let me clarify (in order to head-off the confused and incredulous emails in my inbox), Trixie did not use 600 diapers yesterday, but rather exceeded that number cumulatively.

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The Big Five-Oh-Oh

Posted on September 22, 2003 by benmac

What were you doing 10 a.m. September 13th, 2003? We were changing Trixie’s 500th diaper. 500 diapers. Five Hundred. Trixie hit this milestone on her 44th day in this world. I shouldn’t be surprised, because I knew she was averaging … Continue reading →

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Belly Button Context

Posted on September 10, 2003 by benmac

I realize now that some of the belly button images from our previous story might be a little graphic, especially since they were presented without any context. Not wanting to appear sensationalist, here’s a little bit about the images. 1) … Continue reading →

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Evolution of a Belly Button

Posted on September 10, 2003 by benmac

It took a couple of weeks, but Trixie now officially has a cute little “innie”. Note: the next post provides some context for this image.

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Infant Visual Stimulation Revisited

Posted on September 8, 2003 by benmac

Trixie stopped freaking out at the patterned images a long time ago. She’s still very interested in most of the them, but now in a controlled, deliberate manner. So what’s the verdict? What does she like best? While this survey … Continue reading →

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Potentially Dangerous Growth

Posted on September 4, 2003 by benmac

Trixie had her one month check-up yesterday and got weighed and measured. She is currently 9lbs. She has increased her mass by almost 50% over the past 30 days! This level of growth astounds me. If she were to maintain … Continue reading →

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What do a newborn's feeding habits look like?

Posted on September 2, 2003 by benmac

This is the final presentation of all breast feeding data that was collected before we realized it was no longer helpful in monitoring Trixie’s milk intake. In the end we had collected about two weeks worth of data, and I … Continue reading →

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This chart is full of bad data

Posted on August 28, 2003 by benmac

The data collected here was extremely helpful during the first 8 days as it predicted an average of about 133 minutes daily nursing. However, once Trixie stumbled across the idea of using Jennifer as a human pacifier, everything is thrown … Continue reading →

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Information Failure

Posted on August 27, 2003 by benmac

Accurately recording Trixie’s breast feeding activity has proven impossible. She is clearly eating plenty based on the sheer amount of waste generated, but she acts like she’s starving and frantically makes the hand in mouth gesture all the time. We’ve … Continue reading →

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She played us for fools

Posted on August 23, 2003 by benmac

Trixie is a very sneaky baby. After a second day of unusual feeding data, we now realize that the feeding spike reported earlier is not an accurate representation of Trixie’s milk intake. She’s been using Jennifer as a human pacifier, … Continue reading →

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