a busy mom
and her bullet journal
Now this a log that I hope no mother ever has to use. None of us wants to see our little ones getting sick or suffering in any way. But, there are certain things that we should probably track. I know that my mother did when it came to me, especially in those days when we didn't have access to computers and electronic records like we do nowadays.
I've reserved a page in my 2016 bullet journal for tracking any diseases my daugther could contract. So far, I had not had to use it and I keep my fingers crossed. The idea is to keep track of the most common diseases children can get and when they got them. These would be measles, chickenpox, fifth disease, mumps, rubella, Etc. It doesn't have to be anything fancy. Just a list of the most common ones under one column, a column for the date (you could use two columns: One for start and another one for end date since some diseases can run for several weeks) and a column for general notes. I'm glad that my mom kept a track of those because when I got pregnant and they ran all the necessary blood tests, one result came back positive. It was for rubella (also known as German measles,) something I had as a kid. I was glad I told them ahead so they wouldn't freak out. But hadn't my mom kept track of those things, with me growing up in one country and now living in another one as an adult, who knows. I might have not been able to give warning to the doctors so they wouldn't worry or call the CDC. Just kidding. You may be thinking what's the point of tracking certain things that seem to have been erradicated, at least in the United States. While I'm no doctor or scientist, some diseases have cycles of decades when they do not show up at all and, all of a sudden, a new generation gets sick with that particular disease that was thought to have been completely eliminated. I don't know. I thought it would be useful and, along with my daughter's vaccine tracker, I created one and I will be referencing (threading) to these on my future bullet journals.
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Here's a tracker I created to help me remember my daughter's immunizations. I basically copied the one from the CDC where you can download it as a PDF. However, it does not have room to write down the dates. You could use the yellow bars. But I do not like carrying extra papers. Either way, I had some time in my hands and remade it in my bullet journal. By the way, it is a good idea to go back to the CDC page and make sure that they have not updated the vaccination schedule. As we all know, new discoveries are done every day. By the time your child may need a new shot, they could have discovered a new vaccine or an exciting one could have become obsolete. Immunizations Tracker (children 0 months to 6 years old.) For updated immunization schedule in the United States, visit http://www.CDC.gov/vaccines Supplies
Today I'm going to be sharing the bullet-journal version of the baby tracker I used when my daughter was a newborn with some additions. As soon as my daughter was born, I realized that she was not a baby who would cry that much. If you have children, you know that crying is the way they have to communicate when something is bothering them: A wet diaper, hunger, over-stimulation, boredom, hot, cold, etc. Eventually, you start even learning the different cries a baby may have. The way a baby cries when hungry is not the same way he or she may cry when wet.
My daughter was no exception to that; however, she was, for most part, a very content and happy baby. She didn't cry much and she didn't cry at all when she needed a diaper change. Now that she just turned 2 years old, she still doesn't cry or anything when she needs a diaper change. In fact, the only way you know that she needs a clean diaper is because of the "beautiful" smell trace she leaves behind and wherever she goes. Therefore, I realized soon after she was born that I was going to need a system to track down her nature calls, as well as feedings (the latter, to keep my own sanity since I was breastfeeding, pumping, and supplementing with formula.) |
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