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Baby tracking, sleep and feeding notes.

Practical guides on newborn sleep, feeding rhythms, growth percentiles and reading your baby log, written plainly and kept short. New here? Start with the week-by-week guide to the first year.

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Growth · 6 min read

Growth percentiles are a curve, not a grade.

What the 25th percentile actually means, why the line across visits matters more than any single dot, and how noisy those measurements really are.

August 2026
A mother in a nursery glider checking her phone while holding her sleeping swaddled newborn, with stacked diapers on the shelf behind her Diapers
Diapers · 6 min read

Diaper counts: what's normal in the first weeks.

Why the wet count climbs day by day, how to tell wet from damp, what the colours mean, and the few combinations worth a phone call.

August 2026
A father checking the shared Little Bean log at night while his partner sleeps beside him and their newborn sleeps in a bassinet Both parents
Both parents · 6 min read

Splitting the night without a spreadsheet.

Split shifts or alternating nights, the four facts every handover needs, and why the shared note on the fridge stops getting filled in by week two.

July 2026
Father reviewing his newborn's evening feeding pattern in the Little Bean app Feeding
Feeding · 6 min read

Cluster feeding, explained (and why it's normal).

Why your newborn wants to feed again twenty minutes after the last one, what the evening clump looks like in your log, and the few signs that are worth a call.

July 2026
Parents comparing sleep charts in the Little Bean app beside their newborn's bassinet Sleep
Sleep · 5 min read

Nap or sleep stretch: which one actually matters.

Naps and the longest sleep stretch tell you different things. Which number to watch in your newborn's log, and which one is safe to relax about.

June 2026
Mother cradling her sleeping newborn wrapped in a sage swaddle Reading the log
Reading the log · 6 min read

How to read your newborn's log in the first month.

The handful of patterns worth watching in the first weeks, feeds, diapers, sleep and weight, and the ones that are safe to ignore.

June 2026
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Compare · 8 min read

The best baby tracker apps in 2026, compared honestly.

Seven trackers, ranked by what each is actually best at: shared care, sleep prediction, price, simplicity and developmental leaps. Including where the others beat us.

June 2026

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