Hand Off Care Between Caregivers

Share the same child profile first

Separate accounts can still work from one child record. The child's owner manages this under Settings > Children > Care circle. A caregiver only sees the areas included in their invitation, so missing Calendar or milestone information may be a permission issue rather than an app error.

1. Open Settings and choose Children.
2. Select the child, find Care circle, and tap Manage access.
3. Invite the caregiver and choose only the permissions they need.
4. Ask them to accept the invitation and confirm the shared child appears in their app before the shift starts.

Log the last few events before the shift

Before you go off duty, check that the recent feed, sleep or wake, diaper, and medicine events are in Calendar. Correct a wrong time now if it would change the next caregiver's decision.

1. Open Calendar and scan the latest events.
2. Finish any timer that is no longer active.
3. Use Day note under More in Quick log when one exception needs to be visible.
4. Leave routine details in Calendar instead of repeating the whole day in a text.

Give a thirty-second handoff

A useful handoff has three parts: what happened most recently, what is likely due next, and anything unusual. Ask EchoMom to summarize the recent period when you are too tired to assemble that list yourself.

1. Say the most recent feed and wake time.
2. Say what the next caregiver should watch for or do next.
3. Say the one concern, preference, or unfinished task that cannot be inferred from Calendar.

Let the off-duty caregiver be off duty

The practical value of shared care is not more notifications. It is giving one person a protected stretch of rest while another person can see enough context to act. Agree who is responsible, mute unnecessary alerts, and use EchoMom as the shared record until the next handoff.

What to remember

• The next caregiver usually needs the last feed, last wake, active timers, and what is due next.
• Invite them to the same child profile with only the permissions their role needs.
• A reliable handoff can help the off-duty parent truly stop monitoring and take a sleep shift.