How to Mark a Feeding

Choose Nursing, Bottle, or Solids

On Home or Calendar, expand Quick log. EchoMom separates feeding into the labels you actually see in the app: Nursing, Bottle, and Solids. Each opens the control or detail sheet that fits that kind of feed.

1. Tap Nursing, choose the starting side, and use the timer when you want side and duration tracked.
2. Tap Bottle when you want to record an amount and bottle details.
3. Tap Solids for food or solid-feeding details.
4. Tap EchoMom and speak the update when both hands are occupied.

Record only what helps with the next feed

You do not need to complete every possible field. In the newborn weeks, start time, nursing side and duration, or bottle amount are usually the details another caregiver needs. Add a note only for something that changes the next decision, such as an unfinished bottle or unusual discomfort.

1. Check that the correct child is selected.
2. Confirm the time, especially if you are entering the feed later.
3. Add the amount, side, or duration that applies.
4. Save, then return to the baby instead of filling in details you will not use.

Make the overnight handoff easier

A feed log is most valuable when it lets someone else take over. The incoming caregiver can check Calendar for the most recent feed instead of switching on a light and asking when the baby last ate.

1. Before your sleep shift, make sure the last feed is saved.
2. Ask EchoMom to summarize recent feeds if the night has blurred together.
3. Tell the next caregiver only what is due next or what was unusual.

Correct a feeding later

Sleep deprivation makes wrong times and missed taps normal. Open Calendar, find the feeding event, and edit it rather than adding a duplicate. The goal is a useful record, not a perfect streak.

What to remember

• Use the Nursing, Bottle, or Solids button in Quick log instead of looking for a generic Feed button.
• The nursing timer is best when side and duration matter; a bottle log is best when amount matters.
• A useful feeding log answers the next caregiver's question without asking you to remember the whole night.