EVERYTHING about parenting is enormously subjective. Use what works for you, ignore the rest, and don’t begrudge another parent what works for him or her.

@Erin — “Unitaskers are JUST FOR FUN. We don’t care if you or anyone else own them. They’re to make you laugh.” But you DO care if people own Unitaskers. Your intro says you don’t want anyone to buy these products. But if this helps someone deal with the craziness and insanity of parenting a baby, how is it your place to announce that people everywhere should not own this device? If this is, as your intro says, “a joke,” it’s a cruel one. Taunting parents for finding a system that works for their families is grossly unfair and inappropriate.

Wow, I have never had anybody talk about my breasts on a blog – cool – I feel so special!

No horse for me – just standing on my own 2 feet on solid ground.

Seriously though, best wishes for a happy, healthy baby, Michael. I hope your baby gets stronger and healthier in the coming weeks and months.

Why so sanctimonious and judgmental? My wife had difficulty but wante to breast feed. Things weren’t going well. Our infant dropped birth weight significantly.

It is VERY HARD to find out how much your baby is feeding when you don’t have a more expensive scale — also a bigger unitasker.

Our baby goes almost unconscious for a long time after feeding with forumla. Not so much with breast milk.

THIS IS A LOT of information to keep track of.

Congrautlations to you are are better than I am. Congratulations to you that your breasts produce milk better than my wife’s do. Congratulations for being a better per parent.

The world must look nice atop the horse you are sitting so high upon.

I feel bad that your kid has such a condescending person for a parent.

I’m inadequate. I need help. Great for you that you don’t.

Its still not a “unitasker” and its not “clutter” as even this page defines it.

Our second is much more mellow and is responsive to appropriate care–she stops crying when she is fed, changed, or whatever–so I wouldn’t bother. But with another one like my first, I’d buy it in an instant.

I think calling this a unitasker encourages parents of easy babies to be cruel to parents with difficult babies by calling them bad parents. As if there weren’t enough of that going around already. Isn’t it enough that you got an easy baby?

I’m not saying that these are necessary items, but I wouldn’t give mine up.

– “in case your screaming live human infant isn’t a clue that you are neglecting him”

brilliant line

So brilliant, I assume, that you can tell me just from reading it what this screaming baby needs to make it stop screaming, right?

Enough with the parenting judgments.

One timer for the meat.
One timer for the veggies.
One timer for the rice.
One timer for the dessert.

And a built in clock.

Unitaskers might be “for fun” — but plenty of people here seem to be taking their liberties in passing judgment on folks who use them.

No question, as others have observed, that our parents got by without them. They also got by without cell phones.

For me, put this in with a toaster and a cell phone. A “unitasker” that is not in any way, shape, or form, “clutter.”

The wife and I have two young kids (ages 1 & 2) and if I come home and want to take one to the grocery, I want to know if he’s going to need a diaper change soon. We actually ask our babysitter to track our kids’ feedings and diapers so when we come home, we know what kind of evening to expect.

This device tracks multiple things and replaces a clock in the nursery. It’s a multitasker.

I could see this going into the great box of used baby stuff passed around to each new mom in my family.

You mentioned “can’t you all accept that some people’s kids DO need this kind of things?” in one of your comments…

So, some people’s kids do need this?? The kids, huh? Funny how my newborn baby never mentioned that he NEEDED this tracker. I think what he needed (and got) was a parent who could manage to care for him 24/7 without having to punch some buttons on an electronic device to make sure parenting was done correctly and accurately.

Another gadget in this world….

My poor baby – stuck with parents using maternal and fatherly instincts, common sense, doctor’s advice and grandmother’s experiences. How will my son ever survive? (okay, I’ll lay off of the sarcasm – for a few minutes) LOL!

I don’t know if I should laugh about the Itzbeen or just be scared for the children whose parents need it. Yikes.

Great entry today, Erin! Always a good chuckle!

I wouldn’t be caught dead with one in my diaper bag – but it is pretty small, not taking up much space. Also, if it tracks many different things, is it really a unitasker?

I wouldn’t be caught dead with one in my diaper bag . . . but if someone finds it useful, go for it!

I kept it all in a little blue notepad that went everywhere with me (in my housecoat pocket). I discovered that writing with one hand free, the other around a newborn happily nursing was not the easiest. Half the time I could not read my own writing afterwards. So when I saw this, I coveted it immensely! How much easier it would be with one hand to go *boop-boop* on a button!

yes, it may be overkill, and yes, millions of children have survived before this without one, and yes, a pen and paper is much more economical. And no, I do not think this device is a substitution for common sense, or if I had one, make me a bad mother. Sometimes, at 3 in the morning, when you are over-tired and can’t remember, having a “written record” can really, really help. It helped me, and my husband, learn what our son wanted when, and to keep tabs on having a healthy child. We stopped recording everything at 2 months, roughly.

I for one embrace innovation, and new ideas, and this one would work for me.