Fun With Data Part 2

In a continuing effort to analyze the behavior of Ellen I've created a new statistic titled "Time To Nap". Using this statistic I've determined the time it takes from feeding to nap, which is the typical order of events during her day. In fact you can break her day down to the following

1. Eat
2. Diaper Change
3. Playtime
4. Nap

The cycle then repeats itself throughout the day for up to five or six times depending on the length of her sleep cycles (see Fun With Data Part 1). Once again I've gone back over a three week history to determine the average time it takes Ellen from the end of a feeding to napping.

As you can see from above it takes Ellen on average approximately one hour till she is ready to nap. To determine if there is a difference in the length of time from bottle feeding versus breast feeding I also determined the average for them separately. You could state there is a trend to less time for breast feeding but the error bars overlap meaning there is no significant difference. In fact there is quite a bit of variability in the time it takes Ellen to nap so one must be careful not to assume that Ellen will nap every hour after feeding.

Fun With Data Part 1

Kathleen has been recording pretty much every feeding and nap since Ellen came home from the hospital back in January. Recently, we were trying to determine what her nap schedule has been so I decided to do a little retrospective analysis of the last 3 weeks and see if any trends have emerged. Check it out!

As you can see Ellen takes at the most 6 naps per day on the weekdays the longer of which in the mornings. There is some variability to the length of each nap as seen by the error bars which indicate the standard deviation. It would be interesting to compare naps swaddled versus not swaddled and see if that makes a real difference. I would guess her naps would be significantly longer when swaddled. Come back soon for more "Fun With Data" as I go over all this great stuff Kathleen has collected!

Better Late Than Never

Grandma and Grandpa brought this great little outfit for Ellen for Easter during their stay with us. I meant to post it for the holiday itself but the days and weeks just seem to fly by before I find a chance to sit down and reflect. Hope everyone had a Happy Easter and are enjoying their spring. Come back again soon as I promise not to take long between the next posting.
She's growing fast, thankfully not multiplying like rabbits as she is handful already.