"I was just guessing at numbers and figures/Pulling the puzzles apart/Questions of science, science and progress/Do not speak as loud as my heart"". . . The apps greater innovation, however, has been in charting and analyzing children's data, in the process making parenthood a more quantifiable, science-based endeavor. Forthcoming versions . . . . allowing parents to compare their child with other children in great detail. . ."
"But tell me you love me, come back and haunt me/Oh and I rush to the start/Running in circles, chasing our tails/Coming back as we are"". . . By gathering and sending recorded data . . . the monitor will free parents from the chore of logging data manually . . . It will be a way. . . 'to debug your baby for problems'"
"Nobody said it was easy/Nobody said it would be this hard/I'm going back to the start"Sources:
"The Data-Driven Parent" by Mya Frazier The Atlantic May 2012
"The Scientist" Coldplay A Rush of Blood to the Head
I never MANUALLY logged that info, let alone digitally track it. Heck, I didn't even keep a feed/diaper log when the girls were born. Just one more thing to make parents feel crazy.
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