And like the dashboards of many businesses, your baby dashboard is purely imaginary .

Like your baby's diaper, it's vapour-wear!

As with many things corporate; a sniff and a "wet-ware" touchy-feely outperforms the management reporting.

Good on Trixie Tracker, but I hope they didn't bet their kid's college fund.

Very funny! Now all you need are some good predictive analytics (likely time to metldown due to lack of sleep, probability that next pooh will result in a need to change clothing as well as diaper etc) and the ability to flexibly define rules based on your own expertise with the babies (this one always naps in the car, this one prefers a stroller) and you could actually get some decent advice from the system too :-)

Heh, this is absolutely hillarious. I've been into wearable computers for quite some time and this is by far the most compelling implementation idea I've heard. Too bad a pack of diapers outfitted with such equipment would end up near $500 :) For that price you could just hire a full-time nanny to change the diapers -- but where's the fun in that :) Good stuff.

I don't know about no market - every anally-retentive parent (that is, most of my friends who have children) would find this a boon. Very interesting to request Trixie's (the girl after whom the service is named) sleep chart for the last three years and see how the sleep patterns go from crazy-no-life to something pretty manageable over the period.

Great stuff. Love the "Uno/Dos" and "Estimated Wipes".

Looking for babysitter w/data entry skills. Software/Hardware background a plus!!!

Great idea. I'm far from anally retentive, but had a pump/drink/poop chart taped to the bedroom wall for my twins 8 years ago. Did summary statistics every week. Would have loved a more "comprehensive" solution.

The challenge is the input device - easy to scribble "6" in the 2am box for a 6-oz feed at 2 in the morning; could usually do it before falling asleep. Logging on and entering via the web? Not likely; I want to return to sleep asap!

For ease of inputting such info, even a simple Basic Stamp or similar programmable board would do with a few simply wired buttons, an ethernet or wireless connection, and optional one-line LCD. Imagine - tap the "milk" button 6 times before heading back to bed and the circuit (which already knows what time it is...more so than you perhaps) makes a call to the BabyStat web service on your PC (or external web host for that matter). Have a few of these small puppies around the house and you're all set!