How-to guides

How to use CuddleCue.

Short, step by step guides, in the words on your screen. The same guides are in the app: open More, then Help & tour. For what every screen and setting does, see the manual.

Getting started

  1. Create your account

    Open CuddleCue and tap Create account. We send a link to confirm your email. It works once and expires in an hour. Every household gets 14 days of CuddleCue Plus, started when you choose. No card, nothing to cancel.

  2. About 5 minutes of setup

    Tap Start setup. A few details about your baby and routine will help us personalize your plan. You can change these details anytime.

  3. Take the short tour

    After setup, the app offers a few short cards: logging, the day, the stash and the list. They are there any time in More, under Help & tour: tap Show me around.

  4. Invite the other parent

    More → Family & caregivers → Invite. Tap Create invite code and they tap Join your family, or tap Share invite link.

How to log

One guide for each thing you track, then timers and twins. Button names are in bold, exactly as the app shows them.

Breastfeed

Time each side, or add a feed that is over

  1. Tap Start feeding, then slide or tap the side you’re starting on: Start on left or Start on right.
  2. On the timer, tap Switch to right or Switch to left to change sides. The pause button beside it stops the clock until you tap it again.
  3. When the feed ends, press and hold Finish until the ring closes.
  4. Already over? Tap Already finished, set each side’s minutes, tap Session time to change when it started or finished, then tap Save feed.
  5. To fix it, tap it in Today's log. To remove it, swipe it left and tap Delete.

Good to know The line at the top of the sheet says which side the last feed started on.

Bottle

How much, what kind, and what was left

  1. Set In the bottle with − and +, or tap the number to type it. Then pick Breast milk, Formula or Water.
  2. If the baby left some, tap Some left and set Left in the bottle. The sheet shows how much they took.
  3. Was it earlier? Under Feeding start time, tap −15m, −30m or Custom.
  4. Tap Save bottle.
  5. To fix it, tap it in Today's log. To remove it, swipe it left and tap Delete.

Good to know Giving stored breast milk? Turn on Use from the stash and it comes out of the stash when you save.

Pump

Time a session, or add one that is over

  1. Tap Start pumping and the timer starts right away. When you are done, press and hold Stop on its card.
  2. Set the amount, or tap Total if your pump shows one number. Tap Save pumping session, or Log a bottle feed or Add to stash for the next page.
  3. On the next page, set the bottle for Bottle feed. What is left is under To store, one row for each container.
  4. Already done? Tap Already finished, set the amount, tap Session time to change when it started and how long it lasted, then tap Save pumping session.
  5. To fix it, tap it in Today's log. To remove it, swipe it left and tap Delete.

Good to know Tap Add bottle to split the milk into up to six, each in its own place.

Diaper

What was in it, and when

  1. Tap what was in it: Wet, Dirty, Wet + dirty or Dry.
  2. Was it earlier? Under Changed at, tap −15m, −30m or Custom to pick the day and time.
  3. Tap Color, rash & note to pick a color, turn on Rash noted or add a note, if you want to.
  4. Tap Save diaper.
  5. To fix it, tap it in Today's log. To remove it, swipe it left and tap Delete.

Good to know Dry is a change with nothing in it. The sheet opens on the last wet or dirty one.

Sleep

Time a sleep, or add one that is over

  1. Tap Start sleeping and the timer starts right away. It runs on Today.
  2. When the baby wakes, press and hold Woke up until the ring closes.
  3. Already over? Tap Already finished, tap Session time to change when the baby fell asleep and woke up, then tap Save sleep.
  4. A sleep that starts between Wakes and Bedtime is saved as a nap, and any other as a night. Both times are in Routine on the Schedule tab.
  5. To fix it, tap it in Today's log, where you can also pick Nap or Night. To remove it, swipe it left and tap Delete.

Solids

The meal, each food, and how it went

  1. The sky starts on the meal for this time, like Lunch. Tap another part of it to change the meal.
  2. Under What they ate, type one food per line, or tap one under Recent. Add another food adds a line.
  3. Then answer How did it go? with Loved it, Liked it, Not sure or Nope.
  4. Tap Add note to write anything you noticed, then tap Save solids.
  5. To fix it, tap it in Today's log. To remove it, swipe it left and tap Delete.

Good to know A food the baby has not had before shows First time beside it.

Tummy time

Time it, or add one that is over, and set a goal

  1. Tap Start tummy time. The timer starts right away.
  2. When it ends, press and hold Stop until the ring closes.
  3. Already over? Tap Already finished, tap Session time to change when it started and how long it lasted, then tap Save tummy time.
  4. Tap Set a daily goal to pick minutes for the day. Once one is set, it reads Change daily goal.
  5. To fix it, tap it in Today's log. To remove it, swipe it left and tap Delete.

Bath

When, and whether the hair was washed

  1. Tap Hair washed or Not washed.
  2. Was it earlier? Under Bath time, tap −15m, −30m or Custom.
  3. Add a note if you like, then tap Save bath.
  4. To fix it, tap it in Today's log. To remove it, swipe it left and tap Delete.

Good to know The line at the top of the sheet says when the last bath was.

Medicine

What you gave, from your own list

  1. The first time, tap Manage medicine & creams and add what you give, with its usual amount.
  2. Tap each one you gave in the list. For another amount this time, tap Different amount just this time.
  3. Was it earlier? Under Given at, tap −15m, −30m or Custom.
  4. Tap the button, which names what you picked, like Save 2 items.
  5. To fix it, tap it in Today's log. To remove it, swipe it left and tap Delete.

Good to know Only what you enter is recorded. The app never calculates or suggests a dose.

Timers

Starting late, stopping late, and long timers

  1. Start one from its sheet, like Start sleeping. It runs on Today, even if you close the app.
  2. Started a while ago? Tap −5m, −15m, −30m or Custom under the tiles, and it starts from that time.
  3. To stop it, press and hold its button, like Woke up, until the ring closes.
  4. Under Ended, Now is chosen. Tap −5m, −15m, −30m or Custom to say when a pump ended.
  5. A timer left on a long time asks Still pumping? Tap Still going, or It ended to pick when it stopped.

Good to know In a sleep, a feed or tummy time’s first 5 minutes its sheet shows the same start chips, and Now puts the start back. After that, End time sets when it stopped and Start time moves the start.

Twins and siblings

Log for one baby, or for all of them at once

  1. The tiles on Today show the baby named at the top. Tap the name to switch, or pick Both at once to see them together.
  2. A sheet’s Logging for row says who it is for. Tap a name, or Both to give each baby their own entry.
  3. On Both at once, a sheet starts on Both. A breastfeed or a medicine starts on the baby whose turn is next.
  4. Logged one baby? The message after saving offers + Leo to log the same for the other.
  5. On Both at once, each baby gets their own timer, and Today's log names the baby on each entry.

Good to know Feeding both at once, one on each side? Tap Both on the breastfeed sheet.

Handing off to the other parent

One phone gets the reminders at a time. Everyone sees everything that is logged.

  1. Invite the other parent

    More → Family & caregivers → Invite. Tap Create invite code and they tap Join your family, or tap Share invite link.

  2. Turn on notifications on each phone

    Each phone needs its own notifications on to get reminders.

  3. Choose who’s on

    Tap a name when Today asks “Who’s on tonight?” Any time of day it is in Family, under Handoff. Your phone shows “Waiting for…” until theirs opens the app.

  4. Take over when it’s your turn

    Open the app and tap Take over on Today, or in Family under Handoff.

  5. Catch up when you’re back

    Today shows While you were away, with who logged what. At night, tap What’s been logged since… in Up next.

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