Nod Baby Sleep Coach & Tracker

This app is a solid three in my book. The UI is good for the most part. Nods advise is great when things are working well, but is lacking if it does not. The first few weeks of following the program we were doing good and nod was easy to use and each next step seemed intuitive and logical. However, near some of the later steps nod became unclear as to what I was supposed to do. My child no longer sleeps in a crib, but the app was so specific that the child must sleep in a crib, I had to guess how to modify this for my situation - not a big deal, but I feel like others will be in the same boat. My child had 3-4 consistently bad nights and nods advise was that things were going great and wanted to continue with the sleep training. I did try contacting support and got a response within 2-3 days. They said that there is no way to pause the program at this time and they needed to check with their sleep specialists for what to do if your child is in their own bed and not a crib. In the meantime while waiting for an answer, I found another app (paid, but not a subscription) that seems to suit my needs better. It’s more simplistic and easier to follow with a steady progression on how to get your child to sleep better. It also gives advise immediately if and when you child wakes up. It’s everything a tired parent could ask for. Nod sets up a great foundation for beginning to sleep train your child which is why I’m giving it 3 stars.

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I really wanted to love this app. It’s a beautiful design and I loved the concept, plus the developers have been so responsive when I need help. Ultimately, it’s just too complicated to be worth the effort in tracking. The sleep log would benefit from a feature allowing you to log details of sleep (did baby nurse to sleep, fall asleep independently, etc). Also, the recommendations just don’t always make sense - the other night I logged that I was up multiple times for hours and it told me things were going great. The final straw was today - I hadn’t logged for about 24 hours due to being extremely busy with my baby. When I went to log my day’s info, it alerted me that my goal had been removed for not tracking enough. At that point, I decided to throw in the towel and delete the app. Really hope this is improved in the future as it’s a great concept!

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If I try to do anything from the insights screen nothing happens or there is at least a 3 second lag. I know it should be possible to fix this cause there didn’t used to be a lag. Additionally a month ago they removed my last goal that I chose manually and have given me no recommendation that wasn’t, did you forget to track ever since? So we broke down and hired a sleep coach instead. I track religiously but since he is in daycare a lot of stuff is entered as I nurse him to bed or as I nurse him in the morning not as it happens. I wish there was a way to export this data so I could just abandon this app, but I need to use something to track his sleep and nursing for the coach we hired and with the insights so slow and refusing to even display data from over a month ago I don’t know what to do. Finally please don’t contact me, I barely have time to write this review let alone have a back and forth with you. Just update.

We started using the free Nod when our little one was still too young for sleep training just to track his days. It was a huge help to discover his natural rhythm which we’ve used to get him on a schedule that fits his needs and makes our day-to-day easier. He is now 15 weeks so we are just beginning sleep training and upgraded to the premium membership. It is not only so valuable for the coaching, but also the encouragement. In the midst of a tougher day I just love opening the app and seeing “you and baby got this, keep doing what you’re doing”. This is our first little one which means a lot of learning, but Nod is helping us feel more guided and in control. So grateful for Nod!

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Was good for two weeks, now all of a sudden I was tracking a sleep session and I CANNOT edit or delete it (I’ll tap the stop button and it’ll stop tracking for a second then go right back to tracking, it doesn’t give me enough time to tap the delete button). Currently it says my baby has been sleeping for 50 hours. I’ve resorted to tracking his sleep/feedings in the notes section of my phone and it is honestly much easier. All I really wanted was an app to do the math for me, adding up how many ounces he eats and how many hours a day he sleeps. Another thing I don’t like is if you are bottle feeding and tracking a session, it doesn’t let you put in a finish time. I like to know how long it takes for my baby to finish a bottle. Also, I signed up for the $4.99 monthly subscription and NEVER unsubscribed, yet I got an email a few days ago from Nod saying I successfully unsubscribed. Unsubscribing and deleting.