TealBaby
User's Manual
Program Version 1.0.0
Last Updated: December 10, 2009
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Quick
Start................................................................................................. 2
Description......................................................................................................................... 2
Background........................................................................................................................ 2
Chapter 2 Setting
Interval Times............................................................................. 3
Chapter 3 Training...................................................................................................... 4
Beginning Training.............................................................................................................. 4
When Timer Sounds........................................................................................................... 5
When Baby Sleeps............................................................................................................. 5
When Baby Reawakens...................................................................................................... 5
Chapter 4 Sleep Log................................................................................................... 6
Deleting Log Entries............................................................................................................ 6
Appendix A Revision
History................................................................................... 7
Appendix B Contact
Info........................................................................................... 8
Appendix C Purchase................................................................................................ 8
Appendix D webOS
Products.................................................................................. 9
TEALSHOPPER................................................................................................................. 9
TEALTIME......................................................................................................................... 9
TEALBABY SLEEP TRAINER........................................................................................... 10
TEALLEVEL UTILITY,
FLIGHT, AND VEHICLE GAUGE...................................................... 10
Appendix E Legal
Notice........................................................................................ 11
The TealBaby Sleep Trainer is a progressive interval timer
with a built in logging function. Use it to help train you child to go to sleep
on his or her own. While there are many approaches to sleep training and even
more opinions about the subject, this tool is designed to assist in the various
flavors of the Ferber method, where a child is laid down to sleep and
periodically visited in ever-increasing intervals to encourage self-soothing.
According to theory, a child who is
consistently rocked or nursed to sleep will learn to associate sleep only with
those conditions, and will become startled and cry during the night whenever he
or she wakes up alone in the crib. The Ferber Method (commonly called
cry-it-out or CIO) is a procedure to break these associations.
A common misconception is that the child is simply left in the crib to cry
indefinitely. Instead, the child is repeatedly comforted during a session, but
only for brief periods of time and at intervals spaced progressively further apart.
When training, it is important to time the visits at predetermined intervals
instead of in reaction to crying, as this would reward the child for crying to
obtain what he or she wants. Some argue that if allowed to develop, this type
of parent/child dynamic can lead to problems later in later life.
Using TealBaby Sleep Trainer
TealBaby Sleep Trainer helps by sounding an alarm so you
know exactly when to time your visits. This
way, you can react in a consistent manner that wont confuse your child or give
him or her conflicting signals that will make sleep training more difficult.
Along the way, TealBaby will log your babys sleep times as
well as how long it took to fall asleep, giving you concrete data to see your
progress and adjust your routine for better results.
The
first step in using this program is to set up your timing intervals. To do this, select the Preferences
option from the application menu. Here,
there are five values you can set. If
you need to visit more than five times, the last interval will be used for all
subsequent visits.
Every child is different, but the default times (1,5,10, 15,
20) are a reasonable starting point. Adjust them as you see fit. The only
criteria is that you choose times that you find appropriate.
While you can enter any numbers into the time fields, there
are two buttons (+ and -) that you can select to conveniently increase or
decrease all the times at once. The +
button copies the times up in the list (interval1 gets the time from interval2,
2 from 3, etc), while the - button goes the other way.
To begin training, bring the child to a calm and sleepy
state, and place him or her in the crib while still awake. Even if the child is
crying, leave the room and start the sleep timer by selecting the large green Baby
is in Crib button.
The countdown timer for the first interval will begin. The
total elapsed time for the session can also be seen in the upper right corner.
When the first interval ends, the timer will sound and you
should visit and soothe your child. Some parents gently pat their child while
others only speak reassuringly. Others recommend only half-entering the room.
While no one choice is universally more effective, it is important not to pick
up the child. After at most one or two minutes, leave the room and acknowledge
the timer popup to start the second interval.
When
the child finally falls asleep, select the purple Baby Has Fallen Asleep
button to stop the timer and open the sleeping screen.
When he or she reawakens, select the yellow Wake on Time
button if the child has slept through the night, or the green Wake Early
button to repeat the training session if not. Repeat the whole process as
necessary, returning to the Preference screen to increase the interval times on
each subsequent night. You can expect to complete training after about 3-10
nights.
The start and stop times will automatically be recorded and
appear on the sleep log in the main screen. The time the child was awake will
appear in red, while his or her sleep time will appear in blue.
This list graphically allows you to monitor your progress
and adjust your interval times and behavior to get longer and longer sleep
times. You can swipe up and down this
list to scroll it.
With sufficient patience, you should see the sleep times (blue)
increase and the visitation times (red) decrease until your child sleeps though
the night.
Swipe to the right on individual entries to delete them. To
delete multiple entries, select Purge from the application menu.
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TealBaby Sleep Trainer by TealPoint
Software
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Rights Reserved.
TealPoint Software
454 Las Gallinas Ave #318
San Rafael, CA 94903-3618
We look forward to hearing from you.
Please visit us at www.tealpoint.com, or
email us at support@tealpoint.com.
TealBaby Sleep Trainer is available
exclusively through the Palm webOS App catalog.
Visit us online for our complete product line for webOS,
including:
( http://www.tealpoint.com/softshop.htm )
List and organize your shopping, tasks, and errands with
TealShopper, the supercharged list manager from TealPoint Software. With TealShopper, you can easily organize
your entries with drag and drop categories in an attractive, intuitive
interface.
To save time with commonly purchased items, you can save
them into a frequently-used items list and reload them at any time. Other tools let you flag important items,
make copies of lists, and customize each list's appearance and categories. Finally, to help plan your budget, you can
even enter product quantities and prices, and have your total automatically
calculated for you before you reach the checkout line.
( http://www.tealpoint.com/softtime.htm )
A powerful and versatile clock, alarm, and timer, TealTime
combines the functionality of a full-featured 3D World Clock, countdown timer,
stopwatch, alarm, and both digital and analog timepieces.
With a unique flexible interface, you can define which and
how many of each clock you want. Use it
to simultaneously show multiple time zones, create linked lap timers, or set
concurrent overlapping alarms.
( http://www.tealpoint.com/softbaby.htm )
Train your baby to sleep through the night with the
TealBaby Sleep Trainer.
A progressive interval timer with a built in logging
function, the TealBaby Sleep Trainer is designed to assist in the various
flavors of the Ferber method, where a child is laid down to sleep and
periodically visited in ever-increasing intervals to encourage self-soothing.
Features include user-selectable interval times, popup
alarm, and a built-in logging function so you can graphically monitor your
child's progress from session to session.
( http://www.tealpoint.com/softlevl.htm )
Taking utility to a whole new level, TealLevel includes
unique and invaluable features never seen before in a leveling app. Of course, your normal bubble-style levels
are there, and you even get a choice of paired T style levels or a round
bubble level with digital readout suitable for flat surfaces.
However, TealLevel also includes a vehicle and RV leveler
that calculates the necessary jacking or blocking heights for each tire. For flight enthusiasts, there is an
artificial horizon (gyro) display, perfect for keeping that in-the-air
feeling wherever you go.
TealLevel is fully configurable, allowing full
calibration so you can compensate for individual devices and cases. Best of all, there is a voice playback mode
you can enable by turn your handheld upside down. In this orientation, your data is then read aloud to you, letting
you take advantage of your phones flattest surface at the same time.
We at TealPoint Software are committed to
providing quality, easy-to-use software. However, this product is provided
without warranty and the user accepts full responsibility for any damages,
consequential or otherwise, resulting from its use.
This archive is freely redistributable,
provided it is made available only in its complete, unmodified form with no
additional files and for noncommercial purposes only. Any other use must have
prior written authorization from TealPoint Software.
Unauthorized commercial use includes, but
is not limited to:
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publication for sale.
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"Copying" or other incidental costs.
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This program may be used on a trial basis
for 30 days. The program will continue to function afterwards. However, if
after this time you wish to continue using it, please register with us for the
nominal fee listed in the program.
Thank you.
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