Open HouseloopA baby duty tracker that knows whose turn it is
A baby duty tracker records who is on duty for the next feed so both parents stop guessing whose turn it is. Houseloop goes further with Baby Duty Autopilot: it routes the next feed reminder to whoever is on duty instead of waking the whole house, supports recurring nightly shifts and two parents alternating whole nights, and lets you protect a nap by handing the baby off for two hours.
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The reminder finds the right parent
Set who is on duty and the next feed reminder routes to that parent instead of waking both of you. The one who is off can actually sleep through it.
Recurring nightly shifts
Save a shift once and it repeats. One parent takes the early wakings, the other takes the dawn feed, or you split the night down the middle every night without renegotiating at 2am.
Alternate whole nights
Prefer clean handoffs to split shifts? Set two parents to alternate entire nights so each of you gets a full night of sleep every other night, and the app tracks whose night it is.
Protect my nap
Tap protect my nap and Houseloop hands the baby to your partner for two hours. The on-duty flag flips, their reminders start, and yours go quiet until you are back.
How do you split night feeds with a partner?
The usual failure mode is that both parents wake for every feed, or one parent quietly ends up doing all of them because nobody agreed on a system. A baby duty tracker fixes the coordination problem: you decide who is on duty, and the app holds that state so nobody has to remember or argue about it half asleep.
In Houseloop you set who is on duty for the next feed, and Baby Duty Autopilot routes that feed reminder to the on-duty parent only. The off-duty parent is not pinged. When the on-duty parent logs the feed in real time, the other parent still gets the notification (Dad logged feed 4.5 oz) so both of you stay in the loop without both being woken up.
What is the difference between shifts and alternating nights?
Shifts split a single night into blocks. For example, one parent covers everything until 2am and the other covers 2am onward, every night. You set the recurring shift once and it repeats, so the routing is automatic each night.
Alternating whole nights hands the entire night to one parent, then the other parent the next night. This trades more disrupted nights for the person on duty against a completely uninterrupted night for the person off duty. Houseloop tracks whose night it is and points the feed reminders at that parent, so you get a full night of sleep every other night without keeping a mental tally.
Does the off-duty parent stay in the loop?
Yes. Being off duty means you are not the one getting woken up, not that you are cut out. Real-time logs still notify both parents, so when the on-duty parent logs a 3am feed you can see it in the morning without having been woken by the alert.
The same shared log powers the trends chart on Plus, which nets night wakings and counts wet diapers so you can both see how the night actually went. If you want the numbers for a checkup, Pediatrician Mode turns them into a visit summary you can print or share.
Questions
Who is on baby duty right now?
Houseloop stores who is on duty for the next feed, so the answer is always visible to both parents in the app. Whoever is set as on duty gets the next feed reminder, and the other parent does not.
How does Houseloop route the feed reminder to only one parent?
Baby Duty Autopilot sends the next feed reminder to whichever parent is marked on duty instead of notifying both phones. The off-duty parent is left alone so they can sleep through the wakings that are not theirs.
Can we alternate whole nights instead of splitting each night?
Yes. You can set two parents to alternate entire nights, so each parent gets a full uninterrupted night every other night. Houseloop tracks whose night it is and routes the feed reminders to that parent.
What does protect my nap do?
Tap protect my nap and Houseloop hands the baby to your partner for two hours. The on-duty flag flips to them and their reminders start, while yours go quiet until the nap window ends.
Is baby duty tracking free?
Yes. Feed, bottle-amount, nursing-by-side, and diaper logging, partner notifications, and baby duty are on the free tier. Night-by-night sleep tracking and the trends chart are part of the paid Plus tier, which has a 7-day trial.
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Set who is on duty tonight and let Houseloop wake only the parent whose turn it is.
Works on web, iOS, and Android. Free to start.