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Fitbit not accurate on steps due to rocking baby

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AvocadoSoup · 27/06/2022 12:19

Has anyone else found that their Fitbit doesn't seem to be able to tell the difference between them taking actual steps or just jigging/rocking their baby?!

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GrannyAchingsShepherdsHut · 27/06/2022 18:55

Mine doesn't count steps if I'm holding a bag in my hand, which was annoying to find out after walking all day at a show/fair carrying various purchases.

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AvocadoSoup · 27/06/2022 18:53

TheTonEffect · 27/06/2022 12:27

My Garmin counts rocking my baby as steps, but it doesn't count the steps I do when I push the pram so I figure it all evens out...!

Ooh I'll have to keep an eye on that on my next pram walk!
I'm really keen to shed the baby weight before my wedding in September and tracking steps is about as much exercise as I can currently face, so I'm just a bit disheartened that I can't get an accurate measure!

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AvocadoSoup · 27/06/2022 18:52

UniversalTruth · 27/06/2022 12:24

How do you think your Fitbit would know, it doesn't have a camera 😂

Does it matter? Jiggling a baby might use similar energy to walking so your net equal

I definitely think it matters, I don't think I'm expending the same energy the way I am jigging my baby. It does it even when I'm sat down!
I thought they were more sophisticated than that is all 🤷🏼‍♀️

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TheTonEffect · 27/06/2022 12:52

couldishouldigoforit · 27/06/2022 12:31

This

I almost emailed Apple and Vitality in a post baby haze (with vitality health insurance you can get a free Apple Watch if you do so many steps per day) about it not registering steps whilst pushing a pram and thought it incredibly discriminatory 😂🤦🏻‍♀️

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So true - I never thought of that!!

couldishouldigoforit · 27/06/2022 12:31

TheTonEffect · 27/06/2022 12:27

My Garmin counts rocking my baby as steps, but it doesn't count the steps I do when I push the pram so I figure it all evens out...!

This

I almost emailed Apple and Vitality in a post baby haze (with vitality health insurance you can get a free Apple Watch if you do so many steps per day) about it not registering steps whilst pushing a pram and thought it incredibly discriminatory 😂🤦🏻‍♀️

TheTonEffect · 27/06/2022 12:27

My Garmin counts rocking my baby as steps, but it doesn't count the steps I do when I push the pram so I figure it all evens out...!

Ihatethenewlook · 27/06/2022 12:24

Put it round your ankle? 😂

UniversalTruth · 27/06/2022 12:24

*you're

UniversalTruth · 27/06/2022 12:24

How do you think your Fitbit would know, it doesn't have a camera 😂

Does it matter? Jiggling a baby might use similar energy to walking so your net equal

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