Extra steps when I pat my baby to sleep

[deep_ti_rao]

Hi All,

I am using Fitbit Inspire. It counts steps even when I am putting my son to sleep.

I pat my son when I put him to sleep, Fitbit counts the hand movements as steps.

Kindly let me know how do I resolve this.

Thanks & Regards,

Deepti

Moderator edit: Subject for clarity

[YojanaFitbit]

Hey @deep_ti_rao, welcome to the Community Forums.

Thanks for reporting your inquiry about the extra steps that you're getting when patting your son. 

You might get a few extra steps from arm swings since your tracker will sense the movements of your hand. So, as a friendly tip I suggest to wear your Inspire in your non dominant arm. It's important to specify whether you wear the device on your dominant or non-dominant wrist during setup, but you can do so on your Fitbit app:

• The dominant wrist setting decreases the sensitivity of step counting and should reduce any over counting of steps when your body is not moving. Your dominant hand is the one you use for writing and eating.
• The non-dominant wrist setting increases the sensitivity of step counting and should reduce any under counting of steps.

To start, the Wrist setting is set to non-dominant. Change your wrist setting in the Fitbit app > Account > Inspire > Wrist Placement. You can find this information other important facts about Fitbit accuracy here: How accurate are Fitbit devices?

If you want to remove extra steps from your daily total check this information:  How do I edit or delete Fitbit data and activities?

Feel free to let me know if you have additional questions.

[deep_ti_rao]

Hi Yojana, 

Thanks for the input. 

I wear fitbit on my non dominant arm. My wrist setting is set to non dominant. 

I will try and set it to dominant. 

Thanks and regards 

Deepti