1. Baby And Child First Aid
Developed by the British Red Cross, it’s chock-full of useful video tutorials and easy-to-follow advice for keeping the little ones safe. Covering some of the most common emergencies, from asthma attacks, allergic reactions to accidents in the garden, other nifty features include a recorder for your child’s medication needs and handy checklist. While the numbers listed are for the UK, the information’s still useful elsewhere in the world.
Available on iOS and Android, Free.
2. Glow Baby Newborn Tracker
Log and time all aspects of your infant’s care. Keep track of everything from bottle feeds to breastfeeding, nappy changes to sleep schedules, developmental milestones to medication, and have them summed up in daily and weekly summaries. Plus, you also get personalised parenting tips daily.
Available on iOS and GooglePlay, Free. In-app purchases from $10.98-$88.98 for a lifetime subscription.
3. BabyTime (Track & Analysis)
An all-in-one baby app, it helps you track feeding times, bottles, pumping, sleep, baths and even diaper changes – and converts them into a customisable graph for easy analysis of his natural patterns. What’s even niftier is that you can then share his day with caregivers or his infant care centre – perfect for reinforcing parent-caregiver partnerships.
Available on iOS, Free with ads. In-app purchases: $8.98 each to remove ads and increase no. of caregivers.
4. Spotify
Spotify’s super popular music doesn’t cover just your audio needs. Choose from a huge selection of sounds: womb noises to waterfalls, fairy tales to classical music for kids – it’s got all the baby sounds covered and more.
Available on iOS and Android, Free. Premium subscription $14.98/month.
5. Lose It! – Calorie Counter
More than just another calorie counter, getting rid of that baby bump promises to be much easier with this app. You create an account, set a weight loss goal, and it’ll come up with a plan for you. What’s even niftier is that you can log your calorie intake simply by taking a photo of your food – eradicating most of that dreaded hassle. For more motivation, create a private challenge with your friends, or join a public challenge. Premium features include meal targets and planning.
Available on iOS, Free. Premium subscription $39.99/year.
6. Growth: Baby & Child Charts
Track your child’s growth and plot it against WHO and CDC templates (for use by paediatricians) from birth to 20 years. Alternatively, you can opt for a customisable chart Plus, you can print it, and export the data into Excel, Google Spreadsheets or PDF. It also comes with official paper templates and custom-fit charts, as well as Fenton pre-term charts.
Available on iOS, Free. Premium one-off upgrade at $4.48.
7. Baby Story – Pics Editor
Capture all your precious moments, and immortalise them with beautifully crafted artwork and words. Create, save, share and order prints with a tap. And if you want to up your game further, there’s an array of custom features, including filters and milestone markers.
Available on iOS and Google Play, Free. Filters and milestone stones from $1.48-$9.98.
8. Nestnotes
A multi-tasker for the family, this app is a photo and video library, journal for recording milestones and memories, and a private social network with an interactive sharing service. Its privacy settings allow you to choose which memories are shared or kept private, so you can keep your pregnancy notes to yourself, and birthday pictures with family and close friends, or link your account to your favourite social network to share them with the world.
Available on iOS, Free.
9. Sprout Baby
A beautiful all-in-one baby app, this lets you track everything from feedings to growth, including your baby’s milestones with photos and journal entries. You can also track health records and generate a report to share with your doctor during visits. The first two weeks are free – after that you can continue to use limited features.
Available on iOS, Free for first two weeks. Premium one-off upgrade at $10.98
10. Cloud Baby Monitor
Everything a baby monitor should be, it broadcasts video and audio both ways. It’s got an unlimited broadcasting range and even soothes him to sleep with white noise lullabies or your voice. It even comes with a multi-child feature, motion alerts and adjustable brightness for you to check in on him after lights out. Best off all, you just need two Mac devices – pretty handy, and gives you one less baby device to pack.
Available on iOS, $5.98.
