As joyful and rewarding as being a parent is, it definitely comes with its ups and downs, especially in that first year. No matter how many helpful parenting books you read, or how much advice you get from well-meaning friends and family, the first year of your child’s life is filled with just as much stress and uncertainty as it is with awesome, life-changing moments. While it is true that nothing but time and experience can take away that new-parent anxiety, there are tons of really great tools you can use to lessen that stress; and the best thing about them is how easily accessible they are. That phone rattling around at the bottom of your handbag or pocket is good for more than just Facebook updates and minute-by-minute photo feeds filled with the wonders of your new baby! It also offers a fantastic way to make the early stages of parenting just a little bit easier, especially with these creative apps!
1. Dreft Amazing Baby
Finding a parent that isn’t obsessed with taking pictures of their kids, especially during the first year, is almost impossible. The Dreft Amazing Baby app allows parents to easily capture moments, both large and small, ranging from baby’s first bath to those very first steps. The digital baby book has a selection of 50+ presets that make using the app a breeze and the adorable photo borders allow you to bling out your favorite photos. The fact that it is completely free to purchase and super handy, make downloading this app almost essential.
2. Cloud Baby Monitor
Saving money is always important, especially when you have a new baby. The Cloud Baby Monitor app allows new parents to save money on a traditionally, expensive baby monitor, without having to sacrifice the safety of their child. For just about $3.99 parents can accurately monitor their children with high-quality audio and live video with just about any Apple product containing a camera and Wi-Fi access. That means no more running to the nursery when you hear as much as a whimper.
3. WebMD Baby
For many of us, WebMD is the first place we go when we think something might be wrong with us, and brand new parents are no different. Every little cough and every sleepless night has a tendency to make us panic, but the extremely helpful WebMD Baby app might just cut those anxiety-riddled trips to the ER down by a mile! Along with countless tips on keeping your baby healthy and happy, this app also contains six widgets that track specific parts of your baby’s health, always keeping you and your partner up to date on how well your child is doing. Having the WebMD Baby app is like being in constant contact with your pediatrician…Without having to make all of those phone calls.
4. MagicSleep
While this app was specifically designed to help babies and toddlers sleep more soundly, it has also been known to make a few parents drift into Neverland just as easily. MagicSleep perfectly recreates sounds from the womb, relying on unconscious memories to gently soothe children (and adults) to sleep. This app is on the more expensive side, costing $14.99 but after a few of those long-awaited peaceful nights, it will all but pay for itself.
5. Hell’o Baby
What’s better than being able to create a personalized social media network that is perfectly tailored to your kids and family? Hell’o baby offers parents a way to do that without having to spend too much time and money. Using this app, parents are easily able to take and upload video, photos, and audio of their children’s most exciting moments. They can also invite all of their friends and family along for the ride with adorable personalized postcards and stickers. Someone tell Facebook to watch out!
6. Baby Shusher
Sometimes desperate times call for…Really helpful apps? Baby Shusher is the perfect app for calming down even the fussiest baby. Using soothing “shushing” sounds over set periods of time to help calm and settle children, this app even allows parents to record their own customized “shushing” sounds. Slightly more effective than general white noise, and infinitely more creative, this $5 app is well worth the purchase.
7. Mumsnet Baby Bundle
If you’re looking to save as much room in your phone as possible and get your hands on an app that does just about everything, look no further. Baby Bundle is a completely free app that offers in-depth baby monitor tools, helpful parenting guides, growth trackers, and everything in-between. Keep track of your baby’s health and get support from other parents with a few swipes of your finger. Baby Bundle works to take care of the hard stuff so you can sit back and enjoy how amazing that new baby is.
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