8 Best Apps for New Moms
by Jennifer Thayer
New and expectant moms worry about many things from making sure their baby gets enough nutrients to scheduling doctors’ appointments and exercise classes. But keeping track of everything in a date book or on a whiteboard can be time-consuming and often, tedious.
However, downloading a few apps on a mobile device like the portable Nexus 7, can help you personalize your pregnancy or new motherhood. Here are a few pregnancy and new parenthood apps to help one get organized and ease some of the jitters that come along with having a baby.
1. Foods to Avoid When Pregnant
When a woman is pregnant, there are many things she can but shouldn’t eat. This app can help expectant moms decipher what foods should be avoided. The Foods to Avoid When Pregnant app is available on iTunes.
2. My Pregnancy Today
Designed after the popular pregnancy BabyCenter, this app helps you track everything in your pregnancy such as fetal development, your due date calculator, what you eat, how much your baby moves and more. Download My Pregnancy Today from Google Play and iTunes.
3. What to Expect
Based on the popular book and website, this pregnancy tracker from helps expectant moms track their pregnancy symptoms and baby’s development. You can download What To Expect from Appcrawlr.
4. BellySnaps
If you’re one to talk about your pregnancy on various social networking sites, BellySnaps can help you personalize, organize and share your changing shape with your friends. You can announce your pregnancy, reveal the gender and celebrate your baby’s birth with a quick snapshot. BellySnaps is available for download on iTunes.
5. Eat Sleep: Simple Baby Tracking
Track your new baby’s sleeping, eating and yes, diapering habits with your mobile device instead of trying to write them down or remember them mentally. Perfect for the first-time mom who wants to make sure she is doing the best for her new baby. Download Simple Baby Tracking on iTunes.
6. BabyBook
Chosen as one of the top new baby apps by Mashable, this program helps you create a valuable keepsake for your child by tracking milestones, taking and organizing photos, and even creating a memorable book cover. Download BabyBook from iTunes.
7. Motivated Moms
One thing about being a new mom is being able to keep up with the rest of the household chores while taking care of an infant. Motivated Moms is a yearly calendar that helps you preplan the different cleaning and organizing chores that need to be done. This Android app is available on Google Play.
8. WebMD Baby
This practical app offers new moms a quick guide to physician-approved health and wellness information. Personalize the app for your baby’s specific age and learn more about his or her development and growth. This app is perfect to use for the first two years of a baby’s life. Find WebMD Baby on iTunes and Google Play.
These apps are a great way for an expectant and new mom to understand what is going on with her body when she is pregnant, as well as learning about her baby’s development before and after birth. They are also great ways to organize hectic lifestyles and ease the nervousness that comes along with having a baby.
About the Author: Jennifer Thayer is a technology writer from Southern California. She is passionate about exploring new ways technology can be used to make day-to-day tasks easier. Follow her on Twitter.
