4 Must Have Mommy Applications for the IPhone

When you have a baby as a mother you start to track things you'd never think to track before. When your child eats, the last time she pooped, what breast you fed on last, growth, milestones and so much more. Keep all this information in one place is important because at your child's well baby visits the doctor will ask questions about those subjects and if it's all in one place you can give accurate answers quickly to the doctor.

In addition to tracking your babies development you'll no doubt have questions about what is normal for your new child. Having applications at your fingertips to answer questions can ease fear and give information to help you better take care of your new child.

To help with keeping track of the important things your new infant does, if you have an iPhone, here are two applications that will help you stay organized.

BabyBix

BabyBix (babybix.com) is an website and application (you can link the two from within the iPhone application) that helps you track all aspects of your newborns life. The application is especially great for tracking feedings and it has a layout that is easy to read and see when you last fed and how much was fed. Also at the end of the day it will display how much was fed total and also calculate a weekly and monthly total for eating. The same applies to diapers (pee and poop) as well as tracking growth and other important information.

The application and website are both easy to use. It's user friendly, so much so that even the most sleep deprived mother can use it during a night time feedings.

In addition to tracking your newborn the application and website have a blog where you can win prizes and also a section for mothers to post and answer questions.

The only thing lacking from the BabyBix application is information on development and what's normal development for a baby. To gain this information you would have to post a question and depend on the answers of fellow mothers.

Overall though BabyBix does everything that a mother needs and organizes it in a manner so that a mother can easily access the information she needs.

Pregnancy & Baby Development

This application provided by modality.com is a very basic application that gives information on not only your baby's development but also allows you to track pregnancy as well. This application is mainly for informative purposes but does have a section where you can write down your questions and information for the doctor.

This application is good because it's covers what is missing from BabyBix, development and what's appropriate. Of course it's missing the great tracking features Babybix has. But if you're into simple applications, this application is good for you.

Now that you are tracking your baby you're bound to have questions about whether what you are seeing in the data is good or bad. The following two applications will help you find the answers to all your questions.

Parenting Ages & Stages

Parenting Ages & Stages is provided by zumobi.com and provides all the information you'd find on the Parenting website and the magazine. You can view information by stage, age or search for an answer to your question. The application does need a username and password for optimal usage but sign up is simple and fast.

This application is very detailed and provides answers to some of the many common questions new parents have.

The application is simple to use and navigate and is great for any new parent to have handy for answering those important questions you may have.

Baby411

Baby411 is provided by the website thebump.com. This site is different in that it doesn't just provide informative articles with information but allows you to post to message boards to gain answers to questions you have. It allows for you to connect with other parents and get support for the many issues you may be facing as a new mother.

This application does sync with the website itself so it requires a login and password for use, but it's easy to sign up for that and access the site.

With these applications becoming a mother should hopefully be a bit easier than without. At the very least these applications will allow you to stay organized and up to date on your babies developments. These are must haves for any mother who has an iPhone.