Best Beginnings Apps

Baby Buddy, the award-winning app for parents and parents-to-beBaby Buddy is your free and advert-free personal virtual friend andbaby expert who will guide you through your pregnancy fromconception until your baby is six months old. Your Baby Buddy appwill send useful bite-sized daily information that is just rightfor you and your baby. For a full list of Baby Buddy’s features seebelow. Baby Buddy is a multi-award winning pregnancy and parent appaccredited by the NHS, and endorsed and trusted by healthprofessionals. Baby Buddy will help build your knowledge andconfidence so that you can give your baby the best start in life.Tap You and Your Baby in the main menu for a range of usefulfeatures. Ask Me is for all your questions about anything you wantto know about being pregnant and becoming a parent. Text and videoclips are all quality-assured by Royal Colleges and other healthorganisations. Find out about nutrition, exercise, antenatalappointments, breastfeeding, bottle feeding, baby brain builders,mental health and so much more. Personalised Pregnancy and BabyTools: Ask me – type in any pregnancy question for your Buddy toanswer with expert information Today's Information – Baby Buddyprovides you with personalised daily information about yourpregnancy and baby. Videos – a growing range of clips to help youget your head around different pregnancy and baby topics Localsupport – a map of useful local health services such as hospitals,mothers and baby support groups, baby clinics, GP and midwifeservices. Bump and Baby Book – a diary where you can record yourthoughts, feelings and photos throughout your pregnancy and afteryour baby is born Appointments – a handy reminder of the dates andtimes for your check-ups. Remember to ask – a reminder list forquestions to ask at your midwife or GP next appointment What doesthat mean? - Find the meaning of pregnancy-related terms You can doit! – a tracker for your personal goals and achievements Tell uswhat you think – where you can give us your feedback so that we canmake the app even better Baby Buddy is the creation of the nationalcharity Best Beginnings - working to give every child the beststart in life. Baby Buddy is endorsed by the NHS, the Department ofHealth, the Royal College of Midwives, the Royal College ofObstetricians and Gynaecologists, the Community Practitioners andHealth Visitors Association, the Royal College of Speech andLanguage Therapists, and the Royal College of GeneralPractitioners. Baby Buddy is designed to support all parents tolook after their own and their baby's physical and mental health.Baby Buddy is featured in Better Births, supports the MaternityTransformation Programme and supports key public health prioritiesincluding maternal and infant mental health. We'd love you to helpus make Baby Buddy even better. Your opinion counts. All you needto do is take a few minutes to complete three short in-appquestionnaires that will appear after you have been using the appfor a while. This will then also unlock a new outfit or accessoryfor you Baby Buddy!

For Mums, Dads, Co-parents and Caregivers