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My partner just hit her third trimester and we are getting everything ready for when our first baby arrives. When our baby arrives we want to use one of those baby tracking apps that allow you to log when the baby was fed, when they pooped etc. I want to make sure whatever my partner and I use doesn't sell our data.

We will need something that we both can use on our own phones and want it simple and easy to use. What did everyone use? Did you like it? Did it feel useful and safe?

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[-] i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

I’d actually advise a low tech solution here. You can buy paper agendas designed for exactly this sort of thing, and we used one for my daughter.

There’s some benefits:

  • it’s always where you need it, because it’ll always live beside the changing pad/table
  • if there’s a “guest diaper changer”, they can use it
  • if you’re tracking a late night feeding or change, you can scribble in the data without getting blasted by your phone backlight
  • it’s a physical memento from that time you can flip through later

The cons include needing to look somewhere else for the time, which means checking your phone or a wall clock since that paper ain’t gonna tell you.

If you do go the app route, look into the accessibility settings on your phone to help with glaring backlight. On iOS, you can map the Siri button to apply a different black point, which basically toggles to a much darker backlight than you’d normally get.

Now, whenever I’m lurking around the kid while she’s sleeping, I just triple-tap that button and it dims my backlight to something that won’t disturb her.

[-] dumples@midwest.social 1 points 1 month ago

Good idea about the reducing light. I use android so I will have to find the setting to reduce light.

I might get a paper agenda and an app.

[-] howrar@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

There's really no need for a specialized app. My partner and I would just message each other with "pee" or "poop" for diaper changes and the quantity of milk when feeding. Messages are automatically time-stamped.

[-] thr0w4w4y2@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Huckleberry. Is it safe, no idea. But it requires minimal permissions and you can name the baby whatever you want so there’s that 🫥

[-] dumples@midwest.social 0 points 1 month ago

Minimal permissions is what I was looking for

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