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9 of the best baby books and apps 2024
Baby books and apps can help you learn about baby care or development. There are also apps for tracking your baby’s day and finding like-minded parents in your area.
This list has been narrowed down to the very best with thorough research and the following considered:
Consumer reviews
Best-seller lists
Recommendations from industry experts
Award-winning products
Personal experience and the products loved by other parents.
The list is updated annually. It was last updated on 31 January 2024.
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1. Your Baby Week by Week
A book by health writer Simone Cave and paediatrician Dr. Caroline Fertleman.
A week-by-week guide of baby care and development that covers the first six months.
2. First-Time Parent
A book by Lucy Atkins, a health journalist and mother of three.
Practical advice on looking after your baby in the first year including feeding, sleeping, crying and playing.
3. Your Baby and Child
An updated version of the best-selling book by Penelope Leach, who was described by The Guardian as “The Dr Spock of our age”.
Covers baby care and development, including the psychological development and well-being of your child until they are five.
4. Cribsheet
A book by economics professor and best-selling author Emily Oster.
She gives you that hard data to allow you to make your own decisions from baby to preschool.
Covers many parenting issues such as feeding, sleeping, milestones, potty training and discipline.
5. The wonder weeks app and book
Available as an app and a book.
Help you track the mental leaps of your child’s development in the first 20 months of their life.
6. Peanut
An app to help you meet like-minded parents nearby.
Talk to matches via chat or video call.
Communities and support groups.
Ask questions and share advice.
Join live audio conversations.
7. Louenna app
Award-winning app described as a ‘nanny in your pocket’.
Provides advice on how to care for a baby and child with over 250 chapters, video demonstrations, logs and timers to track feeding, sleep, changing and the mental well-being of a parent.
£24.99 a year or £4.99 a month.
8. baby feed timer app
A free app recommended by NHS midwives.
Helps you keep track of breastfeeds and which side you last used.
You can also log sleep, bottle feeds and nappy changes to spot trends and develop a routine.
9. Baby Buddy app
This is a free NHS-approved pregnancy and parenting app for the first five years.
It features advice and evidence-based information.
There are lots of videos and it uses simple language making it particularly suitable for those who don’t speak English as their first language.
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