Baby DiaryA pregnancy and parenting assistant used by millions of mothers, providing pregnancy knowledge for mothers in pre-pregnancy preparation, during pregnancy, and with infant...
Last summer when I just had my baby, my partner and I had photos of our baby’s profile, short videos of him rolling over, and screenshots of half a GB of prenatal check-up reports in our phone albums. We were afraid of accidentally deleting them when clearing phone memory, and worried that distant relatives would forward them randomly if we posted them on Moments. We couldn’t find a safe place to store all these things. Later, I tried several parenting apps, either too complicated to focus on key points, or with ineffective privacy settings. It wasn’t until I encountered Baby Diary that I finally sorted out all these troubles.
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I started using it mainly for its growth records module, which can store photos, short videos, and add text notes. For example, when the baby first lifted his head, or crawled half a meter, these trivial things don’t need to be written in a small notebook, you can find them by opening the app. What reassures me most is its family and friends sharing mechanism, which is not default public. I have to send invitations manually, only those who click to agree can see the content I stored. Even my mom has to get an invitation link from me to see it, so there’s no more situation where relatives randomly flip through my phone album.
I was also worried before that private things like prenatal check-up reports and pre-pregnancy records would be leaked. Later I learned that besides growth records, other personal information also has corresponding protection mechanisms, so there’s no need to worry that my pre-pregnancy and pregnancy-related privacy content will be leaked. This is also an important reason why it is trusted by millions of mothers.
I started using Baby Diary during pre-pregnancy preparation, when I wasn’t pregnant yet, I wanted to check pre-pregnancy precautions. It has a lot of practical knowledge, such as how to track ovulation, what to eat to supplement folic acid, all content that can be used directly. After getting pregnant, it’s more worry-free. It has a pregnancy monitoring tool, which can record my weight and fetal movement every day, as well as authoritative knowledge related to pregnancy, such as when to do the glucose tolerance test, how to count fetal movement, all practical content that avoids the pitfalls new parents often step on.
After the baby was born, the growth parent-child album can be continued directly, no need to re-register an account. When I want to find baby food recipes or early education methods, I can directly search on it, no need to search scattered web pages, saving a lot of time. I also tried its Mommy Academy, which talks about how to relieve postpartum back pain, all practical content, not empty general principles.
My parents-in-law are in their hometown. They always said they wanted to see the baby before, but I always found sending photos and videos too troublesome, and sometimes forgot when I was busy. Later, I used the family interaction entrance of Baby Diary, sent an invitation link, and they could click in to see all the growth records I stored, and leave messages, saying things about missing the baby. No need to send them separately, saving a lot of time.
Once I took the baby for a physical examination, took a short video and stored it. My father-in-law sent me a voice message that night, saying that the baby looked stronger, and asked about the physical examination situation. That sense of participation is really different. Parenting doesn’t have to be just my partner’s and my business. Even if family members are not around, they can always feel the baby’s changes.
In fact, from actual use, it’s not a single recording tool, but an integrated one-stop platform that combines many parenting services. No need to install several apps and switch back and forth, saving phone memory and not having to think hard to find content. Several of my friends who just became parents, after trying it, like me, uninstalled the seven or eight parenting apps they had installed before, and only kept this one.
I was always worried before that the parenting knowledge I found was not professional. Its pregnancy knowledge base is made in cooperation with professional resources, and the content is quite authoritative. For example, when talking about adding baby food, it will say what to add at different stages and what to pay attention to, so I don’t have to grope blindly, helping new parents avoid some detours.
