Baby Buddy
Productivity
baby tracking
SHOW HN2017
172points
105comments
#208of 2,242 in 2017
Top 10%of 2017 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
13 positive, 18 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 9 critical, out of 41 comments about the project. Thread score +0.11.
Idea: 10 for, 6 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for spotting patterns and schedules.
From 3 comments
> enough to schedule naps anyway This was honestly the biggest motivator for me. Back when we were still a few months out, I found this article[0] and graph[1]. I was amazed at…
cdubzzz on HNHaha, a year ago I probably would have agreed that this seems a bit ridiculous. But after months of reading about caring for newborns and raising children, it became abundantly…
cdubzzz on HNYou got kids? Because you're factually wrong. When we had a kid, we used a mobile app, and it was _fantastic_, especially since it synched between my wife's phone and mine. My…
pavel_lishin on HN
Open source and well designed compared to other baby apps.
From 2 comments
Looks fantastic! One thing I've noticed is that most existing baby-related apps aren't very well designed. Most have plenty of good-enough features, but there always seems to be…
Amorymeltzer on HNI'll be recommending this app to a relative of mine. I really like the fact you've open sourced it. Nice work.
andrewrd on HN
Objections
Manual logging is too time-consuming with a newborn.
From 2 comments
cool app, but in my limited experience with newborns, there just isn't enough time to input data into a system like this to get the cool reports.
roryisok on HNLooks neat but from what I've gathered a notepad and pen works best for this. No app can compare with the speed of a quick scribble. Having the data digitized is fun though (poop…
koolba on HN
Babies' patterns vary too much for tracking to predict much.
From 3 comments
Are minor deviations from the norm really indicative though. IME babies will have days when they feed non-stop, days when they hardly feed, days when they'll take more naps, data…
pbhjpbhj on HNWhat the actual fuck... You can automate or collect data about anything, but some things are going just too far. From experience I know that the forecasting and predictions you…
basdp on HN[3 kids, youngest a toddler] A dozen things? Temperature, hunger, 'nappy', burps ... there's nothing else a baby ordinarily cares about. Also it's not formulaic, a key thing IMO…
pbhjpbhj on HN
Requests
Import existing data.
From 1 comment
Looks fantastic! One thing I've noticed is that most existing baby-related apps aren't very well designed. Most have plenty of good-enough features, but there always seems to be…
Amorymeltzer on HN
Automated inputs such as buttons or voice assistants.
From 2 comments
My experience is identical. I think this kind of app could be really helpful but inputs need to be automated for this to be feasible. Maybe using some IoT devices (baby cradle…
ohadron on HNThis seems like a realm where voice assistants could be useful. Tell it to start a timer when feeding, or to record the nature of the diaper change while you're actively changing…
goda90 on HN
Questions
Is there a timezone problem on timeline pages?
From 1 comment
Looks neat but from what I've gathered a notepad and pen works best for this. No app can compare with the speed of a quick scribble. Having the data digitized is fun though (poop…
koolba on HN
Alternatives named
BabyConnect
From 2 comments
There’s an excellent app called BabyConnect that we used for this with our daughter. Of course eventually we (like most parents I believe) learned to relax and not obsessively…
planetjones on HNA few years ago we used BabyConnect by Seacloud, having it as an app that worked offline and synced was very useful. NB: On your screenshot it says 'Last Feed: Formula, Left…
codeulike on HN
Glow
From 1 comment
Sample size of one, but my wife and all of her female friends used an iOS app called "Glow" to track the same data as this app (religiously logging after each feeding, nap, and…
toomuchtodo on HN
Feed Baby
From 2 comments
Looks fantastic! One thing I've noticed is that most existing baby-related apps aren't very well designed. Most have plenty of good-enough features, but there always seems to be…
Amorymeltzer on HNWe're using Feed Baby (http://feedbaby.com.au) — it's got a cleaner interface, more options, better graphs, and (to the sibling's comment about privacy) none of the social…
Amorymeltzer on HN
WebMD baby tracker
From 1 comment
This is the app I wish I had during my kiddo’s first few months. Thank you for writing it. If we have another kid we’ll likely use it :) We ended up using WebMD’s baby tracker…
zrail on HN