App of the Week – WebMD Baby

Published On June 2, 2015 | By Tom Huskerson | App of the Week

Web MD babyOne of the toughest jobs in the world is beng a new parent. A new baby can as joyful as it is mysterious. Trying to decypher exctly what is hapening with your your new baby cn be a tough even terrifying task. That is why WebMD Baby is the App of the Week.

The WebMD Baby claims to offer new parents hundreds of articles and videos that have been developed and approved by WebMD doctors. Other features of the app include;

  • A growth tracker allowing parents to track their childs weight and height and head circumference. The app can also track this growth using photos.
  • A diaper tracker that records the dates and times of every diaper change, if the diaper was wet, dirty, or both. This information can be emailed and a report can be compiled to see all changes in a calendar view.
  • A sleep tracker to record a infants sleep sessions and details like whether the baby slept in a crib or a car seat. You can also generate a report with ths information.
  • A feeding tracker to record feeding dates and times and source for every feeding and set up reminders for the next feeding.
  • For memories there is a baby tracker feature to record you baby’s key moments and milestones in the Baby Book. The new parent can add photos or videos along with their own captions and share them on Facebook or email to friends and relatives.

WebMD Baby also provides news articles, a weekly tip from doctors and other information for the first and second years of your childs life.

WebMD Baby is free and available for Apple and Android devices.

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About The Author

Tom Huskerson Bio Born in Richmond Virginia Tom Huskerson is a military veteran who settled in California after his discharge. Tom attended Santa Barbara City College where he began his writing career as a campus reporter. He worked as an intern news reporter for the Santa Barbara News-Press writing feature stories before moving on to San Francisco. At San Francisco State University Tom studied broadcast communications and began to focus on the Internet. He completed his graduate thesis on Internet advertising. Tom was the first student to ever focus on the Internet as a graduate student at San Francisco State University. After graduation he went to work for Zona Research in California’s Silicone Valley. As a research associate Tom supported senior analyst writing on the latest developments in the Internet industry. During the dot com boom Tom worked for several web businesses as a market researcher and analyst. As a writer and researcher Tom has authored various technical works including a training program for Charles Schwab security. Other projects included professional presentations on workplace violence and hiring security contractors. Tom has also written both fiction and non-fiction works and blogging for a travel website. He has published two books of short stories and completed two novels. Tom is the owner of Scribe of Life Literature and EbonyCandle.com. Tom is not the chief editor for the OnTechStreet. com. A news and information blog that focuses on tech news for African-Americans. The blog is the result of his desire to inform the African American community of the dangers and benefits of the cyber age. In his blog Tom reports on information security, new and analysis, scams and hoaxes, legal happenings and various topics that arise from the age of information. Tom believes that technology is a necessary tool for black people and they should know what is happening. Tom writes believing that techno speak is for the professional and that valuable information can be communicated using plain language. As a result he has embraced the motto, Less Tech, More Knowledge.

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