Baby Diary
by Shapeshift
Description
is an application for tracking newborn baby weight, feeding, and other activities.
Baby profile
When the application is first started, it will automatically create a new baby profile. You can then edit the name, the birthdate and the gender.
The baby profile will be displayed on the first page of the application.
It will also show the zodiac sign and the year of birth according to the Chinese year zodiac.
In the free version you can create only one baby profile. The paid version allows multiple profiles. To change the current profile, use the button
Activities
The of the application allows you to track from which breast the baby wasd fed and for how long.
Simply press the or buttons when the baby starts to eat.
When it finishes, press the button. The activity will be added to the list below the buttons.
There are other activities that you can log - bottle feeding, bathing, sleeping, diaper and clothes change. You can set up the activities by the menu
If you made any mistake, you can either cancel it or correct it later by tapping the item, which will open the page,
where you can or the activity.
Use the option to remove activities older than the selected if you want to clean up the list.
Weight and Height
The and pages of the application allows you to track the changes in the weight or height of the baby.
Simply enter a weight and press the or button to add the weight or height to the list below.
You can also set whether the baby is with clothes or not when measuring the weight.
Use the to change the weight units to kilogram, pounds or ounces and height units to centimeters or inches.
If you made any mistake, you can easily correct it by tapping the item, which will open the page,
where you can or the entry.
Use the option to remove entries older than the selected if you want to clean up the list.
Chart
The of the application displays charts of the feeding and sleeping time, and of the weights and heights.
If the gender of the baby is entered, the weight and height charts will also display standart WHO growth lines
(sources: Boys weight and height,
Girls weight and height)
Teeth
The of the application allows you to track the growth of the baby's teeth.
Tap on a tooth to enter or edit the date on which it has shown for the first time.
Live Tiles
On any of the main pages of the application you can use the option to create a live tile
on the start screen of the phone. The tile will provide relevant information from that page and act as a quick way to open it.
Backup
In the paid version of the application you can backup and restore the application data to OneDrive. This allows you to transfer the baby profiles to another device. The location of the data is
To backup the data, navigate to the and use the button. On first use you will be prompted to to your OneDrive account.
To restore the data, use the button.
Also in the paid version you can export the data to Excel.
Version History
Version 1.5.10
- Added a setting to specify the gender of the baby
- Added data from WHO growth charts to be displayed on the weight and height charts. Note that the gender of the baby must be entered to display the standard growth lines.
Version 1.5.9
- Added a new chart to compare the weight and height of multiple babies
Version 1.5.8
- Improved handling of more than one baby profile, allowing easy switching between them.
- Added AppInsights for better tracking of features usage
Version 1.5.7
- Added new activities - medication and food, for which you can manually enter what was given, or select from previously added data
- Weight can now be entered and displayed in both pounds and ounces, not one or the other
Version 1.5.6
- Another fix for the backup file management.
- Some improvements in the baby tooth page
Version 1.5.5
- Bug fix: improved the managing of backup files to ensure old backups are replaced only after the new data is successfully saved.
- Changed the behavior of new installations to automatically create a new baby named 'my baby' instead of prompting the user to enter a name
Version 1.5.4
- Added option to configure the activities panel.
- Removed the editing menu fro activities, weights and heights. Items can now be edited simply by tapping, and deleted from the edit page
- Added RateMyApp control to prompt the user to rate the application (free version only).
Version 1.5.3
- Added export to xls (paid version only).
Version 1.5.2
- Fixed a crash that happens while quickly modifying activities.
- Swapped left and right teeth on the screen, so they are ordered like you're looking at the baby's face.
Version 1.5.1
- IMPORTANT! Fixed serious issue that prevented old data from loading
Version 1.5.0
- Added teeth tracking
- Changed the backup location on OneDrive to ApplicationData/BabyDiary (Shapeshift)/BabyDiary.babydiary. Also changed the file format to binary.
- Added what's new page
- Performance improvements
Version 1.4.3
- Added activities chart with the total feeding and sleeping times per day
- Added total feeding summary (sum of left breast and right breast feeding per day)
- Activities that begin on one day and end on the next day (e.g. sleeping) will be split to the summaries for both days instead of being added only to one day
- Fixed a bug where the settings won't remember the selected measurement units
Version 1.4.2
- Revamped the SkyDrive sync UI
- Fixed a bug with the expanding of the activities
- Added an animation when starting and stopping activities
Version 1.4.1
- Added functionality to display summaries of activities, e.g. total sleep time for each day, number of diaper changes, etc.
- Added ability to collapse activity buttons to display more of the activities list or summaries
Version 1.4
- Added height tracking and chart
- Creating backups of the data file. If main data file is not found, the data will be recovered automatically from a backup
- Some performance optimizations
Version 1.3
- Added a weight chart page
- Added menu options in the Weight page to allow you to filter only weight measurements taken with or without clothes