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Stage three · the first year

The first year, made legible

Illustration of sage circles scattered across a cream ground, a newborn drawn as a flat cream shape resting in the largest.

Start with your baby’s birthday. Keep daily care in one place, browse development chapters by age and save the small things you notice. Simple play ideas and a diary give you space for the moments between the logs.

Sleep, read back to you

Look back at the sleep you have logged across days and weeks. See night waking and sleep stretches in context, with reading guidance that explains its evidence and limits.

A little time together

Explore simple play ideas linked to skills you may notice. Follow your baby’s lead and mark what you tried together, without treating an activity as a test.

Development, with sources

Browse eight chapters, including the first fortnight, two to four weeks and four to six weeks. Each skill has source-specific age context. The chapter boundaries are for browsing, not clinical deadlines.

A care library that follows the baby

Skin and cradle cap, hips and safe carrying, tummy time and head shape, reflux, vitamin D and feeding cues — surfaced when your baby is the right age for it.

In the app today

  • Feed, sleep and nappy logging in two taps
  • Sleep analytics across the week
  • Stories and skills in your baby’s diary
  • Eight development chapters across the first year
  • Play ideas, linked sources and a written care library

How the stage moves

The app moves here on your baby’s birthday — the real one, whenever it turns out to be, because babies arrive early, arrive late, and arrive second.

The other two stages

babybub gives general information and a place to keep your own records. It is not a medical device and it does not diagnose anything. Always ring your midwife, child health nurse or GP if something worries you.