24 Magic Months [iPad]

The first two years of your baby’s life are the most important for their growth and development, It’s a very special time and, while it can be hard going at times, this free App developed by Public Health, Liverpool City Council will help to make magic moments and mark every incredible milestone. The 24 Magic Months app was created to guide parents and carers through this time with trusted and consistent advice from healthcare professionals and parents, helping parents to keep up to date with what to expect at each stage of a child’s development.

The advice and information in the app is split into nine topics:

• Social and emotional development
• Physical development
• Learning and play
• Speech and language development
• Feeding
• Bonding and attachment
• Behaviour
• Sleep
• Parental health and wellbeing

Child development topics are split into age groups for example from birth to three months and from 12 – 18 months. This means that information is shown on the app that is relevant to the childs’ age and stage of development, saving parents time and effort hunting around for information via other sources. The app also allows for developmental milestones to be tracked and acknowledged in the app. Once a child reachs a milestone such as ‘the first wave’ or ‘first step’, this can marked on the app as complete and a record of this achievement is saved. Should they choose to parents can also attach a picture of the child achieving that milestone - a lovely reminder of what the child has achieved so far.

Parents can add multiple children’s profiles (up to the age of two years) and switch between them to receive the most relevant information for the child’s age. Should parents take up the option, notifications will be delivered at a time that it’s applicable to that child’s phase of development.

** Features **

Personalised, trusted and consistent advice about a child’s development

The information available in the 24 Magic Months app was developed with healthcare professionals and local parents so the information is reliable, trusted and up to date. Articles cover simple, easy tips that explain the benefits to a child’s development to general information about the how a child grows.

The information is accessible at all times and if curious parents can find out more about which developmental milestones are coming up for their little one over the coming months.

We understand that having a baby is a life-changing event so the 24 Magic Months app also provides advice on parental health and wellbeing. This includes videos from healthcare professionals that give advice on parent health and wellbeing and support that’s available if needed.

Developmental milestone tracker

Developmental milestones allow parents to monitor a child’s development by recording when each milestone is reached. Any milestones that the child achieved are saved onto the App and is designed to help parents to record and easily evidence their child’s progress.

Informative videos from local healthcare professionals and parents

Within the articles there are a range of short videos featuring healthcare professionals and parents. These videos range from advice about how to develop a strong relationship with a child to dealing with tantrums.

Local support

24 Magic Months offering information about local support including videos explaining the support available from health visitors and children’s centres. 24 Magic Months also links to local activities and groups available to support parents.

Children profiles

24 Magic Months allows parents to add multiple children up to the age of 2 years and provides child development information that is relevant to that child’s profile.

Privacy

24 Magic Months does not store any personal data, so you don’t need to worry about privacy issues. All of the data you input into the app, including your child’s name, date of birth and any photos you may want to add to the milestones, is only ever stored on your device.