BABY IPOD APPLICATIONS
 

With so many people owning iPhones and using its applications, we decided to share some of our favorites applications related to the baby shower and pregnancy. Those who have iPhones know that its "apps" are great for helping you do things many things more easily. There are really helpful ("productivity") apps for moms to be and there are also fun games you will also enjoy. We've listed our favs below, but would love to hear from you - which ones do you like? We'd like to share them!

Our Favorite Applications

The Baby Shower Game
Where to get it: Here
Price: .99 cents
Rating: 4+ (Our Top Pick)
Description: If you are looking to play baby shower games at your shower, this all in one game is an excellent addition and can be played anywhere. It will ask trivia questions, have you scavenger hunt in purses and have you play Pictionary or charades all in the same game! We highly recommend this addictive and fun game which is very cheap and great for any portable device!

Pregnancy Tracker from WhatToExpect.com
Where to get it: Here
Cost: Free
Rating: 4+
Description: Read the book? Use the site? Now you can download "What to Expect When You're Expecting, the app - for FREE! Keep track of your baby's development - and your fast-growing belly - with this exciting new app from Heidi Murkoff's What to Expect When You're Expecting, America's pregnancy bible.

iPregnancy
Where to get it: Here
Cost: $3.99
Rating: 4+
Description: iPregnancy is the premier application for keeping track of your pregnancy! Others have tried to duplicate the features found in this program, but this is the only pregnancy app actually written by a practicing OBGYN!

Baby Bump
Where to get it: Here
Cost: $4.99
Rating: 4
Description: The first and only pregnancy app with Twitter and Facebook sharing! The all in one pregnancy app with the feature you use most: kick counter, contraction tracker, weekly baby and body info, muti-field journal, calendar view, weekly photo management with slideshow swipe.

Our Favorite Baby Names Applications

Baby Names Plus
Where to get it: Here
Cost: $0.99
Rating: 4
Description: Baby Names Plus is the ideal application for picking the perfect name for you new baby. Looking for a modern name, old fashioned name, a popular name, or a rare name? You name it, with over 8500 names Baby Names Plus has you covered.

Name That Baby Lite
Where to get it: Here
Cost: Free
Rating: 4+
Description: Name That Baby the fun way! Designed by a stay at home mom, Name That Baby lite allows you to pick your sex, choose a starting letter, then shake your iPhone for baby names to be displayed in a scrollable list.

Lutin Firstname Dictionary
Where to get it: Here
Cost: $5.99
Rating: 4+
Description: Lutin is a first name dictionary that contains more than 12,000 first names, including 1400 with pertinent phonetic transcription. The origin and the linguistic use are included with each name and baby names can be stored in a favorites list.

Our Favorite Other Useful Applications

Foods to Avoid When Pregnant
Where to get it: Here
Cost: $0.99
Rating: not rated (we still like it)
Description: So what do you do when you're famished and on the run and you realize only after ht e salad you've ordered arrives that it has feta cheese crumbled over it? Is it safe to eat? Do you have to just throw it away? Never fear. Foods to Avoid When Pregnant app has you covered!

Nine Months - Contraction and Movement Timer
Where to get it: Here
Cost: $0.99
Rating: 4+
Description: Nine Months will track your fetal movements and contractions. Designed under the supervision of a board certified OBGYN, Nine Months' goal was to build a simple to use app that computes results in form that can be read directly to your medical team.

White Noise Baby
Where to get it: Here
Cost: $0.99
Rating: 3.5
Description: White Noise Baby includes everything you need to help your baby relax and sleep better. Over 15 perfectly looped sounds that your baby will love. Sounds such as taking a car ride, classical music, conch shell, and even Doppler ultrasound of the womb.

Our Favorite Just for Fun Applications

Pimp My Ultrasound
Where to get it: Here
Cost: $0.99
Rating: 4+
Description: This is the first app of its kind specifically designed for the mommy to be who wants to have fun with her ultrasound picture. For less than the cost of a vanilla latte, this app provides months of entertainment and everlasting memories.

Baby Maker
Where to get it: Here
Cost: $2.99
Rating: 4+
Description: Take pictures of mom and dad and see what their baby might look like. This isn't any plain ol' baby prediction application. The resulting babies use actual parts of the parents' faces that create a hilarious spawn that you'll spend hours laughing about.

Our Favorite Applications for Babies

My Baby Einstein
Where to get it: Here
Cost: $3.99
Rating: 4+
Description: It's everything you love about Baby Einstein and more to take with you and your baby while on the go. Engage your baby and inspire his curiosity with beautiful images created to delight baby and put a smile on his face. Interact with your child with the best that Baby Einstein has to offer.

AWazDat
Where to get it: Here
Cost: $0.99
Rating: 4+
Description: My 1 always looks at my iPod and says "awazdat" (Ahh What's That?). He loves to click icons, shake the iPod, and listen to the sounds it makes. AWazDat was created for just that purpose. The icons are fund animals and objects. The move as the iPod/iPhone is rotated and play fun sounds when they're touched (the pig oinks, train whistle blows, etc.). AWazDat keep little ones entertained.

Peekaboo Barn
Where to get it: Here
Cost: $0.99
Rating: 4+
Description: Inside a little bouncing farm, little animals are waiting to pop out and surpirse your little one. Try and guess who they are. Tap the doors to find out. Voted Best Toddler App Ever 2009 by MacWorld Expo. Work with your child to learn the names of animals and hear the sounds they make.

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We hope these baby shower and pregnancy applications are helpful and would enjoy hearing from you if you have more baby shower applications to share with us at mommy@babyshower101.com.