A baby tracker that works for Irish people
When one Corkman’s son was born earlier this year, he and his wife Donna wanted to do their best for him. They tried numerous baby trackers but each one turned out to be American.
This can be problematic especially when their vaccine schedule and health advice is quite different to ours.
From his kitchen he decided to build an app - Lullagram - that helped to collate the information he needed which was spread across a dozen websites like the HSE, MyWelfare, Revenue, Tusla and more.
It's an all in 1 app for parents and expecting parents and there is no other in Ireland, according to creator Christopher O’Callaghan. It has features like night-feed mode which has a dimmed screen for 3am feeds, sleep suggestions tuned to your own baby's patterns, works with no signal and has an Ask Lulla feature with a chat mode for those 3am 'is this normal?’ questions.
For parents-to-be (free mode):
- Your pregnancy week by week, with the Irish timeline from your due date: registering with your GP for the free Maternity and Infant Care Scheme, your first hospital visit (usually 8 to 12 weeks), the anatomy scan (usually 18 to 22 weeks), the whooping cough vaccine from 16 to 36 weeks, the flu vaccine in season and when to apply for Maternity Benefit
- All 19 Irish maternity units
- HSE advice at the moment you need it: a contraction timer that tells you when the HSE says to ring your unit, what to do if your baby's movements change and perinatal mental health support if you log feeling low
- An Irish hospital bag list, a birth plan and questions for your midwife
- Trying for a baby: HSE folic acid advice, when to see your GP (sooner if you're 36 or over) and how the free IVF scheme works, from GP referral to the regional fertility hubs
- Baby name matching with your partner, using the CSO's list of every name given to three or more babies in Ireland
For parents:
- The full HSE vaccine schedule, alongside public health nurse visits and GP checks
- A daily supplements log in line with HSE advice, weaning from the HSE's Feeding your baby booklet and HSE-aligned milestones
- A printable report to bring to the public health nurse, GP or paediatrician
- Care for mum after the birth
- Feeds: Breast (with an L/R timer that survives if you close the app), formula bottles or expressed milk.
- Sleeps: A running timer with a persistent banner so you can't forget it's going. Day versus night kept separate.
- Vitamin D and other supplements. HSE dose preset built in.
- Weights in kilograms and grams - charted on a line so you can see the trajectory.
- Solid foods: What was eaten, plus any reaction tracked separately.
- Weaning section to help parents starting to introduce solids with guides and steps.
- Milestones: First smile, first roll, first word. Confetti when you log one.
- Mood: A 9-point scale from grumpy to playful. Useful for spotting patterns weeks later.
- Appointments: Reminded the day before.
Money, supports and tax:
- Maternity, paternity, parents and adoptive benefit, with a quick estimate at this year's rates, plus Child Benefit, the Working Family Payment and a link to apply on MyWelfare
- Tax credits many parents never claim, like the Single Person Child Carer Credit and 20% back on medical costs with Form Med 1, which you can usually backdate up to four years
- Childcare: how the National Childcare Scheme and ECCE work, plus Tusla's register of crèches and childminders and what to ask when you visit
- Supports for children with additional needs, and free help from MABS, Threshold, Citizens Information and more
Lullagram summarises all official info by pulling in all the HSE (hse.ie and mychild.ie), Citizens Information, MyWelfare, Revenue, the CSO, Tusla and the National Childcare Scheme, and links every guide back to the official page. It's independent and not affiliated with the HSE. It never replaces your GP, midwife or public health nurse. Families' data stays in the EU, there are no ads and nothing is ever sold.
The app is free for people who are trying for a baby or during pregnancy; the baby tracker is free for a week, then it’s €4.99 a month for the whole household. See lullagram.ie for more.