Child Health
Neonatal jaundice monitoring for parents, at home.
- Status
- In development
- Sector
- Child Health
- Website
- babyglow-production.up.railway.app
Overview
Jaundice affects most newborns and is usually harmless — but when it is missed it causes preventable, permanent brain injury. The days in which it matters most fall exactly when a family has just been sent home.
BabyGlow turns that window into a simple daily check. Parents record feeds, wet nappies, stool colour, how far the yellowing has spread and how sleepy the baby is. The app returns a clear risk level and plain guidance — including, when it matters, the instruction to stop monitoring and go to hospital today.
Risk is scored against the baby's exact age in hours, in the family's own timezone and adjusted for gestational age, because clinical thresholds move every few hours in the first days of life. It also holds the rest of the newborn record — feeds, weight, medicines, immunisations and hospital visits — and keeps working offline.
What it does
A daily check, not a guess
Five things a parent can actually observe at home become one clear risk level and specific guidance.
Clinically-shaped scoring
Assessed on age in hours in the family's own timezone, adjusted for gestational age — never a single flat threshold.
The whole newborn record
Feeds, weight, medicines, immunisations, doctor instructions and hospital visits, in one place.
Shared care
Time-limited helper links let a grandparent or carer record a dose without needing an account of their own.