ICU baby vs The Zaky | Birth - 3yr tracker Usage & Stats
The ICU baby App is designed to help you and your baby have a better Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) experience.
Having a baby in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) can be complex, overwhelming, and lonely. Take control of your NICU experience with the ICU baby App – a safe and trusted place for parents caring for a critically ill baby to get information and find support.
With the ICU baby app, you will:
Get answers to your most pressing NICU questions
Find comfort by connecting with other NICU families
Build hope by becoming more involved in your baby’s care
The ICU baby App is your all-in-one NICU app that makes it quick and easy to learn about the NICU and gain confidence as you care for your baby in the hospital. From feeding tips to common NICU terms and procedures, we have all the information you need in one convenient place.
Learn with short videos and a guidebook from NEST (NICU Empowerment Support Tools).
Build your very own NICU Baby Book by journaling and recording your baby’s milestones.
Connect with other NICU families through our NICU Parent Forum.
Receive support from ICU baby.
The ICU baby App was designed for NICU parents, by former NICU parents. ICU baby is a Florida-based non-profit organization dedicated to helping families thrive in the NICU. Learn more at ICUbaby.org
Our app settings and privacy policy make the ICU baby App a safe online place to get answers, find comfort and build hope. Everything you record on the ICU baby App stays on your phone. We do not collect or sell your data to third-party providers. Our small, but mighty NICU community and Parent Forum adheres to clear guidelines and aims solely to be there in your greatest time of need.
Disclaimers:
The contents of this App are not a substitute for the medical advice or care by your baby’s doctors or healthcare team. This App is strictly intended to serve as a guide to help you navigate the NICU, to be used as a tool in discussions with your baby’s NICU healthcare team, as well as your personal medical professionals.
All rights are reserved, including the right of reproduction in any form, or by any mechanical or electronic means including photocopying or recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, in whole or in part in any form, and in any case not without the written permission of the author or publisher.
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The Zaky® APP is engineered to empower parents to care for their baby's overall well-being, including sleep, health, safety, nurturing, and development, in a supportive community. It provides a range of features that track your baby's growth, development, and kangaroo care.
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Key Features include:
· Create a Private Baby group: Form a secure group with family, friends, or healthcare team and share activities, progress, notes, and real-time journal updates.
· Skin-to-skin (Kangaroo Care) Tracker: Track sessions with notes and graphs. Use the Zaky ZAK® wrap for safe, prolonged, and comfortable skin-to-skin contact and access for healthcare or parental interventions.
· Engage in Kangaroo-a-thons: Join friendly competitions globally to promote skin-to-skin contact. Be part of a community committed to increasing Kangaroo Care.
· Comprehensive Tracking: Monitor baby growth, sleep patterns, calm and fussy periods. Document feeding details, hygiene (diapers and bathing), therapies, playtimes, and more.
· Private Journal: Document daily thoughts, experiences, images, and accomplishments privately or share within the baby group—option to export the journal to a printable PDF file.
· Educational Resources: Access evidence-based articles and resources to enhance infant care and development knowledge.
· Multilingual Access: The Zaky App is globally accessible and available in English, Spanish, and French.
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Funded by Nurtured by Design, Inc. and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, The Zaky® APP creates a supportive community providing the best care for your baby's growth and development while contributing to the science that elevates the implementation of kangaroo care globally.
Nurtured by Design, Inc. is an ergonomics and safety engineering and technology company that has worked on behalf of Zachary Jackson for over two decades. We are also the founders of the International Kangaroo Care Awareness Day (May 15), which has been celebrated globally since 2011.
We research, develop, and manufacture evidence-based and award-winning devices called The Zaky® for around-the-clock infant development, zero-separation, neuroprotection, family-centered care, and skin-to-skin/kangaroo care.
When the parents can't or are not holding their child of any age, The Zaky HUG® extends their arms' touch, scent, and shape to nurture and calm them.
The Zaky ZAK® is a skin-to-skin/kangaroo care safety device used in every setting from birth and with babies weighing from one to fifteen pounds.
The story of The Zaky® is the story of our family. We invite you to be a part of it!
Website: www.thezaky.com and www.kangaroo.care
Instagram: @TheZaky
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ICU baby VS. 
The Zaky | Birth - 3yr trackerJanuary 11, 2026