Today's busy families need smart solutions to stay organized, and the first place we most often turn to is: our phones! You'll find a plethora of apps designed to help keep your life in check by tracking appointments and daily chores, and syncing grocery lists and family calendars with your spouse's and kids' phones. Keep reading for our five must-have apps (four of them are free!) to keep your Read more

Go with the flow! While breastfeeding may be the most natural of acts, it's not without challenges! Given that nursing tends to commence in the exhausting post-delivery new mom bleariness phase of parenting, new mamas can use all the help they can get. Check out the following five apps that support new moms and their hardworking breasts. Read more

Parents with curious young ones quickly realize that what's yours — including your iPhone and iPad — is also theirs. But, hey, sharing is good (right?), especially when you stock your technology with kid-friendly apps guaranteed to keep your tot entertained for hours, or at least wait for the doctor, fold the laundry, or chat with your bestie. Check out our 20 must-have kid apps for 2011, Read more

These days, more and more photography enthusiasts are ditching their digital cameras in favor of their camera-equipped cell phone. Heck, even photography legend Annie Leibovitz calls the iPhone the "snapshot camera of today." If someone you love uses their smartphone for photography, consider these five gifts that will enhance their everyday shots. Read more

Whether you're tracking the days until your lil one arrives, attempting to organize your hectic family life, or trying to capture those adorable smiling faces, there's an app for you. Check out the 20 must-have apps that made our lives easier — and more fun! — this year. Read more

Think about how many surfaces you touch throughout the day — door handles, hand rails, elevator buttons, ATM screens — and then consider how many times you touch your cell phone before washing your hands. Gross, right? So it should come as no surprise (or maybe it will) that a recent study shows 16 percent of cell phones have poop on them. Not only that, but our keyboards are home to 60 times Read more

Plenty of parents will be giving thanks for the iPad this year. Amidst busy holiday preparations culminating in that delightfully long — but not necessarily kid-friendly — feast, the following selection of entertaining apps will get tots into the Thanksgiving spirit, and maybe even occupy them long enough for mom and dad to have seconds. Read more

Keep your kids safe on Halloween! The holiday is a childhood favorite filled with costumes, loot bags, and tons of candy. But before heading out on your evening adventure, download a few safety apps to your iPhone. Read more

Say cheese! Mamas love to snap pictures of their tots — and can you blame them? It's easy to get a little shutter crazy when the subject you're shooting is as adorable as your child. Many moms invest in high-quality — and high-priced — cameras, but the truth is that most of us end up taking pictures of our kiddos in action with our camera phones. It's convenient since it's always with you, Read more

Pimp my ultrasound? There's an app for just about everything these days, and pregnancy is no exception — including helping keep the mama-to-be organized, telling her what's safe to eat, and yup, even pimping her ultrasound. We told you about our favorite applications when you're trying to conceive and the best apps for once the baby's born; now click through for 10 apps — both serious and Read more