Built a parenting app on paternity leave — baby due any day 🙏
Baby is due literally any day. In the weeks leading up to paternity leave I've been building Sprout — a one-stop-shop for new parents in the UK.
The problem I was trying to solve: Every app for new parents does one thing. Peanut does friend-matching (women only). Happity does classes. Childcare.co.uk does nurseries. Nothing combines the stuff you actually need day-to-day into one place — and nothing includes dads properly.
What Sprout does:
Find other parents nearby with babies the same age
AI assistant you can ask anything at 3am (including sending photos)
Nursery finder with Ofsted ratings
Batch-cook recipes for exhausted people
Baby gear marketplace
Local groups, meetups, stories
Private journal with mood tracking
Deals on baby essentials
Stack: Lovable + Supabase + Claude API + Brave Search + postcodes.io. No native app — PWA only for now.
Where I am: Live, a handful of real users, just started sharing it. Would love feedback from anyone who's been through the new parent stage or has thoughts on the community/local discovery problem.
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