Keriton Kare Connect 4+

I love using this app. It provides helpful reminders to keep you on track. I like that I’m able to see the progress that I’m making as well as my inventory of milk for my LO at home and in the hospital. I also love the fact that the nurse that was caring for my LO was able to send me a picture of her while I was at home. It was comforting. I do just wish that the app could add an optional timer or the option to put what time you started pumping and the end time instead of just one time overall. I think that that would help with keeping track of how long you pump each time to also keep you on track and more closely monitor your output. I do also wish that it provided an option to still enter pumping seasons or bottles without the required labels. I do understand that the labels help to better ensure the integrity of each bottle but sometimes I run out of labels and am not able to provide the bottle number at that time which makes me have to go back into the app at a later time to enter the information. But overall I really do love this app.

In love this app. Seeing my little one and keeping track of pumping is motivating. The communication with lactation consultants is also a plus. I think my only critique is an easier way to sign in or remember password. Passcode or fingerprint maybe. Bonus if communication allowed us to talk to the nurse currently attending the baby. Thanks for the great app.

I used this app 3 years ago when my baby was in the NICU and it worked well enough—mostly I cherished the pictures the nurses sent.

But I just opened up the app again today, and was greeted by this message (took a screenshot but it doesn’t look like reviews allow photos). It said: “MOMMY, YOUR BABY NEEDS YOU. Babies thrive on breast milk. Every second you pump is a second less for your baby in the NICU.” As a mom who did pump for my NICU baby, I’m honestly disgusted by how this message shames moms who either choose not to pump, or do pump but feel like they’re not able to produce enough, or don’t pump as frequently because they have a job/other kids/a disability/who knows what other life circumstances that might make it challenging to maintain a schedule of pumping around the clock every 3 hours (which is what my hospital recommended). And adding the completely unsupported assertion that there’s some kind of 1 to 1 ratio of time you fail to pump that will keep your kid in the NICU longer feels like a cruel way to push already stressed and guilt-laden moms over the edge.

Please do better, Kare Connect.