Your child’s early years deserve more than
Your child’s early years deserve more than
scattered memories
scattered memories
About the app
babysteps helps families keep the story behind the moments alive.
Photos, videos, milestones, and memories are brought together in one private timeline, so the early years don’t become scattered across phones, chats, and different apps.
babysteps helps families keep the story behind the moments alive.
Photos, videos, milestones, and memories are brought together in one private timeline, so the early years don’t become scattered across phones, chats, and different apps.
Why we started
Why we started
Why we started
The early years pass faster than you expect.
As parents, we found ourselves capturing hundreds of photos and videos, yet somehow reliving fewer and fewer moments.
Memories became fragmented across phones, WhatsApp chats, cloud storage, and social platforms. Context disappeared. Milestones became harder to revisit. Small moments that once felt important slowly faded into the background.
We realized the problem wasn’t that we were taking too few photos.
It was that modern apps are built for sharing content, not preserving a family story.
That idea became babysteps.
The early years pass faster than you expect.
As parents, we found ourselves capturing hundreds of photos and videos, yet somehow reliving fewer and fewer moments.
Memories became fragmented across phones, WhatsApp chats, cloud storage, and social platforms. Context disappeared. Milestones became harder to revisit. Small moments that once felt important slowly faded into the background.
We realized the problem wasn’t that we were taking too few photos.
It was that modern apps are built for sharing content, not preserving a family story.
That idea became babysteps.
What we're building
What we're building
We’re building a calmer, more intentional way to remember childhood.
babysteps helps parents capture moments with context, photos, videos, and milestones. Privately shared with the people who truly matter.
Not designed for reach.
Not optimized for attention.
Not built around likes, followers, or engagement.
Built so families can revisit the story of growing up, year after year.
Your child’s story is not content to scroll past.
It’s a collection of moments your family will come back to for years to come.
That’s why privacy, ownership, and control are not optional to us. They are part of the foundation of babysteps itself.
We’re building a calmer, more intentional way to remember childhood.
babysteps helps parents capture moments with context, photos, videos, and milestones. Privately shared with the people who truly matter.
Not designed for reach.
Not optimized for attention.
Not built around likes, followers, or engagement.
Built so families can revisit the story of growing up, year after year.
Your child’s story is not content to scroll past.
It’s a collection of moments your family will come back to for years to come.
That’s why privacy, ownership, and control are not optional to us. They are part of the foundation of babysteps itself.
Privacy & control
Privacy & control
Private by design.
In control by default.
Privacy is not an add-on for us.
It’s the starting point.
Your child does not have a public profile.
Your memories are not used for advertising.
You stay in control over who can access your family’s story, at every moment.
No ads.
No selling personal data.
No algorithms deciding what matters.
Not as a feature, but as a foundation.
Private by design.
In control by default.
Privacy is not an add-on for us.
It’s the starting point.
Your child does not have a public profile.
Your memories are not used for advertising.
You stay in control over who can access your family’s story, at every moment.
No ads.
No selling personal data.
No algorithms deciding what matters.
Not as a feature, but as a foundation.
Built by parents
We started babysteps because we wanted one place where the people closest to us could genuinely experience the early years alongside us.
Not through endless chats, scattered photo folders, or moments disappearing between thousands of other photos.
We wanted a place where memories could stay connected. Where milestones, stories, photos, and everyday moments would remain part of something bigger over time.
When we couldn’t find an app that truly felt built for that purpose, we decided to create it ourselves.
We started babysteps because we wanted one place where the people closest to us could genuinely experience the early years alongside us.
Not through endless chats, scattered photo folders, or moments disappearing between thousands of other photos.
We wanted a place where memories could stay connected. Where milestones, stories, photos, and everyday moments would remain part of something bigger over time.
When we couldn’t find an app that truly felt built for that purpose, we decided to create it ourselves.
Maarten Naberink
Co-Founder Father of Otis and Elliot
Maarten Naberink
Co-Founder Father of Otis and Elliot
Niek Bosch
Co-Founder Father of Abel and Boris
Niek Bosch
Co-Founder Father of Abel and Boris
