Cubby for expat families: baby care that follows you across countries
Having a baby in a country that is not your own is one of those experiences that sounds straightforward until you are in it. You know how to navigate the health system back home. You know which vaccinations are given when, what to expect at the antenatal appointments, where to go in an emergency, what the forms are. In a new country, all of that starts from scratch.
For families in the UAE, India, Australia and elsewhere, baby care often means managing two frames of reference at once. Your mother in Chennai has strong views on what your baby needs at three months. Your paediatrician in Dubai is following a different protocol. Both are trying to help. The question is how you hold it all together.
Two vaccine schedules in one app
The vaccine question is one of the most concrete versions of this problem. India's National Immunisation Schedule and the UAE's MOHAP schedule are not identical. Doses that appear at the same age may be different formulations. Some vaccines on the Indian schedule are not routine in the UAE, and vice versa. If you are an Indian family living in Dubai, you may need to understand both, especially if your baby travels to India or if grandparents are asking questions.
Cubby includes the official immunisation schedules for the UAE, India, the UK, the US and Australia. You can view whichever schedule applies to your situation, or compare between them. The dates and dose information are built into the app — you do not have to copy them from a clinic letter or a government website and hope you have the latest version. When a vaccine is due, it is simply there, ready to tick off after the appointment.
Grandparents in another country, in the same circle
One of the harder parts of expat parenting is the distance from family. Grandparents who would have been around the corner are instead on a video call. They want to know what is happening with the baby. You want to keep them close. But updating everyone on feeds and naps and milestones by message, every day, is its own kind of exhausting.
Cubby's family circle was built for exactly this. You add your parents, your partner's parents, anyone who should be in the picture, and they see the same live log you do. When baby eats at 7am, your mother in Lahore can see it. When baby takes their first steps and you log it as a milestone, your mother-in-law in Chennai sees it the same moment you do. They do not have to ask. You do not have to remember to tell them. The log is shared and it updates in real time.
They can also log things when they visit. If grandparents come to stay and take over the night feeds, everything they log goes straight into the record. When they leave, the continuity is unbroken.
Content written for where you actually are
Most baby care content online is written for a UK or US audience. When an NHS article recommends something specific to England's health system, or a CDC guide references US vaccination timing, it takes a mental step to work out what applies to you.
Cubby's article library includes content written specifically for UAE families — covering MOHAP and DHA guidelines, maternity rights in the UAE, birth registration, and what to expect from antenatal care in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. There is also content written for families in India, covering the National Immunisation Schedule, the Janani Suraksha Yojana, antenatal care, and the Maternity Benefit Act. You do not have to translate advice from another context. You can read something that is written for your situation.
A tool that travels with you
Expat families move. A posting ends, a visa changes, a better opportunity comes up. You may not be in the same country when your child starts school as you were when they were born. Cubby is a progressive web app that works in any browser on any phone, with no app store and no country-specific version. Your data is tied to your account, not a device or a location. If you move from the UAE to Australia, your full history, every feed, every nap, every milestone, comes with you. You switch the vaccine schedule to Australia's immunisation programme and carry on. Nothing starts over.
Simple enough for everyone in the household
Expat households often include a nanny, a helper, or a family member visiting from overseas who speaks limited English. Cubby's core logging interface is designed to be simple. The main actions — logging a feed, a nappy change, a nap, a medicine — are large buttons and short number inputs. Most helpers find it easy to pick up in a few minutes, even if their reading English is not strong. What matters is that whoever is with the baby can record what happens, and you can see it when you are not there.
Frequently asked questions
Can Cubby show vaccine schedules for two countries at once?
Cubby includes the official immunisation schedules for the UAE, India, UK, US and Australia. You can view whichever applies to your baby's care, or switch between them. The schedules are built into the app and kept up to date so you are not working from an outdated clinic sheet.
My parents are in India — can they follow my baby's progress from there?
Yes. Add them to your Cubby family circle and they see the same log in real time, wherever they are. Every feed, nappy, nap and milestone you or anyone else logs appears in their view too. They can log things when they visit. There is no geographic limit on who can be in the circle.
Does Cubby have content specific to families in the UAE?
Yes. The article library includes guides written specifically for UAE families, covering MOHAP and DHA health protocols, UAE maternity rights, birth registration and what antenatal care looks like in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. There is also India-specific content covering the National Immunisation Schedule and antenatal programmes. You are not expected to filter advice written for someone else's country.
We might move countries in the next year — will our data transfer?
Yes. Your data is tied to your account, not a device or a country. When you move, your full log history, milestones and vaccine records come with you. You can switch to a different country's vaccine schedule any time. Nothing resets.
Our nanny doesn't read English well — can she still use Cubby?
Cubby's logging interface is simple and icon-led. The core actions involve tapping large buttons and entering short numbers. Most helpers find it easy to use within a few minutes, even without strong English reading ability. The goal is that anyone caring for the baby can record what they did.
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