Overall, 45% of UK adults have access to smartphone technology,1 and its role in health, from both the clinician and the patient perspective, is starting to be explored through research. Such technology is commonplace across paediatric care. Uses vary from a 'distraction' tool for play therapists and/or parents during periods of observation or distressing procedures to use as a reference tool for doctors in the clinical setting. We recently reported two cases of parents seeking medical advice following the use of smartphone based software, or 'apps', which provide logs of their children's growth and feeding patterns.2 These clinical cases emphasise the extending role of apps as an interactive and dynamic adjunct to parenting and health surveillance, broadening the role of the internet beyond its 'traditional' role as a source of health information for parents and children.
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