The App Every Mom Needs to Make Managing Family Health Easier

If you’re a mom, you already know the job description goes way beyond diapers, snacks, and bedtime routines. Somewhere along the way, we all got promoted to household health manager.

Doctor’s appointments? That’s on you. Specialist referrals? Also on you. Vaccination schedules, prescriptions, remembering when your partner last saw their family doctor? Yep…all you (and if it's not, you're one of the lucky ones, sister!).

Either way, it’s a lot.

That’s why I was so excited when I discovered Arlo, a new Canadian healthcare app that makes managing family wellness actually manageable. And because I never gatekeep the good stuff, I want to share it with you.

What Is Arlo?

Arlo is a digital healthcare app that helps families

• Text a licensed Canadian healthcare provider 24/7 for prescriptions, lab requests, and trusted answers in minutes

• Access care without endless phone calls and cheesy hold music

• No time limit to your appointment, no need to rush (is this real life?)

• No confusing medical jargon, just easy conversations

• Save time so you can actually focus on, you know…living your life

In other words: it’s like having a personal in-house health team for your family’s healthcare needs.

Why Moms Need This (Yesterday)

Here’s the thing gals: moms are the ones holding it all together. We’re the ones who:

• Notice when our kid’s ear infection is back

• Schedule the check-ups and shots

• Remind our partners it’s been 3 years since their last physical

• Still somehow forget our own follow-ups (because who has the mental space left?)

  
  

With Arlo, it feels like the invisible load of connecting with someone who can help you is finally lifted. Instead of worrying about symptoms, waiting in emerge for hours on end, and not knowing if you're making the right decision, you can get quick and easy access to a medical expert who is there for you in your moments of concern and overwhelm.

Why I Trust It (and Not Just as a Mom)

Here’s something you might not know about me—I actually work full-time in healthcare strategy and innovation. That means I spend my days looking at how care is delivered, how systems evolve, and how technology is reshaping the way families access support.

I’ve seen a lot of healthcare solutions come and go (and tested some prototyped ideas myself!). Arlo stood out to me because it’s built with the end user in mind—the families, and let’s be honest, the moms—who are the ones carrying the load. It’s simple, it’s intuitive, and it actually eases the mental burden we’re all feeling.

So when I recommend it, it’s not just because it made my week a little easier (though it definitely did). It’s also because, through the lens of my professional work, I see how tools like this can make healthcare more accessible and less stressful for families everywhere.

My Experience Using Arlo

When I first tried Arlo, I honestly wasn’t sure if it would make a difference. We are lucky enough to have a family doctor (and an incredible one at that). But when my daughter fell and cut her chin open (it was bad...but I tried to hold it together), my husband and I debated what to do (go to emerge? bandage it ourselves?). We weren't sure, so I messaged with the situation on the app...

Here’s what I loved most:

• No more endless waiting – I was connected with an NP in under 3 minutes. I was SHOOK.

• Kind and reassuring language – During the conversation, we decided to take our daughter to CHEO to be seen in person. The NP I was connected with reassured me that this was the best choice based on photos I shared, they gave me aftercare instructions once stitches are in, and let me know what to look for and when to return to emerge (ex. infection)

• It made a health-related decision like this one feel like one less ball to drop – and in this season of motherhood, that’s everything.

  
  

How to Try It

If you’re ready to take “household health manager” off your unofficial mom resume, Arlo is worth a try.

👉 Download Arlo in the app store here and use code 3MONTHS for your first three months free!

Final Thoughts

Motherhood is full of invisible jobs. But managing healthcare doesn’t have to be one of the hardest ones. Arlo takes a little bit of that mental load off your plate, and in my books, that’s a win.

Because at the end of the day, what we really want is to spend less time on hold…and more time holding the people we love as tightly as we can.

xo

Bec