20 Must-Have Apps For Breastfeeding Moms

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Breastfeeding is a beautiful journey, but rearing a baby does bring some challenges. While you can follow your maternal instincts to navigate some issues, many will need guidance from an expert. So, here we bring you a list of breastfeeding apps for moms that you can scroll through over your phone, tablet, or iPad to make your breastfeeding journey easier for you and your bundle of joy.

Some of these breastfeeding apps are paid, while others are free, But overall, these apps are useful in answering several of your queries that you may have about the nursing process, your baby’s general health, and much more. You can select any app based on your requirements and device. Go through the list and find the best apps to help you sail through all the challenges of the breastfeeding phase.

The Best Breastfeeding Apps For Iphone, Ipad, and Android

Ever wondered how people managed to raise their kids before the advent of technology? Fortunately, today we have all the information and help we need available at the touch of a button (or screen!).

1. Baby Tracker – Nursing:

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• It is easy to lose track of the little details when you are busy keeping a little infant alive! Do you often forget about the last time you fed your baby? Well, what you need is this great app to help you out!

• This cool breastfeeding app helps you keep track of all the small details like the length of your last breastfeeding session and the side you nursed on last. It also helps you track your formula feeding sessions and nutrition tracking if you are partially breastfeeding.

Price: $4.99

Compatibility: iPhone, Android

Quick fact

A breastfeeding tracker can help you note your baby’s feeding schedules and track their health. It can also indicate feeding pattern changes during a cold or fever.

2. Baby Nursing / Breast Feeding:

• Here’s the best breastfeeding app that is completely free! That’s reason enough to fall in love with this neat little app. But it has more to offer!

• The app allows you to record feedings. All you have to do is press the “start” and “stop” symbol. It also helps to keep a tab on your most recent feeding sessions, as well as the daily averages.

Price: Free

Compatibility: iPhone, iPad

3. LactMed:

• LactMed is a great resource for breastfeeding mothers. It gives you many benefits. Wondering if the drug you are taking might impact breastfeeding or harm your infant’s nutrition and health?

• LactMed can help! In fact, the app even recommends other ‘safe’ drugs for you to consider!

Price: Free

Compatibility: iPhone, iPad,Android

4. iLetDown:

• Does your job require you to stay away from your baby for long? Breastfeeding is about supply and demand. The more you feed your baby, the more breast milk your body will produce. So if your job (or other situations) prevents you from feeding your baby frequently, this app for breastmilk tracking will come in handy.

• The app helps stimulate let-down! Wondering how that is even possible? Well, when the time is right, the app will display pictures of your baby. Not just that! The app also plays various sounds mimicking a hungry child – sure to get the mammary glands working! It can be one of the best breastfeeding apps on Android for milk production.

Price: $0.99

Compatibility: iPhone, iPad

5. iBreastfeed:

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• For many working mothers, breastfeeding can prove to be a difficult job. If you are bottle-feeding the baby, hand expression and pumping are great ways to provide milk to the baby. You can pump and store the milk in the freezer. This way, you can do your job, and your child can enjoy the benefits of breast milk!

• The app gives you a plethora of information for the necessary breastfeeding support. If you are looking for information about breast pumping, breast milk storage, etc., this app will be a great tool.

• It can even track your baby’s feeding schedules. The baby feeding tracker app also helps to locate breastfeeding or pumping-friendly locations if you are traveling!

Price: Free

Compatibility: iPhone, iPad

Heidi, a mother of two, describes her appreciation for the iBreastfeed app, “There are a lot of baby trackers out there. I had downloaded several to check out before B (the baby) was born. This (iBreastfeed app) is my favorite. I like how it lets me track multiple activities at the same time (through the night, it’s common for me to pump while Rusty [the husband] gives Beckett [the son] a bottle). I like the way you can log activities so easily and time activities so easily (i).”

Quick fact

The iBreastfeed app allows you to track and record the feeding and activity details for up to six babies.

6. Baby Feeding Log:

• Looking for the best app for breastfeeding, which is easy to navigate? Then you must try the Baby Feeding Log app. The app provides parent support and helps you track and store information on your breastfeeding schedule.

• It even helps if you are formula feeding! What’s more, you can even log your baby’s diaper changes and sleep schedules with the help of this app.

Price: Free

Compatibility: iPhone, iPad

7. Speedy Tot:

• Traveling with a baby can be a real struggle. Many mothers hesitate from venturing out with their little ones because of the challenges it entails. But now you can breathe some fresh air or go shopping without worrying!

• This wonderful app helps to locate baby friendly places in a jiffy. From changing stations to feeding spots – the app can locate it all for you! It even helps you find a place with highchairs!

Price: $1.99

Compatibility: iPhone, iPad

8. Eat Sleep- Simple Baby Tracking:

• Caring for a newborn entails three basic things – managing their sleeping, feeding, and diapering schedules! It may look easy on paper, but as experienced moms will tell you, these three steps can leave you drained.

• To make your life easier, download this great app for breastfeeding. It helps you keep track of your baby’s three basic needs. It also allows you to view the daily, weekly, and monthly history, which can help you plan your life better.

Price: Free

Compatibility: iPhone, iPad

9. pump@work:

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• Not enough support exists for working mothers who want to feed their babies some breast milk. Pumping is a difficult task and women who do it for months without a break are no less than superheroes!

• But we have something just for you! The pump@work app is a heaven sent for working moms. It helps you track your pumping schedule and calculates the amount of milk you are making. It is a must-have for working moms and anyone juggling between motherhood and additional responsibilities.

Price: $1.99

Compatibility: iPhone, iPad

10. Latch ME:

• Here’s an app that all breastfeeding mothers, especially those in the postpartum phase, need!

• The app can help you find breastfeeding friendly locations, doctors, and even lactation consultants! You can also look up safe pumping locations with this app.

• The app also allows you interact with forums and get some first-hand knowledge from experienced moms.

Price: Free

Compatibility: iPhone, iPad,Android

11. Nancy Mohrbacher Breastfeeding Solutions:

• Here’s another ‘all-rounder’ app for breastfeeding moms to try, especially those who wish to keep track of their baby’s growth.

• The app helps you through most of your breastfeeding journey, almost like a BFF!

• The interactive app asks you multiple questions and then helps you manage the 30 most common breastfeeding problems.

• The app even has an index, making it easy for you to look things up. This one gets a thump up from us.

Price: $4.99

Compatibility: iPhone, iPad

12. Baby Connect:

• The Baby Connect is more of a baby app that also provides breastfeeding information. The app lets you track everything you can think about.

• You can upload your baby’s pictures too! Sounds awesome, doesn’t it?

• So, what all can you track with this app? Sleep, diapering, feeding (both breast milk and formula), medication, vaccine schedule, milestones and other reminders – the app can store it all!

• The app even allows you to store the date with Excel or email!

• Another cool feature is that you can add multiple caregivers to it. So, if you have a nanny looking after your baby while you work, you can let her add data to the app too. Your husband, relatives, even your daycare provider can now participate in your baby’s well-being with the help of this app.

• The app even lets you add milestones for quick reference. So, if you are too busy to keep your baby book up to date, don’t worry! You can always use this baby breastfeeding app and fill it up later!

Price: $4.99

Compatibility: iPhone, iPad,Android
Christine Corbett Moran, an author, blogger, and mother, discusses the usefulness of the Baby Connect app in feeding her newborn every two hours until the baby regains its birth weight. She shares, “I used the app ‘Baby Connect’ to track the feeds, which was especially helpful as being a bit sleep deprived, it’s impossible to remember when, or on which breast you fed last. I used the app to track nursing for the first eight months (ii).”

13. iBaby Feed Timer:

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• There are some things that only a mother can understand, and that includes breastfeeding. That is what makes the baby Feed Timer so special.

• Developed by breastfeeding mothers, the app allows you to track your baby’s feeding schedule. How long is your baby taking to feed? How much is she consuming? The app helps you answer these basic questions. It even reminds you when a feed is due and which breast is next on the line!

• Once you are done breastfeeding, you can use the app to track your baby’s formula feeds too.

• Bonus, the app helps you set up reminders so you can give your child medicines on time!

Price: $4.99

Compatibility: iPhone, iPad

14. Feed Baby Lite and Feed Baby Pro:

• Both apps have similar features, but the Feed Baby Pro may provide larger storage.

• The app helps you record your baby’s feeding schedules as well as the amount of milk she consumes. It also helps you track your pumping sessions. It has a full-screen clock that lets you monitor the amount of time your child is feeding. It is a great way to kill time while your child is feeding, right?

• The app also allows you to ‘pause’ while recording a feeding sessions. A great tool for mothers with babies who are easily distracted!

• This nifty technology also lets you manage your baby’s diaper changes.

• The app also stores information about your baby’s medical history, allowing you keep a watch on the medicines your baby is taking, and how much.

• You can even monitor your baby’s growth with this app.

• The best part is that you can use the app’s Device-to-Device Synchronization to allow all the caregivers to upload information.

Price: $3,50

Compatibility: Android

Research finds

According to a study, infant feeding tracker apps can provide reassurance and confidence to new mothers. They can help new mothers with nursing-related information and connect with other lactating moms (1).

15. Baby ESP:

• An Awesome app for an awesome mother! The Baby ESP app has it all!

• You can track your baby’s naps and night sleep schedules as well as breastfeeding and pumping schedules.

• The app also lets you track your baby’s growth against WHO growth charts. If you have more than one child, this app will be great for you! It allows you track multiple children.

• There’s more! You can track diaper changes, baths, medicine usage, etc. with this app. This app too lets multiple users upload data from multiple devices, making it super user-friendly.

• The app can work as an alternative to your personal baby book as you can even upload pic photos, notes, and other baby-related information on it.

Price: $4.99

Compatibility: Android

16. Baby Care Plus:

• Here’s another app that you can use to track multiple kids! You can create multiple widgets on the home screen and use if for different babies.

• The app can help track breastfeeding sessions, as well as pumping sessions. You can even use the app when your child is a little older as it lets you track your baby’s solid intake too.

• You can also organize and track your baby’s sleep pattern, milestones, growth, medical history, teething, etc.

• You can even upload baby photos as well as baby sound with this app.

• Best part? You can share your baby’s progress with family and friend via Facebook, Twitter, and other social media sites.

Price: $1.99

Compatibility: Android

17. Breast Feeding Tabulator:

• Like all the other apps, this one too allows you to track your baby’s feeding schedule – both breastfeeds and formula feeds.

• This app also helps monitor all the medication you give to your baby, ensuring you don’t give too little or too much of it.

Price: Free

Compatibility: Android

18. Similac Baby Journal:

• Similac is a popular formula brand, but they encourage breastfeeding too.

• This app is a great digital version of the ‘baby book’! It allows you to monitor and log about everything your baby does in a day. From feeding times to bathing schedules – you can track it all with this app.

• The app also allows you to track your baby’s growth.

Price: Free

Compatibility: Android

19. My Baby Today:

• When BabyCenter creates something, you can be sure its mother friendly!

• The app lets you track your breastfeeding schedules and sessions. It also gives you access to a treasure trove of parenting support groups, especially for breastfeeding information.

Price: Free

Compatibility: Android

20. Breastfeeding:

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• If you have an eye for graphs, this app is for you!

• The app takes in all the information you feed in and turns it into a graph, telling you exactly when your baby is likely to be hungry again! Seems like magic doesn’t, it?

• You can even track your baby’s sleeping pattern, which can help you establish a healthy sleep schedule for your baby.

Price: Free

Compatibility: Android

Infographic: Best Breastfeeding Apps For Mothers

Breastfeeding is a precious journey for the mother and baby that frequently needs the support of an expert. Healthy growth and development are among the many advantages breastmilk offers infants. So, to help you keep track of your baby’s growth while nursing, the infographic below brings some of the best breastfeeding apps. Scroll on!

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