Pumping and Breastfeeding Apps for Android Smart Phones – Part Two

I’ve heard of the baby fog. I know a lot of moms suffer from it and I don’t anticipate me being any different. I’ll have a lot of family around to help and that will be great but there’s only so much family can help with, especially when it comes to feeding. I’m hoping to breastfeed my little one and start pumping early, both for dad and family to help with feeding but to also to build a stash. Building a stash is the main reason I want to find a good nursing/pumping app. One that helps track pumping sessions but also one that keeps my milk stash organized (I like organization and easily get anxious without it). So I’m going to try to set myself up for success (I image the Rocky theme song whenever I get like this). Try to get ahead of the chaos and get things organized. Being a first time mom there’s a high possibility I could crash and burn but hey, I’m going to give it my best shot.

In looking at apps I ran across a lot of them but these are the top nursing and breastfeeding apps for Android products.  It looks like Baby Connect (available for both Android, Apple and Kindle Fire), Feed Baby Pro, and Baby ESP are leading the way for Android nursing apps. If I’ve missed any that you love please feel free to share!

For Apple users look at the post Pumping and Breastfeeding Apps for iPhone and Apple Products.

Baby Connect (Android, iPhone, iPad, Kindle Fire, and web): Costs $4.99
• Easily track feeding (bottle, nursing, solid food), diapers, sleep, activities, mood, milestones
• Track pumping and expressed milk
• Track medicines, vaccines, sickness, weight, height, head size
• Automatically synchronize data between accounts over the internet
• Display graphical charts of the baby’s activities
• Display growth charts with percentile comparison
• Display all entries on a graphical Timeline view
• Timer to track nursing duration – last nursing side is indicated as a reminder
• Timer to track naps, activities, feeding session, mood
• Email formatted reports to spouses, doctors and nannies/sitters
• Email graphs
• Email Excel-compatible .csv exports
• Enter free-form notes
• Upload child photo, indicate birthday, blood type and allergies
• Track as many babies as you like, setup as many parents and caregivers as you like
• Holds unlimited data
• Share via twitter
• More than 100 built-in activities descriptions
• Existing built-in descriptions can be customized & new descriptions can be added
• Display real time log of activities during the day
• Setup Push notifications
• Send gps location, display location on a map
• Track average number and amount of sleep per day, and longest sleep session
• Track average number of BM and Wet diapers per day
• Track average number, total and average amount of feeding and pumping per day
• Track number and average nursing duration per day
• Password protected
http://www.baby-connect.com/iphoneappdescription

Feed Baby Lite and Feed Baby Pro (Android HTC): Costs Baby Lite free, Baby Pro $3.50
Both had exact same features, so maybe Baby Pro can store more data?
• Easily record breast/bottle/SOLID feeds with single touch – add notes, editable, supports both oz/mL quantities, records Pumping Sessions
• Easily record diaper changes (pee/poos) with a single touch – add notes to each entry
• Easily record your Baby’s Sleeping Sessions with single touch – add notes to each entry
• Device-to-Device Synchronization between any number of devices so that Mom and Dad always knows what’s going on
• Easily record and chart your baby’s Growths (weight, height and head circumference)
• Easily “Continue” the last recorded feed & easily “Pause” current feeds
• Easily add Medicines and create Medication Records to record all of your baby’s medicine intake
• Daily Summary screen that shows ALL activities for each day
• WIDGETS to help you access key features from the home screen
• Automatically saves & restores data in case the database gets corrupted – history fully browsable
• Charts and graphs give you a clear visualization of feeding patterns
• Customizable Theme/Skins
• Export your entire Feeding History as a CSV file and automatically send it to email
• Full screen clock is displayed during feeds so you can see amount of time that has elapsed during a feed
• Individual feeds are grouped automatically into “Feeding Sessions” for better visualization
• Fully customizable notifications – never miss a feed or have a feed go for too long
Pro: Feed Baby Pro
Lite: Feed Baby Lite

Baby ESP (Android): Costs $4.99
• Track Naps and Night Sleep
• Track Breast Feeding Sessions and Pumping
• Track Bottles, Diapers, Medicines, Baths
• Track Growth against WHO growth charts
• Track any number of children
• Track custom activity or medicine you want to add
• Sync data between multiple devices
• Learn baby’s schedule with a custom Scheduler graph
• Get reminded when it’s time for medicine or any other activity
• Detailed statistics show you averages and totals of all activities
• Charts show you how your baby is changing over time and can compare multiple babies
• Daily journal for notes and pictures
• “Night mode” dims your screen and tints it red to preserve night vision during night feedings
• Share date via email
• Post charts to Facebook or Twitter
• Store notes with any activity
• Search within app for any activity type, note or journal entry
• Customizable main screen for access to data most important to you
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hewittsoft.baby&hl=en

Baby Care Plus (Android): Costs $1.99
• Supports multiple babies
• Create multiple widgets for each baby in home screen
• Supports user defined baby icon
• Tracks: Nursing, pumping, bottle feedings and solids, baby’s mood, sleeps, pee/poop, health, hygiene, vaccination, medicine, teeth and more
• Tracks baby’s growth (weight, height, head circumference)
Statistical Charts:
o Breast feeding/Bottle/Solid/Diaper/Sleep/Wake/Pumping Milk Chart
o Schedular chart
o Temperature chart
o Teeth chart
• Percentile Chart: height, weight, head circumference percentile chart by DOB/Due Date (for premature babies)
• Compare baby’s growth data with CDC/WHO guidelines
• Baby Calendar
• Daily Stats
• Compare today’s stats with last 7 days
• Diary book
• History view and Timeline view
• Photo gallery
• Baby’s voice record
• Multiple/multi-type reminder
• Share baby’s daily activity with your friends via SMS/Facebook/Twitter/Email etc
• Share baby’s growth data, baby’s diary, photos and voice records
• Back up data to SD card
• Restore data from backup
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.luckyxmobile.babycareplus&hl=en

Breast Feeding Tabulator (Android HTC): Free
• Track breast/bottle feeding times w/ ability to add notes such as medications given
• Record amount given to baby from bottle
• Know at a glance when last fed
• Have feeding “groups” for intermittent feeding or multiple sides
• Have thumbnail picture of your baby
• States Page
• Set reminder for future feedings
Permissions:
• Internet needed to display ads
• SD Card access to backup data
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ccwilcox.bft&hl=en