One tap per side
Tap Left or Right on Today, or on the Ella widget on your Android home screen. The timer keeps running on the lock screen, so you can put the phone down and hold the baby with both arms.
A breastfeeding tracker that remembers the side for you
Start left or right with one tap. Ella times each side, displays a next-side hint from your saved nursing history and shows the time since the last feed.
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Breastfeeding tracker: what it does
Which side is next?
The small Next side label is a memory aid based on saved nursing entries. It is separate from the selected side of a running timer and does not tell you which breast to offer.
Switch sides mid-feed
Tap the other side when the baby switches. Ella keeps a separate time for each side in the same feed, so the journal shows exactly how the feed went.
Bottles and top-ups in the same journal
Log expressed milk or formula by bottle, including a top-up after nursing. Daily charts add up the bottles, and nursing time is never converted into a made-up amount.
Time since the last feed, for everyone
The time since the last feed sits at the top of Today and runs as a counter on the Android widget. Your partner sees it too, without asking.
Share the night shift
Your partner sees the feed the moment you save it, and can log the next bottle or nursing session from their own phone or browser.
What to log, and what you can skip
Tap Left or Right to start timing that side. Tap the active side to pause, and tap it again to resume; tap the other side to switch. Finish with Stop and save so the feed becomes a saved journal entry. Notes are optional.
Night feeds with a partner
Many couples split the night: one parent feeds, the other burps, changes and settles. With a shared journal the second parent can see the side and the time on their own phone and log the diaper that follows, without waking anyone to ask. In the morning, a short summary shows what happened overnight and who logged it.
When the pediatrician asks
Check-ups tend to start with the same questions: how often, how long, which side, how many diapers. On Android, Ella turns the last days into a clear PDF summary you can show or send, and the Charts tab has the daily numbers on screen. Ella shows what you logged; your pediatrician or lactation consultant is the one to interpret it.
A night feed, step by step
For example, start Left, switch to Right if you use both sides, and choose Stop and save when the feed ends. Pause is for a break, not for saving the feed. After saving, your family can read the entry in the shared journal.
When you also pump or top up
Some feeds end with a bottle top-up, and some days include pumping. Log the bottle with its amount right after the nursing entry, and pumping as its own activity. Ella keeps them apart, so the charts show nursing time, bottle amounts and pumped milk separately and nothing is counted twice.
What the charts show
The nursing chart shows the feeds you logged each day. Tap a day to see the exact numbers. It is a picture of what you logged, not a target, and it is there when you want to look back, not something you have to check.
Cluster feeding evenings
Some evenings bring feed after feed. Log each one with a tap; the journal shows them in order with the time between them, and the counter on the widget keeps restarting, so you always know how long it has been since the latest one.
Both sides, or just one
Time one side or switch to the other during the same feed, then choose Stop and save. Ella’s Next side hint shows the opposite side after a one-sided feed, or the finishing side after a feed using both sides. It describes the saved history; choose how to feed with your own care advice.
Nursing on the web
Parents without the Android app can log nursing from any browser, with the same Left and Right buttons and the same shared timer.
When someone else takes the night
If a partner gives a bottle at night, they can log it from their phone. In the morning, the journal shows the bottle and your saved nursing entries; the Next side label still follows nursing history.
How to track breastfeeding with Ella
Start a journal in any browser and add your baby. No account needed to begin.
On Android, add the Ella widget to your home screen.
When the baby latches, tap Left or Right. Tap the other side to switch; tap the active side to pause or resume. Choose Stop and save to finish and save the feed.
Check Today or the widget before the next feed to see the time since the last one and which side is next.
More guides for parents
Questions parents ask
Can I log a feed without opening the app?
Yes, on Android. The Ella widget has Left and Right buttons on your home screen, and the running timer shows on the lock screen.
Does Ella tell me how much or how often to feed?
No. Ella records what you log and shows it back. For feeding advice, talk to your pediatrician or a lactation consultant.
Can I log both nursing and bottles?
Yes. Nursing, breast milk bottles, formula bottles and pumping all live in the same journal, each with its own chart.
Does it work without internet?
Yes. Entries are saved on the phone first and sent to your family when the connection is back.
Can I share the history with our pediatrician?
Yes. On Android you can create a PDF summary for a check-up, and export the journal as a CSV file.
How much does it cost?
You can start free, with no ads. We may add optional premium features later, and we will always show the price before you pay anything.
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