As a FTM I found it useful for tracking feed times and lengths to make sure little man was getting enough based on advice from HV (eg if he dropped off to sleep mid-feed) - there’s no way I could have kept track in my head through the damn haze. I used BabyFeedTimer (free - can also track sleep, nappies etc) which I loved - really well thought out, functional and nice simple design.
It will be obvious if you're getting about this many or significantly less and you won't need to track them to know the answer :) You might be asked if you're getting at least 6 wet/dirty nappies each day. Nappies you might want to track if you've been asked to count them, but it's not normally something you'd want/need to do. She just wants to know are you comfortable vs in pain, does baby latch easily or are you struggling, do they seem settled after feeds, are you happy with the frequency, do you have any questions etc. Midwife might well ask how feeding is going, but she doesn't need a blow by blow "Well last Wednesday baby had 17 feeds of 2, 7, 23, 14, 10, 47 and 9 minutes each". Never track length and frequency of breastfeeding - it will make you crazy trying to make sense of it (newborn breastfeeding doesn't work to a pattern) and it gives you absolutely no useful information.
It's useful for the nap predictor, which doesn't work until 8 weeks old. And even then, not until min 8 weeks and I would use the sleep tracking ONLY, maybe medicine dosage tracking (if you sync it with your partner) and ignore absolutely everything else.
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