Calculate breastfeeding frequency, duration, and estimated milk intake for your baby based on their age and weight. Get personalized feeding recommendations to support healthy infant nutrition and growth.
Breastfeeding provides optimal nutrition for your baby and offers numerous health benefits for both mother and child. Understanding your baby's feeding needs helps ensure they're getting adequate nutrition while establishing a comfortable feeding routine. Every baby is unique, so these calculations provide general guidelines—always follow your baby's hunger cues and consult your pediatrician.
Feeding Pattern:
What to Expect:
Frequent feeding is normal as baby's stomach is tiny. Cluster feeding in evenings is common. Focus on establishing milk supply and proper latch.
Feeding Pattern:
What to Expect:
Feeding becomes more efficient. Baby may start sleeping longer stretches at night. Growth spurts at 3, 6, and 9 weeks increase feeding frequency temporarily.
Feeding Pattern:
What to Expect:
More predictable feeding schedule emerges. Baby becomes easily distracted during feeds. May drop night feeding or two.
Feeding Pattern:
What to Expect:
Solid foods introduced around 6 months. Breast milk remains primary nutrition source. Feeding frequency decreases as solids increase.
Feed before baby cries—crying is a late hunger cue and makes latching more difficult.
A proper latch is crucial for effective feeding and preventing nipple pain:
Cradle Hold:
Classic position with baby's head in crook of your arm. Good for older babies.
Cross-Cradle Hold:
Support baby's head with opposite hand. Better control for newborns.
Football Hold:
Baby tucked under arm like football. Great after C-section or for twins.
Side-Lying:
Both lying down facing each other. Ideal for night feedings and recovery.
Storage Guidelines:
Pumping Tips:
Usually caused by poor latch. Check positioning and ensure baby takes enough breast tissue. Apply purified lanolin or breast milk after feeding. Air dry nipples. If pain persists beyond first week, consult lactation consultant.
Common when milk comes in (days 3-5). Breasts feel hard, swollen, painful. Feed frequently, apply warm compress before feeding, cold compress after. Hand express or pump just enough to soften. Usually resolves in 24-48 hours.
True low supply is rare. Ensure frequent feeding (8-12 times daily), proper latch, and complete breast emptying. Stay hydrated, eat well, rest when possible. Avoid pacifiers and bottles initially. Consider power pumping or galactagogues if needed.
Baby may choke, pull off breast, or have green frothy stools. Try block feeding (same breast for 2-3 feedings). Express just enough for comfort. Recline while feeding to slow flow. Usually self-regulates by 12 weeks.
Breast infection causing flu-like symptoms, fever, red painful area on breast. Continue breastfeeding (won't harm baby). Apply heat, massage affected area toward nipple. Rest and hydrate. Contact doctor immediately—antibiotics usually needed.
Baby suddenly refuses breast. May be due to illness, teething, stress, or change in routine. Stay calm, offer breast frequently without pressure. Try different positions, quiet environment. Pump to maintain supply. Usually resolves in 2-4 days.
Contact a lactation consultant, pediatrician, or healthcare provider if you experience:
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