A calm guide to newborn feeding schedules in the first 3 months

In the early weeks, feeding can feel like the only thing you do — and the hardest to keep track of. Most newborns feed 8 to 12 times in 24 hours, roughly every two to three hours, but the clock matters far less than your baby's cues.

Watch the baby, not the clock

Rooting, hands to mouth, lip-smacking and stirring are early hunger cues. Crying is a late one. Feeding on cue in the first months supports supply if you're nursing and helps your baby self-regulate.

What a gentle rhythm looks like

• Offer a feed when you see early cues, day or night.
• Expect cluster feeding in the evenings — it's normal, not a supply problem.
• Track wet and dirty nappies as your best sign of enough intake.
• Log feeds so whoever is on shift knows when the last one was.

FeedWink keeps that shared log in one calm place, so the answer to "did she already eat?" is always a glance away — no groggy 3am texts required.