Week by Week

Everything below is written for breastfeeding.

Day 43 – 49 · one-glance sheet

Week 7

For most families, the crying starts to loosen its grip this week. Tummy time is doing more than it looks like.

1
Feeding on demand
Typically 7–8 times in 24 hours as stretches between feeds lengthen slightly.
2
On the back
On a firm flat surface, in their own clear sleep space.
3
A flat mat or floor space for daily tummy time
Ideally after a diaper change or nap.

7–9

feeds / day

on cue

amount

2.5–3 h

typical gap

Feeds are getting a little more efficient and spaced out. Keep following their cues over the clock.

Draft figures for this age, pending clinical review.

Trust the worry. None of this is an overreaction.

A temperature of 100.4°F (38°C) or higher, rectally, in a baby under 3 months.
Fewer than six wet diapers in a day, or refusing several feeds in a row.
Fast breathing, grunting, or the skin pulling in under or between the ribs with each breath.
Floppy, unusually hard to wake, or a cry that sounds nothing like theirs.
No smiling at all and little interest in faces by 8 weeks — worth mentioning at the next visit.

If you want the detail

Drafted from public sources — see the full source list. This is not medical advice — call your pediatrician with any concern.