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Home » Routines & Schedules » Baby Schedules & Routines » Breastfeeding Schedule By Month — Birth to 1 Year Of Age!

Breastfeeding Schedule By Month — Birth to 1 Year Of Age!

Updated December 15, 2020

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Here are is an exhaustive list of a breastfeeding schedules by month. It goes from a newborn to 1 year of age and these feeding routines work!


Welcome, nursing mama!

Having a baby is one of the absolute best things that could ever happen to you, right?

It’s also one of the most confusing and sleep depriving things that you’ll go through.

Why is baby crying?

Does baby want to eat?

Is baby over tired?

And it’s called routine.

Well, that’s the issue. It’s hard to know.

But, there is one thing that makes it easier to understand all of baby’s cues. And one way to meet baby’s needs before baby has to cry to communicate…

If you’d like to get yourself and baby on a better routine, then these breastfeeding schedules by month will help.

You can nurse on a schedule. 

You can put baby on a sleep schedule as well, and these things will help.

Table Of Contents...

  • 1 Month Old Baby
  • 2 Month Old Baby
  • 3 Month Old Baby
  • 4 Month Old Baby
  • 5 Month Old Baby
  • 6 Month Old Baby
  • 7 Month Old Baby
  • 8 Month Old Baby
  • 9 Month Old Baby
  • 10 Month Old Baby
  • 11 Month Old Baby
  • 12 Month Old Baby

Here are your breastfeeding schedules for every month in the first year of life

These monthly breastfeeding schedules are intended to be a helpful starting place. If your baby’s sleep needs mean she needs more or less sleep, you can adjust accordingly.

I had 5 babies in 5 years (yes, that’s right, I’m insane!)

And, because I’m insane and have “walked through fire” as my grandmother would say, I can tell you that these routines work and they work well.

If you are starting to keep track of all this, I recommend using our daily baby and mom logs to help you get thoughts out of your head, onto paper.

➡️ Of course, make sure and follow the American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations and be sure to reach out to a lactation consultant if baby has any trouble latching. 

This post is not trying to convince you not to feed on demand, but rather if you are planning to breastfeed your baby, giving you tips on how to do that.

If you want all these schedules in printable form, grab all 25+ baby feeding and sleeping routines right here.

Month 1 – Focusing On Full Feeds

The best thing you can do from the very beginning – I’m talking while still in the hospital – is to give baby full feeds.

If you don’t, you’ll probably end up with a baby who wants to snack every hour. You’ll be like a mombie who hasn’t bathed in 3 weeks and only wears yoga pants because she can’t fit into her normal clothes yet, duh.

Because if you are sitting down feeding baby every hour then within a few weeks you are going to become a depressed mom.

Watch this short video to help you conquer full feeds (and avoid short ones!)

Do NOT let baby feed for a few minutes then nap, then repeat.

Instead, focus on giving baby full feeds of breast milk knowing baby needs to eat in a continuous feeding pattern to keep up your milk supply. 

newborn baby with hat on sleeping on bed

🌟Sample 1 Month Old Breastfeeding Schedule🌟

  • 7:30-8:00 am – wake up and feed
  • 8:30 am – down for a nap
  • 10:30 am – feed, change diaper, play (developmental play mat here)
  • 11:10 am – down for a nap
  • 1:00 pm – feed, change diaper, play
  • 1:40 pm – down for a nap
  • 3:30 pm – feed, change diaper, play
  • 4:10 pm – down for a nap
  • 6:00 pm – feed, change diaper, play, bath (we use this for the sink and it is amazing)
  • 6:30 pm – down for a catnap
  • 7:30-8:00 pm – change diaper, put to bed for the night
  • 8:30 pm – feed (cluster feeding every couple of hours even)
  • 10:30-11:00 pm – dream feed swaddled, put back to bed (my favorite swaddle here)

Related Reads:

  • How to get your newborn to sleep well while they are still so sleepy
  • An ultimate guide to sleep schedules for newborn babies

Month 2 – Working On Eat Play Sleep

Essentially, if you want your little one to sleep well without needing you to jump through hoops to get them to sleep, then, the key is to practice the eat-play-sleep habit.

So, this means you feed baby, keep them awake while feeding, let them have some awake and cuddle time with you, then you put them to sleep drowsy but awake.

This helps them learn to sleep on their own.

It seems romantic and sweet and nostalgic to rock baby to sleep for every nap, however, trust me you don’t want to go down that road. 

Rocking is not bad. It simply creates a Sleep Prop Monster that you will be forced to feed for months to come. 

Read: The Reason Why Frequent Night Wakings Actually Make You Crazy

baby falling asleep at the breast of his mother

🌟Sample 2 Month Old Breastfeeding Schedule🌟

  • 4:30 am – feed baby swaddled, back down to sleep
  • 7:00 am – wake up, feed, play time
  • 8:15 am – wind down routine, down for nap awake but drowsy
  • 10:00 am – wake up, full feed un-swaddled, play/bathe/errands
  • 12:45 pm – wind down routine, down for nap
  • 2:45 to 3:00 pm – wake up, full feed, play/family time
  • 4:15 pm – down for nap
  • 5:30 pm – cluster feed, bath/family time / sit with family at dinner
  • 6:30 pm – cat nap
  • 7:00 pm – get baby up, wind down routine
  • 7:30 pm – cluster feed swaddled then immediately down for nap
  • 9:30 pm to 10:00 pm – feed again swaddled, put immediately down to sleep

Feed at night as baby wakes up. 

Read: Baby bedtime habits that help make for fuss-free evenings

Month 3 – Establishing a routine

By this point, baby just isn’t as sleepy as they used to be.

They are awake more and not falling asleep at the breast every time you feed.

This is a great time to get into some sleep training with baby, one way to do that is to establish a good routine that promotes healthy sleep.

I am telling you right now, mama, that if baby hasn’t had awake time before naps or has had a lot of sleep props prior to now, they will probably start having some real baby sleep struggles.

You’ll want to deal with some of the sleep issues before baby gets much older or they’ll be likely to hit the 4 month sleep regression.

This is the month when people who were like “my baby sleeps like an angel” are now like… “my baby will not sleep unless I sit her in a sling on the washing machine during the spin cycle while there’s a quarter moon.”

Basic simple routines that help baby wind down from the stress of the day, bedtime routines, and healthy sleep habits will save the day.

Read: A 3 month old schedule that will help your baby sleep

little baby under a blanket lying with hand under face on white bedding
If you want all these schedules in printable form, grab all 25+ baby feeding and sleeping routines right here.
🌟Sample 3 Month Old Breastfeeding Schedule🌟
  • 5:00 am – Early morning feed, put right back down to bed
  • 7:30 am – Wake up and feed, bathe baby
  • 8:30 to 9:45 am – Wind down routines that help baby calm down, nap
  • 10:30 am – Feed baby, snuggle, special tummy time mat
  • 11:30 to 11:45 am – Wind down, nap
  • 1:30 pm – Feed baby, go for walk, carry baby while doing chores, read to baby
  • 2:30 to 2:45 pm – Wind down routine, nap
  • 4:30 pm – Feed baby, put in infant seat (this is ours) or on a blanket while you cook, family time
  • 5:30 pm – Quick nap
  • 6:15 pm – Feed baby, play, play with siblings, play on mat, bathe if you didn’t in the morning
  • 7:30 pm – Feed baby, bed, you can rock gently to drowsy then in the crib
  • 10:30 pm – Dream feed, your last feed before bed (if they aren’t yet sleeping through the night)

Month 4 – Surviving The Regression

Oh deary deary me.

The 4 month can be a tough one.

Baby is awake more.

Hungry more.

Napping less. 

baby sleeping on breast of mother in airplane

And you are seeing the fruits of the first few months of “routine and sleep work.” This is a common month for a baby sleep regression. And if you are here and discouraged, take heart, it’ll get better.

Along with the sleep regression, babies often go through a growth spurt around this age so both breastfed babies and formula fed babies will likely need to feed more within 24 hours.

Read: The fastest way through the four month regression common in babies

🌟Sample 4 Month Old Breastfeeding Schedule🌟
  • 5:00 am | An early morning feed (don’t change diaper) just put right back down to bed
  • 7:30 am | Wake up and feed, bathe baby (I use this in the sink and it’s amazing)
  • 8:30 am | Go down for a nap
  • 10:30 am | Feed baby, snuggle, special tummy time mat
  • 11:30 am | Go down for a nap
  • 1:30 pm | Feed baby, go for walk, carry baby around house to do chores, read to baby or hold baby while you read
  • 2:30 pm | Go down for a nap
  • 4:30 pm | Feed baby, put in infant seat, or on a blanket while you cook, family time
  • 5:30 pm | Quick nap
  • 6:15 pm | Feed baby, play with daddy, play with siblings, play on mat, bathe if you didn’t in the morning
  • 7:30 pm | Feed baby and put to bed, you can rock gently to drowsy then in the crib, or I find that mine often feed to sleep and sleep the whole night through
  • 10:30 pm | Dream feed (last feed before bedtime) (if they aren’t yet sleeping through the night)

Month 5 – Gearing Up For Solids

The truth is, when babies turn 5 months they can start getting cranky.

They were sweet and now they are whiny fussy spirited and colicky babies. 

Basically, they don’t want to nap and they don’t want to go to bed and they want to start waking up at night when they haven’t done that in weeks.

It seems mysterious.

It’s not.

Baby is probably hungry and gearing up for solids

They’re hungry. Their bodies are getting ready (or are already ready depending on who you believe) for solids and so they are, quite simply, hungry.

In years past, babies were encouraged to start solids at 4 months. Now it is 6 months. 

I’m not here to argue with the American Academy of Pediatrics, but want to encourage you, tired mama, that when your baby starts getting some solids they’ll calm down and rest well again.

At your pediatrician’s approval, you can probably even start introducing solid food a little at a time into your baby feeding schedule.

Read: A 5 month old recommended schedule (including feeding, nap and bed times)

🌟Sample 5 Month Old Breastfeeding Schedule🌟
  • 7:00 am – wake up for the day, eat, play
  • 8:30 am – nap
  • 10:00 am – wake, eat, play
  • 11:30 am – nap
  • 1:00 pm – wake, eat, play
  • 2:30 pm – nap
  • 4:00 pm – wake, eat, play
  • 5:00 – 5:30 pm – catnap
  • 7:00 pm – bath, bedtime routine, eat, down for the night
  • 10:00 – 11:00 pm (within that time) – dream feed if desired
  • 11:00 pm – 7:00 am – night feeds as necessary

Month 6 – Solids

I am not going to say there’s a magic bullet with sleep because – well – there are a few factors.

But if I did have to choose one.

It’d be this: feeding baby more.

More food is what helps babies get through regressions and it’s what helps the 6 month old babies finally start sleeping through the night.

Hunger will mess with sleep

Once baby isn’t starving, then you’ll see what you’re working with. If baby is eating a lot and still waking up to comfort feed or to talk to you, then take my free series on the biggest 3 baby sleep issues.

It will help. 

Start with small amounts of solid foods a few times a day and work up to full servings.

Chubby baby holding feet lying on blanket
🌟Sample 6 Month Old Breastfeeding Schedule🌟
  • 7:30 am – wake up, feed, solids for breakfast
  • 8:15 am – free play (floor time on a play or development mat, sibling play)
  • 9:00 am – down for nap
  • 11:00 am – wake up, feed, solids
  • 11:45 am – free play (floor time, practicing sitting or standing, sibling plan)
  • 12:30 pm – down for nap
  • 2:30 pm – wake up, feed, solids
  • 3:14 pm – free play (floor time, sibling play)
  • 4:30 pm – down for nap
  • 5:30 pm – wake up, feed, bedtime snack
  • 6:45 pm – bedtime routine (bath, singing, cuddling, putting on lotion, etc.) We use this for the kitchen sink and absolutely love it.
  • 7:30 pm – quick feed, bedtime
  • 10:00 pm – dream feed baby before you go to bed if baby isn’t sleeping through the night
If you want all these schedules in printable form, grab all 25+ baby feeding and sleeping routines right here.

Month 7 – Closer To a 4 Hour Schedule

You should start getting some traction this month.

You are tethered to a high chair for a lot of it, though.

Be warned.  

When we lived with my grandmother, she’d often feed the baby throughout the day. It was SO PRECIOUS to them and to me. Because she was patient and could spend 30 minutes feeding baby.

I’m sure it’s less if you are doing baby wed leaning, but I didn’t get there with any of mine.

🌟Sample 7 Month Old Breastfeeding Schedule🌟

  • 7:00 am – Wake up, milk, solids for breakfast
  • 8:00 am – Free play (floor time, cuddle time with mom, sibling play)
  • 9:00 am – Nap time
  • 10:45 or 11:00 am – Wake up, milk, solids
  • 12:00 pm – Free play (floor time, practicing sitting, standing, pulling up, sibling play)
  • 1:00 pm – Nap time
  • 3:00 pm – Wake up, milk, solids
  • 3:45 pm – Free play (errands, play with siblings, floor time, etc.)
  • 5:00 pm – Short nap
  • 5:30 pm – Wake up, milk, solids
  • 6:15 pm – Bedtime routines that help baby get ready for sleep (bath, singing, cuddling, putting on lotion, lights, curtains, etc.)
  • 7:00 pm – Quick feed (milk), and down to bed (you may want to add cluster feeding here too if it fits)
  • And… if baby isn’t sleeping through the night yet. 
  • 10:00 pm – Dreamfeed

  • If your baby wakes up earlier or later than this routine, you can simply adjust based on your baby’s wake time. The wake time is actually very important in a baby’s day to day routine.
  • If baby wakes early from a nap, yet is content, don’t push up the feeding. Leave it until normal time unless baby is clearly hungry.
  • Get down familiar rhythms and routines throughout your day. (Here is more on family rhythms and routines)

Read: 7 month old schedule with nursing and solids suggested times

Month 8 – Baby’s Sitting UP!

This month is so precious. I always tell random strangers (yes, I always talk to random strangers) that This 6 to 12 month period is The Absolute Best.

Baby is sitting up a lot. Is awake more. Is giggling a lot. Starts the commando crawl maybe (at least some of mine did!) and is just generally easy.

It’s also a prime time to start sleep training your little one if you haven’t already.

🌟Sample 8 Month Old Breastfeeding Schedule🌟
  • 7:30 am – wake up, feed, solids for breakfast
  • 8:15 am – free play (floor time on a play or development mat, sibling play)
  • 9:00 am – down for nap
  • 11:00 am – wake up, feed, solids
  • 11:45 am – free play
  • 12:30 pm – down for nap
  • 2:30 pm – wake up, feed, solids
  • 3:14 pm – free play (floor time, sibling play)
  • 4:30 pm – down for nap
  • 6:00 pm – wake up, feed, bedtime snack
  • 6:45 pm – bedtime routine (bath, singing, cuddling, putting on lotion, etc.)
  • 7:30 pm – quick feed, bedtime (some cluster feeding (close together feeds) here when too)
  • 10:00 pm – dream feed (your last feed before bed)

Read: The 6 – 9 month routine that will help baby sleep and nap well

If you want all these schedules in printable form, grab all 25+ baby feeding and sleeping routines right here.
baby being held by mother asleep with mother rubbing baby's face

Month 9 – So precious at this age!

This 9 to 12 month period is when babies start crawling around, making huge messes, trying to empty the trash can, and want to shove everything in their mouths.

While you may not need to “baby proof” in a very strict sense of the word, it is a time to practice more vigilance.

But, hey, you’re already used to being hyper-vigilant aren’t you?

🌟Sample 9 Month Old Breastfeeding Schedule🌟

  • 6:30 am – milk and solids
  • 8:30 am – morning nap
  • 10:30 am – milk and small snack
  • 12:00 pm or so – lunch with family
  • 1:00 pm – afternoon nap
  • 3:30 pm – milk and snack
  • 5:00 to 5:30 pm – dinner with family and solids
  • 6:30 pm – bedtime snack if desired
  • 7:00 pm – milk and bedtime

Of course, dinner time will be whatever time your family actually eats dinner. We had 5 kids in 5 years with earlier baby bedtimes, so we always had (and still have) dinner quite early.

Read: The 9 to 12 Month Routine That Works Wonders

Month 10 – Crawling yet?

Your baby is inching closer every day to being one. The question is, have you considered doing a smash cake?

Okay that’s not the question.

So your little one is now drinking lots of milk, eating lots of solids, and hopefully sleeping through the night and taking two good naps a day.

If not, here is my free series on the top 3 biggest reasons babies don’t sleep well.

🌟Sample 10 Month Old Breastfeeding Schedule🌟
  • 7:00 am – Wake up for the day, eat, play
  • 10:00 am – Nap
  • 11:00 am – Wake, eat, and play
  • 12:00 pm – Eat lunch
  • 1:30 pm – Nap
  • 3:30 pm – Wake, eat, and play
  • 5:30 pm – Solids with family at dinner
  • 6:30 pm – Bedtime routine, milk
  • 7:00 pm – Bedtime
baby sleeping on bed with blue blanket and a teddy bear

Month 11 – Nearly One Year… OH MY!

This is right prime into my favorite baby time. So squishy, so happy, so easy.

I’m making a schedule here for those stay at home mamas whose babies like to sleep in.

There are surprisingly a lot of these little babies – future night owls? – so if you have to get up much earlier, simply move the times back.

🌟Sample 11 Month Old Breastfeeding Schedule🌟

  • 8:30 am – Wake up for the day, eat, play
  • 11:00 am – Nap
  • 12:30 pm – Wake, eat, and play
  • 3:00 pm – Nap
  • 4:30 pm – Wake, eat, and play
  • 6:00 pm – Solids with family at dinner
  • 8:00 pm – Bedtime routine, milk
  • 8:30 pm – Bedtime

Month 12 – 1 Year Old

So, if you plan on breastfeeding your baby past the year mark, then this schedule might work for you.

You may need to fit more feedings in to maintain your supply, for instance, so be aware of how much baby feeds and how much milk you have.

I know some moms who fed once a day for months and still had plenty of milk for that feed. At that point, it was more of a comfort feed. 

🌟Sample 1 Year Old / 12 Month Old Breastfeeding Schedule🌟
  • 7:00 am – Wake up, eat breakfast, play
  • 9:30 am – Nap
  • 10:45 am – Wake up, play
  • 12:00 pm – Lunch, play
  • 1:00 pm – Nap
  • 3:30 pm – Wake up, snack, play
  • 5:30 pm – Dinner
  • 6:00 pm – Bath, wind down, family time
  • 7:30 pm – Bedtime

Read: The highly successful 1 year old sleep schedule

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By now, you know how to handle the newborn days, but what after? The good news is this: you’ve set your baby up for a foundation of success.

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Comments

  1. Sarah M says

    Yes! Thanks for putting this all in one place, Rachel. We just found out about….surprise! #4! I’ll bookmark this post and be back again in August :)

    Reply
    • Rachel Norman says

      WOOHOO! :) Huge congratulations :)

      Reply
  2. Kayla says

    Hi! Just a question about the 2 month schedule. So the baby eats at 10am and not again until 3pm? Seems like a long time during the day. And I’m having a hard time getting my baby to sleep more than 35 minutes at a time.

    Reply
    • Rachel Norman says

      Oh no!A 2 month old would eat every 2.5 to 3 hourly, will go look at that!

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      • Becky says

        Looks like on your 2 month schedule you have a stretch where baby is awake from 11 til 1.45 then sleeps til 4ish…I don’t think my little boy would cope with this! But should I persevere (if it helps establish a longer lunchtime nap eventually)?

      • Rachel Norman says

        If he won’t do it then make shorter durations, for sure, but not too short!

  3. Lena says

    HI! What is dream feeding?

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    • Rachel Norman says

      Dream feeding is when you feed the baby during the 10 to 11:30 time period while they are basically sleeping through the feed!

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  4. Em says

    Thanks for the schedules. I have been trying to follow the 1 month old schedule. My question is, what do we do if any one of the tasks fails? For example, if there is a nap fail and baby only sleeps one of the two hours on the schedule? Do I feed and put back down for another hour? Or another example, if she wakes up 30 minutes before goal time of 7am? Do I stall or do I move everything up by 30 minutes for the day? Thanks in advance.

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    • Rachel Norman says

      Great question! Babies don’t care about our plans, ha! If baby only naps a bit and is happy then play with baby and keep going. If baby wakes up hungry, then feed baby and reset the routine :) If you can sort of stall the morning feed without baby being upset, you can do so. If baby is hungry, feed her and then keep on going :)

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