Newborn (0–1 Month)

Common milestones include: Focuses on faces 8–12 in away; Startles at loud sounds; Grasps reflexively. These are typical ranges — reaching them a bit earlier or later is usually normal. Contact your pediatrician if your baby misses several milestones for their age or loses skills they had.

Around 14–17 hours/day (in fragments), typically with 4–5 naps during the day. Sleep needs and patterns vary, and regressions are common around 4, 8–10, and 18 months. Always follow safe-sleep rules: on the back, on a firm flat surface, with nothing in the sleep space, for the first year.

Breast milk or formula only, on demand (about every 2–4 hours). No water, juice, or solids are needed before about 6 months. Follow your baby’s hunger and fullness cues.