0-3 Months Overview
What’s Happening at 0-3 Months?
Tummy Time Begins!
It’s time for baby to work those abs! Tummy Time can start as soon as your little one comes home from the hospital.
Baby Massage Helps with Bonding and Development
Bonding is important in these early stages, because baby doesn’t know how to self-calm yet. We have an amazing bonding activity that will also help in many areas of baby’s development.
Baby Will Be Sleeping A Lot—Here’s How to Keep them Safe
Keep baby safe while they sleep by always putting baby on their back.
Frequently Asked Questions
for Parents of 0-3 Month Old Babies
- If baby was born at or before 37 weeks, you should adjust for prematurity while tracking their milestones.
- Continue to adjust for prematurity for the first 2 years of their life.
- Learn how to adjust for prematurity.
- Try different Tummy Time moves
- Try playing with a toy while baby is doing Tummy Time. Babies love mirrors during Tummy Time.
- Learn more about Tummy Time
- A strong core can help baby with their motor milestones, like crawling.
- Here are some ways to strengthen baby’s core.
- Change baby’s position throughout the day.
- Early check-ups, known as well-baby visits, happen several times in the first year of a child’s life.
- The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends well-baby visits at 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, and 12 months.
- Learn more about well-baby visits.
- Baby may like being swaddled in the first few months of life as a way of soothing.
- Baby can be swaddled until they show signs of being able to roll over, which can happen as early as 2 months.
- Watch to learn how to swaddle baby.
- If baby isn’t a fan of swaddling, you can try some of these alternatives.
- Baby should get 12-17 hours of sleep a day in the first 3 months.
- Some of this sleep comes from naps.
- Here are some ways to help your little one sleep.
- Baby should feed 6 times a day.
- Each feeding will be about 2-6 oz. of liquid.
- They can only have breast milk or formula at this age.
- Learn more about feeding baby.
Use our checklists to track your baby’s behavior and discuss any concerns with your healthcare professional.
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