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Feeding schedule for a 1-month-old baby
✓ Last verified against the official sources on 1 September 2026.
Milk is still everything
At this age milk — breast or formula — is all your baby needs. Solid food isn’t necessary yet, and isn’t advisable either: the digestive system simply isn’t ready.
A newborn tummy is tiny — small, frequent feeds are normal. Around day 7–10 many babies cluster-feed during a growth spurt.
What changes this month
A newborn's stomach is tiny, so small amounts very often is exactly right. Around day 7 to 10 many babies have their first spell of cluster feeding: a day or two where they seem glued to the breast or bottle. That is not a shortage — it is ordering ahead, and supply adjusts to it.
An example day
This is what a day could look like. It is an example, not a prescription: your baby tells you when they are hungry, and that shifts from day to day.
A strict schedule doesn’t belong here yet. Responsive feeding is the guidance: your baby tells you when they are hungry, and early on that is anything but regular. The times below are there to give a feel for the rhythm, not to set your clock by.
| Around | What |
|---|---|
| 7am | Milk feed (30–90 ml, building up) |
| 9.30am | Milk feed (30–90 ml, building up) |
| 12pm | Milk feed (30–90 ml, building up) |
| 2.30pm | Milk feed (30–90 ml, building up) |
| 5pm | Milk feed (30–90 ml, building up) |
| 7.30pm | Milk feed (30–90 ml, building up) |
| 10pm | Milk feed (30–90 ml, building up) |
| overnight | One to three more feeds on demand — completely normal at this age |
No solids yet. The NHS advises starting solid foods at around 6 months, and never before 17 weeks.
What about breastfeeding?
With breastfeeding you don’t count millilitres — feeding responsively is the guidance, and your baby regulates the amount. The volumes above are for formula; the number of feeds a day is still a useful reference point either way.
Working it out for your baby
The rule of thumb is 150 ml per kilo of body weight a day, spread across the feeds — capped at 200 ml per bottle. Work it out with your baby’s weight →
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