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by agePumping schedule for a 3-month-old
Quick answer: Plan on 5 to 6 pumps per 24 hours for a 3-month-old. A sample rhythm: 6a · 10a · 2p · 6p · 10p (+2a optional). Judge any schedule change by a full week of totals, never a single session.
The shape of this stage
The middle-of-night session becomes optional for many: if your morning yield stays strong without it, sleep wins. Some bodies tolerate the drop instantly; others need two weeks of gradual stretching.
Working the schedule
Back-to-work moms: this schedule maps neatly onto commute-morning, mid-morning, lunch, afternoon, evening; rehearse it a week before day one.
In Milk First
Log any session in two taps, backdate the ones you forgot, and let the 7-day average chart answer supply questions with real numbers. Every pump files its milk into the stash automatically.
Milk First keeps every date, clock, and rule from this page automatic, so 3 AM you never has to remember any of it.
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