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by agePumping schedule for a 6-week-old
Quick answer: Plan on 7 to 8 pumps per 24 hours for a 6-week-old. A sample rhythm: 6a · 9:30a · 1p · 4:30p · 8p · 11p · 3a. Judge any schedule change by a full week of totals, never a single session.
The shape of this stage
The first consolidation: one daytime session stretches out while the overnight anchor stays. Growth-spurt days may briefly demand the old frequency; supply answers within days.
Working the schedule
Guard the first morning pump above all others; for most moms it is the biggest yield of the day and the last session that should ever move.
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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