Six months: a milestone for development and for food. Solids begin if they have not, and your baby is sitting, reaching and babbling. Here is what is normal.
Typical day · week 24
- Feeds: 5 to 7 milk feeds in 24 hours
- Sleep: 14 to 15 hours across day and night
- Naps: 3 naps, wake windows of 2 to 2.5 hours
- Diapers: 5 to 6 wet per day
Feeding
Solids start now if not already, alongside milk, which stays the main nutrition until around twelve months. Offer food in a relaxed, social setting at family mealtimes, where your baby learns by watching you eat, and give a wide variety of flavours and textures early to reduce later fussiness. Offer water in an open or straw cup at meals; cow's milk is fine in cooking but not as a main drink before twelve months.
Sleep
Sleep keeps maturing, often two naps now. Stranger fear and protest when you leave may be more obvious, all signs of secure attachment rather than anything to discourage.
Diapers
Stool changes noticeably with solids, in color, texture and smell, which is expected. Steady output remains the reassuring sign.
Growth
Growth steadies after six months, with weight gain easing to roughly 2.5 to 3.5 oz (70 to 100 g) a week. Your baby sits with support or briefly alone, reaches and grasps accurately, and responds to their name.
This week's leap
Babbling in long strings, clear delight in social games, and growing awareness of other people. A vaccination round commonly falls around six months in many schedules; check your local one and use the appointment to raise any questions.
From three months, 101.3°F (38.5°C) or above warrants assessment. Use the six-month review to flag if your baby is not sitting with support, reaching, babbling, responding to their name, or engaging with faces. A food reaction (hives, swelling, vomiting, breathing trouble) needs a plan and, if severe, urgent help. Recurrent ear infections or signs of poor hearing (glue ear is common now) are worth checking, as they affect language. None of this is medical advice; every baby is different, and your midwife, health visitor or doctor is the person to ask about your own child.
The calm way to follow all of this is to log it in one tap as it happens, then read the pattern over a few days rather than carrying it in your head. Little Bean shows this same week-by-week guidance inside the app, beside your own baby's log.
Quick answers: 24 weeks
How often should a 24-week-old eat?
Most babies this age take 5 to 7 milk feeds in 24 hours. Feed on demand rather than by the clock; steady weight gain and enough wet diapers are the real signs intake is fine.
How much sleep does a 24-week-old need?
Roughly 14 to 15 hours across day and night. 3 naps, wake windows of 2 to 2.5 hours. The range is wide, so treat these as averages rather than targets.
What are typical wake windows at 24 weeks?
3 naps, wake windows of 2 to 2.5 hours. An overtired baby fights sleep harder, so watch the clock and the tired signs together.
Milestone reference: CDC developmental milestones, 6 months checklist.
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