Your baby at twenty-eight weeks.

Seven months old, and crawling may be just around the corner. Finger foods come into their own. Here is what is normal.

Feeding

Alongside milk, offer finger foods at meals, soft cooked vegetable strips, ripe banana, soft pasta, strips of toast, whether you purée, do baby-led weaning, or mix the two. Supervise every meal closely: gagging is a normal, noisy protective reflex and is different from choking, which is silent, so it is worth learning infant first aid before and during this stage. Milk stays the main nutrition.

Sleep

Teething discomfort comes in waves and can briefly disrupt sleep and feeding; a chilled (not frozen) teething ring and age-appropriate pain relief help on the hard days.

Diapers

Stool reflects the diet; steady output and comfort matter most.

Growth

Crawling may be imminent, rocking on all fours, lunging forward, combining rolling and pivoting to reach things, and some babies skip crawling for standing and cruising, which is fine. A raking grasp is picking up small food pieces, on the way to the pincer grip.

This week's leap

Strong preferences, real humor, and genuine relationships with key people. Offer two-handed toys, simple stackers and shape sorters that build problem-solving and cause-and-effect, and consider a baby music class for its language and social benefits.

From three months, 101.3°F (38.5°C) or above warrants assessment; fever with ear-pulling, irritability and poor appetite often points to an ear infection. Not sitting independently or showing any move toward mobility by eight to nine months is worth raising. Entrenched food refusal is easier to help early. Significant trauma or any sudden change in responsiveness is urgent. 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: 28 weeks

How often should a 28-week-old eat?

Most babies this age take 4 to 6 milk feeds plus 1 to 2 small solid meals. 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 28-week-old need?

Roughly about 14 hours across day and night. 2 to 3 naps, wake windows of 2 to 3 hours. The range is wide, so treat these as averages rather than targets.

What are typical wake windows at 28 weeks?

2 to 3 naps, wake windows of 2 to 3 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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