Your baby’s first year: what to know and when
Short tips for the first year, taken from the Coo app. Each one sits under the age it opens at, and links to where it came from.
First weeks
- The first checkup comes up fast
- Good to know: fevers in tiny babies
- Flu shots for babies: from 6 months
- RSV in babies: protection for the first season
- A little vitamin D for breast milk babies
- A little yellow is common this week
- Baby poop colors: yellow, green or brown is normal
- A few minutes of tummy time goes a long way
- Your voice is baby's favorite sound
- Safe sleep, the simple version
- Newborn wet diapers: how many to expect in the first week
- Feeding nonstop? That's normal right now
- Let baby set the bottle's pace
- Get your car seat checked
- A few forms have deadlines
- It's okay to step away for a minute
- Child care waitlists fill early
- How are you doing, really?
1 to 2 months
3 to 4 months
5 months
- Know the signs of a serious food reaction
- The 6-month checkup covers a lot
- Babble back
- A toy in each hand
- Peanut and egg can come early now
- Some foods are easy to choke on
- Make room for iron
- Honey can wait until after 1
- Skip juice, salt and sugar this year
- One new food at a time
- Eyeing your plate? Solids might be close
- A few sips from a cup
- Milk still does most of the work
- Get ahead of the crawl
6 to 12 months
In the Coo app, these tips appear in Explore, timed to your baby’s age.
