Day 12 with your newborn
Feeding confidence grows slowly 🌱
You may be starting to recognise your baby's feeding cues: stirring, rooting, sucking hands, turning their head, or becoming unsettled.
Every feed teaches you something. Even difficult feeds count as learning, not failure.
How you might feel
How you might feel
Breasts may still feel full, tender, or leaky if breastfeeding. If you are formula feeding, your body may still be adjusting hormonally and physically.
Today's tip
Today's tip
Use cushions, foot support, and whatever position reduces strain. Your comfort matters too — feeding should not require you to become furniture.
Coming up
Coming up
Confidence may arrive quietly: one feed that feels easier, one cue you recognise, one moment where you realise you knew what to do.
Checks and key dates around now
- Register the birthWithin 42 days in England and Wales
This is general information based on NHS guidance, not medical advice. Talk to your midwife, health visitor or GP about anything that worries you. If your baby has a high temperature, isn't feeding or is unusually sleepy, or you're worried about your own bleeding, pain or mood, get advice straight away from NHS 111 or your GP. In an emergency, call 999.