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Hi Tammy and congratulations (if you are the happy mother!) A 3 days old newborn baby is not likely to pee very often, until mom's milk production has started for real. The first milk, the colostrum, is very nutritious but scarce, so during the first couple of days the baby won't pee much at all. But from maybe day 3 or 4 for or so, the regular breast milk will be produced and stepping up during the next few days, a baby should wet around 6 to 8 heavy diapers per 24 hours. Although the pattern might be slightly different for formula fed babies, the same amount of wet diapers is a guideline for them too. Exactly how often the baby pees is impossible to say; probably quite often since their bladders are so tiny. You probably can't even notice every time. I hope this helps and again congratulations! /Paula

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During the first week of life, the number of days old a newborn is that is how many wet diapers they should have. First day of life, one wet diaper. Second day, 2 wet diapers. They of course can have more than that, but they need to make that minimum. After the newborn is a week old they should have 6-8 wet diapers a day. Again, they can have more than that but they need to make that minimum. If not, follow up with your PCM.

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