We're horrible and don't follow a real schedule... but we pretty much do a 6 oz bottle when she wakes up (b/w 7:30am and 8:30am). Another 6 oz bottle around 11:00am. Then when I eat lunch I try to give her a veggie (sometimes she takes it/sometimes she wants nothing to do with it). She gets another 6 oz bottle between 4:30pm and 5:30pm. If she gets hungry before bed, I give her a fruit/veggie and she has an 8oz bottle w/1 scoop of cereal at 8:30pm. She has started "snacking" on Gerber graduates throughout the day, but prob only eats a total of 15-20 tiny pieces a day. She has recently started refusing her bottles and/or only taking 4 oz or so. I mentioned this to her pedi at her 6 month visit and he said it was normal as they learn to like new foods and textures and not to worry about it. He said she will let me know if she's hungry and just to follow her cues.
He has 4 6oz bottles every 3 hours starting when he wakes up and one 7oz bottle before bed.
He eats solids 2x a day. 2 tbsp oatmeal with either a Stage 2 fruit or half of a mashed banana at some time in the morning. One Stage 2 veggie and maybe a few tries at a finger food at around 6pm.
This should make you feel better. DD nurses on demand, probably 8-10 times a day (still!). she eats about a teaspoon of pureed food around 6pm. that's it. She isn't really liking the purees all that much.
Mama to Lucy (7/06), Lexi (5/09), and Max (11/11)
M/C 12/17/10
Re: Please post your 7 month olds eating schedule...
DS is a couple weeks younger, so I thought I'd answer.
He has 5 6-7oz Bottles (32-33oz) and 2 feedings of solids:
8am Bottle
10am Bottle
12pm 2 tablespoons cereal with 1 pack of stage 2 fruit
3pm Bottle
5pm Bottle
7pm 1 pack of stage 2 veggie
8pm Bottle
my son is also younger, but I'll answer too
630am cereal and fruit
830am 6oz bottle
1130am 2 veggies
1pm 6oz bottle
4pm 6oz bottle
530pm cereal and veg
645pm (bedtime) 6oz bottle
***he hasn;t been finishing his bottles, I think b/c teething, so has been waking up for a 5-6oz bottle
7:30 am- Breakfast 6oz. bottle plus 3 oz. of fruit
11-11:30am- Lunch 7oz. bottle plus 1/2 jar of meat and 1oz. of veggie (mixed together)
3:00-3:30pm- Dinner 6 oz. bottle plus 2oz. of formula/5-6 Tbsp. of oatmeal mixed with 3 oz. of veggies.
7:00pm- Bedtime 8oz bottle
He has 4 6oz bottles every 3 hours starting when he wakes up and one 7oz bottle before bed.
He eats solids 2x a day. 2 tbsp oatmeal with either a Stage 2 fruit or half of a mashed banana at some time in the morning. One Stage 2 veggie and maybe a few tries at a finger food at around 6pm.
This should make you feel better. DD nurses on demand, probably 8-10 times a day (still!). she eats about a teaspoon of pureed food around 6pm. that's it. She isn't really liking the purees all that much.