share your feeding schedule for solids and breastfeeding

mbiermann

my daughter  is 8 months old and was only getting one meal of solids at lunch time. i want to introduce more solid meals but unsure how to go about it. current schedule:

5am     nurse

8am     5-6 oz milk at sitter

12pm    fruit or veggie with  little cereal mixed

3pm      5-6 oz milk at sitter

 5/6      nurse

8pm      sometimes nurse before bed

should i squeeze in a solid meal between 5 and 8am?  and/or replace  5/6 pm with solids and just nurse before bed?

will this effect  my milk supply so that she won't get enough at nursing? 

CPomo262

We watched baby's cues and patterns for a week or so, then we developed this schedule around his needs.  It has been AWESOME.  I never thought I was a "schedule person" till we found one that worked with our little man.  Here it is:

8:00  Up & Nurse

9:00 Solids

10:00 Nap

12:00 Nurse

1:00 Solids

2:00 Nap

4:00 Nurse

5:00 Solids

6:00 Mini-nap (25-35 mins)

7:45 Bath

8:00 Nurse

8:30 Baby falls asleep on his own in his crib, most nights

MOTN feeds vary, usually 1-2 times

The most important thing is to offer solids after nursing/bottle, so that baby gets most of his nutrition from milk.  Our schedule is flexible of course - it's basically what happens every day, but I always follow baby's cues.

allardr

6:30am: Up & nurse

9:30ish (when wakes up from morning nap): Nurse on one side, then solids: usually a cereal type food

12:30ish (when wakes from nap): Nurse on one side, then solids: yogurt, sometimes with mixed in fruit

3:30ish (when wakes from nap): Nurse one side, then solids: vegetable or fruit

 5:45pm: Nurse then put down to bed. 

lexmtown

7:00 am Nurse

9:00 am Nurse then nap

12:00 Nurse then 1-2 oz puree veggie

2:30 Nurse then nap

5:00 Nurse then 1-2 oz puree fruit

Bedtime Routine starts at 7 and ends with a nursing session

He gets a few different finger foods through out the day sometimes.  Today he had a few small pieces of banana in addition. 

 

StephenW4

LO is 9 months old. She is exclusively breastfed (as in no formula).. She gets 3 solid meals a day plus at least 5 nursings a day. I work full time, so I pump 2-3 times per day at the office so she can take bottles during the week.

6:30(ish) - wake and nurse

8am - two TBS oatmeal plus 1 TBS diced fruit (peaches/apricots/etc.)

10am - nap

11am - nurse or 4oz bottle

12pm - two TBS oatmeal, 2 TBS pureed fruit, and 1 TBS finger food (cheerios/puffs/avocado/etc)

2pm - nurse or bottle

3pm - nap

4:30/5pm - nurse or bottle

6pm - 1TBS protein, 2TBS pureed veggies, 1TBS diced fruit

7pm - nurse and bedtime

Your LO needs the extra calories now, so adding in the extra solids is what she needs. I haven't noticed a drop in my milk supply. my DD nurses the same amount as she always has. Our pediatrician actually suggested adding in an extra snack in the day b/c my DD is still waking in the middle of the night to nurse.

libra31

CPomo262:

We watched baby's cues and patterns for a week or so, then we developed this schedule around his needs.  It has been AWESOME.  I never thought I was a "schedule person" till we found one that worked with our little man.  Here it is:

8:00  Up & Nurse

9:00 Solids

10:00 Nap

12:00 Nurse

1:00 Solids

2:00 Nap

4:00 Nurse

5:00 Solids

6:00 Mini-nap (25-35 mins)

7:45 Bath

8:00 Nurse

8:30 Baby falls asleep on his own in his crib, most nights

MOTN feeds vary, usually 1-2 times

The most important thing is to offer solids after nursing/bottle, so that baby gets most of his nutrition from milk.  Our schedule is flexible of course - it's basically what happens every day, but I always follow baby's cues.

My LO is 7mo too.  This is pretty much our schedule only sleeps through the night 6:30p-7:30a and doesn't have the mini nap, only 2 naps. 

Carla6394

6am - breast milk

7am - cereal and fruit

10 am - breast milk

12pm - whatever *3 day new food* we are trying with sippy cup of water

2pm - breast milk

5 pm - meat, veg, cereal

7pm - breast milk

PaMommy02

Your LO goes pretty long during the day without nursing! My LO is 8 months, he nurses at least 5 to 6 times a day and gets solids 2 times a day for breakfast and dinner. I offer solids inbetween nursing sessions because I don't want him to drop any feeds. I'm going to start to add solids for lunch, but again, inbetween nursing sessions. Good luck!

mbiermann

I absolutely do not want to replace any milk. My sister in law was babysitting primarily and was going off feeding cues, and was alternating milk and solids. But i knew we were going about this wrong. On the weekend she never went over 4 hours without nursing.  I didnt have and family or friends who have breastfed to get any tips, and I understand now, thank you for sharing! I am going to have sitters offer her solids about 1 hour after milk and hope that her naps fit in between :-)