6-7 month old feeding schedule (bottles and solids) .. help.

LucyPevensie · May 2009

I can't quite get this down. I feel like I went from feeding 5 times a day (bottles) to feeding 7 times a day (bottles plus cereal and fruit or veg.) And he's a good eater but not a huge eater so how do I keep the solids from encroaching too much upon his formula intake. How often/when/what/how much does your LO eat on a typical day? Thanks!

cocadoll · May 2009

I make?and freeze?his food so?number of cubes is the little portions from the ice cube tray.? ?

6:30am- nurse

8:00am- breakfast 2 cubes (cereal and fruit)

10:30- nurse or 5oz

12:00- lunch 2 cubes (veggies/fruit/cereal) any combination

2:30- nurse or 5-6oz

6:30- nurse and 3 cubes (usually cereal and 2 veggie or cereal, 1 veggie and 1 fruit)

BTW, it seems like a lot of meals, but for some reason our pedi told us to start out with all three meals. (he started solids at 6 months) She said it is harder to add meals later without dropping a milk feeding. I think he does well with the three meals and he seems to be eating the same about of milk. It's hard to tell when he nurses though.

earthboundmisfit · May 2009

here's what we do:

9am[wakeup]6oz bottle

1030:half jar of fruit

1230:6oz bottle

330:6oz bottle

730:60z bottle

830:rice cereal [2 tablespoons] and half jar of vegetable

11pm:6oz bottle before bed

Those are just loose times but we give her 30oz of formula a day total. We just started soilds at about 6 months so she's still just 'practicing'. It does mean more feedings, but this way she still gets the right amount of formula each day and the solids are like a secondary thing since formula is still more important nutrient wise. GL! it was hard at first figuring out how to balance the two or whatever.?

BecauseICan · May 2009

We are at the way low end of milk intake b/c DD would drop the bottle altogether if I let her. On a really good day, she'll take about 18-20oz. She transitioned to formula @ 6 months, and started solids @ 4 months. She varies her solids intakes--anywhere from all that is offered (which is listed below) to about half of each.

7:15am: 6-7oz bottle

8:00am: 1 container of Yogurt and 1 jar of fruit w/ grains

11:15am: 5-6oz bottle

12:00: 1 jar of veggies and 1 jar of fruit

3:30: 6-7oz bottle

5:30: 1 jar of meat/veggie combo and 1 jar of fruit

6:45: Bedtime

craziheazo · May 2009

7a - 6 ozs of formula

8:15a - 1 jar of fruit with 2 ozs of cereal

11a - 6 ozs of formula

3p- 6 ozs of formula

6p - 1 jar of veggies. sometimes with cereal, sometimes not.

7-7:15p - 6 ozs of formula.

Then promptly to bed.

(All times are approximate. We still do all feeds besides the 6p veggies and 7p bottle on demand. She pretty much made her own schedule)

We will start 3 meals per day, with lunch being around 12p, when she's 7 months.

lking2007 · May 2009

craziheazo:

7a - 6 ozs of formula

8:15a - 1 jar of fruit with 2 ozs of cereal

11a - 6 ozs of formula

3p- 6 ozs of formula

6p - 1 jar of veggies. sometimes with cereal, sometimes not.

7-7:15p - 6 ozs of formula.

Then promptly to bed.

(All times are approximate. We still do all feeds besides the 6p veggies and 7p bottle on demand. She pretty much made her own schedule)

We will start 3 meals per day, with lunch being around 12p, when she's 7 months.

This is pretty my DS schedule - to a tee.... once in awhile he'll drink alittle less than 6oz. Like today, he had two 4oz bottles & two 6oz bottles. He'll be 7 months next week and we plan on adding lunch to the mix.

Sami78 · May 2009

I'm not sure why, but the introduction of solids didn't seem to affect LO's formula intake. ?He is almost 6 months. ?We started solids a month ago.?

6:45am - breastfeed7:30am - 2 oz veggies/fruit + 1 tsp of cereal10:30am - 9 oz formula1pm - 1 oz veggies/fruit?2pm - 9 oz formula5:30pm - 6 oz formula6p - 2 oz veggies/fruit. ?If he's tired and cranky, we skip this.7pm - 6 oz formula then bed

lala30 · May 2009

We are different then the rest it seems, but it works for us

7-730 5-6oz (some mixed in the creal the rest she drinks) and ceral mixed with fruit.

11:00 4-5 oz cereal mixed with fruit again

3:00 6-7 oz no food

630 1 stage one fruit and veggie

715 5-6 oz with 2 teaspoons of ceral mixed in. (i found it helps her sleep through the night and she wasn't before, only reason it's in the bottle and not fed to her).

Jenn478 · May 2009

7am - 6 oz. bottle

9am - mum-mum and 1/2 jar fruit with some cereal to thicken

11am - 6 oz. bottle

1pm - mum-mum and 1/2 jar veggie with some ceral to thicken

3pm - 6 oz. bottle

5:30 - 1/2 jar veggie + mean and 1/3 jar fruit

7pm - 6 oz. bottle

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