mom's of 4 bottles a day, what's your schedule like?

featherust · March 2012

i am trying to get DD down to 4 bottles but trying to figure out which bottle to drop. right now we are doing 5 5-6oz bottles a day and 2 solid feedings. can you please share your schedules so i can get an idea of what would work for us? thanksss!

hepcats · March 2012

6AM - 8oz bottle

9-10AM - solids

10-11AM - 6oz bottle

1-2PM - solids

2-3PM - 6oz bottle

5-6PM - solids

6-7PM - 6oz bottle

FWIW LO made his own schedule and dropped the feeds himself. There was no coaching on our part.

IlliniQT · March 2012

HEPCATS! Love your siggy :c) How have you been?

LO more or less did it on his own, although we did work on increasing the bottles. Here is what our day looks like.

8 am - 8 oz bottle

9 am - solids

12:30 - 8 ounce bottle

4:30 - 6 ounce bottle

6 pm - solids

7:30 - 6 ounce bottle

8 - bed

christyjane17 · March 2012

6:30, 10:30, 2:30, 6: 7 oz bottle and solids. We do both at the same time because if not our Eat, play, sleep schedule couldn't happen because he would be set to eat solids at the same time he is set to sleep.

Also, this is based on wakeup time. If he wakes up at 7 we are on 7, 11, 3, 6.

We do his last bottle earlier so that he has plenty of time before bed at 8 to digest (he's a spitter) and he doesn't associate the bottle with falling asleep-works for us.

BabyBoyNYC · March 2012

5-6am: 8oz bottle

8-9am: solids

10-11 (depending on nap): 8oz bottle

1-2: solids

3-4: 8oz bottle

6pm: solids

7:30: 8oz bottle at bedtime

I would like to hopefully bring down the two middles to 6oz I have a feeling they are going to say at the 9 month check up he is getting too much formula but he drinks every last drop

jen&jay07 · March 2012

7 AM 7oz bottle

815ish solids

11 AM 7oz bottle

12-1230 soldis

2-3 7oz bottle

6 solids

7 PM 7 oz bottle

Very occasionally if he gets the afternoon bottle at 2, he may be looking for another bottle around 5. I try to give him snack at that time to hold him till 6. Sometimes that works, sometimes it doesn't so he gets small bottle.

indy_chic · March 2012

7am - 5 oz bottle plus solids

11am - 5oz bottle plus solids

3pm - 5oz bottle plus solids

5pm - snack -> usually fruits

7pm - 7-8 oz bottle

RingOfFire11 · March 2012

7:30am - 6oz bottle

9am - solids

11:30am - 8oz bottle

1pm - solids

4:30pm - 6-8oz bottle

6pm - solids

7:30pm - 6oz bottle

IlliniQT · March 2012

dantoni1210:

7:30am - 6oz bottle

9am - solids

11:30am - 8oz bottle

1pm - solids

4:30pm - 6-8oz bottle

6pm - solids

7:30pm - 6oz bottle

OMG I had to say I looooove your siggy -- your LO is SO cute, and I love that shirt!

BobbiJanay07 · March 2012

He gets first bottle about 30 mins after he wakes up. The next comes between 12-1pm, between 5-6, then 9. All bottles are 8oz and he might have solids every other day. We are working on that.