3 solid meals a day - 4 or 5 bottles/nurse sessions?

klc31883 · March 2012

DD now eats well for breakfast (9:30-10am), lunch (1ish) and dinner (5:30pm).

She nurses at 6am, has bottles at DC at 9am, 12pm, 3pm, and nurses at 7pm. Approx 25 oz total for the day.

Does anyone else have a similar schedule, and successfully cut out one bottle? I was thinking of of changing to 6am, 10am, 2:30pm, and 7pm or something like that and making the bottles for DC a little bigger to make up for the difference in ounces.

Thanks for all advice.

mollybloom · March 2012

My DD is FF, but my pedi says the basic rules are the same. 25-35 ounces, with the average baby consuming around 30 ozs of bm or formula a day and 2 solids feedings.

Solids are for practice at this stage and they still need an adequate amount of formula or bm.

Cutting out a bottle should be fine if you keep the amount of breastmilk the same.

klc31883 · March 2012

thanks for the advice so far. Just to clarify, I would definitely still keep the number of ounces the same.

CHI-06 · March 2012

Our schedule is pretty similar to yours and I have also been thinking about reducing the # of feedings but upping the oz. Haven't done that yet though... I guess I am nervous that the last bottle at daycare to dinner and nursing later will be too big of a gap and he will be hungry sooner...this is why I haven't done it. On the days that we are at home I do think the schedule would work out better with 4 feedings though...

erin79 · March 2012

We were just recently able to get down to 4 nursing sessions with DS when I'm home with him on the weekends - first thing in the morning, after his morning nap, after his afternoon nap, and before bed. I don't think we're ready to cut out a bottle, at daycare, though. He sleeps a lot less there than at home, so I think he needs to eat more often to replace calories and keep him happy. I'm not sure when we'll go down to 2 bottles at daycare, but I think it will be a while.

mplesset23 · March 2012

klc31883:
thanks for the advice so far. Just to clarify, I would definitely still keep the number of ounces the same.

All babies are different. My LO drinks anywhere between 20-24 oz. a day. No matter what I try he won't drink anymore formula than that. He also eats 3 times a day. Our Pedi said that around 7 months he'd like to see LO eating 3 times a day if possible.

Every kid is different...as long as they are growing at each dr. appt. it's usually fine.

klc31883 · March 2012

erin79:
We were just recently able to get down to 4 nursing sessions with DS when I'm home with him on the weekends - first thing in the morning, after his morning nap, after his afternoon nap, and before bed. I don't think we're ready to cut out a bottle, at daycare, though. He sleeps a lot less there than at home, so I think he needs to eat more often to replace calories and keep him happy. I'm not sure when we'll go down to 2 bottles at daycare, but I think it will be a while.

this sounds like my DD exactly re: the napping more at home. I might try it out this weekend. Thanks!

Cass&Derek · March 2012

DS now only takes 4 bottles a day. He was eating 7oz 5x/day (35 total) but is now at 8oz FF 4x(32 oz now). He's taking 2 meals a day now, will increase in a few weeks to 3 meals (per pedi suggestion). He has a bottle about every 4 hours, meals for breakfast and dinner and takes 2 naps a day (typically)

dashtwins · March 2012

I had success recently getting my twins from 5 bottles down to 4 by upping the ounces in those 5 for a day or 2 and then just switching it up on them. We used to give them 5-6oz bottles at 7:30ish, 10:30, 1:30, 4:00 and 6:30 and I was feeding them solids maybe once or twice a day, usually some at least around 5ish and maybe morning, 8:30ish. Now, they still wake at same time, around 6:30/7, up at 7/7:15; but have 7-8oz bottles at 7:30, 11:30, 3:00 and a final bottle after bath at 6:30 then to sleep. I still try and feed them solids 2-3 times a day. Usually some sort of breakfast around 8:30/9 and dinner at 5pm. They transitioned to this pretty easily and it was only a few days before it registered to them that they needed to drink the larger amount. It's helped with working on their naps because they aren't having to be fed as often as well

Good luck!

Teresa1896 · March 2012

We have a nearly identical schedule to yours. I've found that her feedings, both nursing and bottles, have spaced out naturally now that she's eating more solids (12 oz/day). I give her solids in between her bottles, which seems to help. She's still taking the same amount of oz/day that she has for almost 6 months.

Want a personalized experience?

3 solid meals a day - 4 or 5 bottles/nurse sessions?

Re: 3 solid meals a day - 4 or 5 bottles/nurse sessions?

Choose Another Board

Search Boards