Snacks and the BF-ing schedule

Natty13umppo · October 2012

So.....I've read a few posts that talk about giving LO a snack. I have not been giving DD snacks. Or rather, I have not been giving her solids as a snack - I nurse her between meals.

Should I transition to giving her a solid snack instead of nursing? Or nurse *and* snack? What are you all giving as snacks?

Here's what our feeding day looks like normally (until about a week ago we were BF-ing 5x a day. I've sort of combined lunch and the late am BF-ing session and DD seems okay with that so now we are BF-ing 4x a day):

~6:30 - wake/nurse

~7:30 - breakfast

~11:00 - lunch (until about a week ago, we nursed at ~10:30 (post am nap) and lunch was later, but I've removed that nursing session and moved lunch earlier and DD doesn't seem to mind. Should I have an am snack instead?)

~1:30 - nurse before pm nap

~4:30 - afternoon nursing (snack here instead/in addition?)

6:00 - dinner

7:00 - nurse before bed

mben1119 · October 2012

For snacks, I give DS chunks of fruit or veggies, some cheese, yogurt melts, or anything he can feed himself basically.

valerieanne9015 · October 2012

I just give a snack on top of an afternoon bottle. She usually has morning and before bed nursing sessions, and 23 bottles throughout the day. She also eats 3 solid meals and with her afternoon bottle I will also give her fruit or banana bread or something like that. I want her to get used to the solids schedule before she turns 1.

Chan4dra04 · October 2012

DD hasn't cut back on nursing and she's been doing BLW since 6m. Here's our schedule:

830 - wake up and nurse

930 - Breakfast (full meal of solid food)

1015/1030 - 12/1230 - nurse/nap

1230 - lunch (full meal of solid food)

1 - nurse

230 - snack

330 - nurse (SOMETIMES I can make it until 5/530)

430 - snack

530 - nurse

645 - dinner (full meal of solid food)

8 - nurse/bed

So, I nurse usually 6 times a day and DD eats solids like nobody's business during meals and snacks. Just wanted to give my opinion and say that DD shows a strong interest in wanting that nursing time, but she still eats us out of house and home. You can easily tell when she is hungry, so the snacks between meals are pretty important. I've tried to sneak a nursing session away, but she always catches me. We noticed pretty early on that the snacks were a must as she can get pretty cranky or tired so nursing and snacks are essential to this kid's happiness.

jb2rn · October 2012

we don't have a schedule, it varies SO much, but in addition to offering three meals a day, I offer food when I eat it, and a cup of water throughout the day.

sometimes ds isn't interested in sitting down for a formal breakfast, so I offer fruit or something later in the morning.

when we are out all day, I pack fruit, mini rice cakes, and those fruit/veg packets that he can suck on (I like happy tot brand). At home, I offer yogurt, fruit/veg, if we are out, a part of a German pretzel (minus salt).

He still nurses quite a bit, this week more than usual because I think he is getting more teeth.

smilelari · October 2012

Home is different from daycare, but at home she eats solids whenever we do. It's at least partially a social thing. She snacks when we do and eats what we eat. She nurses on demand

Natty13umppo · October 2012

Thanks, y'all. The she eats when I eat (for snacks) sounds like a good idea EXCEPT I usually snack when she's napping. Ooops. But it might be nice to sit with her and have a snack together.

DD has always been weird with hunger cues so that's the other reason this has been hard. I could offer her nursing 15x a day and she wouldn't ever refuse! Same with (some) solids - I don't think she'd ever turn down cheese! Ha!

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