share your feeding schedule for solids and breastfeeding

Re: share your feeding schedule for solids and breastfeeding

• CPomo262

  March 2013

  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.

  

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• allardr member

  March 2013

  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. 

  
  
  

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• lexmtown

  March 2013

  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. 

   

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• StephenW4

  March 2013

  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.

  

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• libra31 member

  March 2013

  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. 

  DD(7), DS(4.5), DS(2.5), DS(baby)

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• Carla6394

  March 2013

  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
  

  

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• PaMommy02 member

  March 2013

  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!

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• mbiermann

  March 2013

  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 :-)
  

  

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