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FF "Schedule"?

dobrydneydobrydney member
in November 2013 Moms
I use the term schedule loosely because Iknow I can't impose a strict one on a 5.5 week old...but.... I am going back to work next Monday and we need to have SOMETHING in place in order to make that happen. DH and I are trying to do something close to feedings every four hours at 6, 10 and 2 (obviously both AM and PM). She will take what amounts to about 4.5 oz in a feeding (4oz of water mixed with powdered formula). Sometimes she takes it like a champ and other times she needs to be coaxed. I am assuming this is because we are switching from on demand. The issue is the bedtime feeding. It would be wonderful to have it earlier si everyone is putting in more night sleep but I can't figure out a good solution. ..either changing timing or amounts. I know it is just that I can't think correctly so I thought I would ask for opinions on the schedule in general and how to adjust it. In between day feeds we play and she naps :) Sorry for the long mobile post that may have typos!
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  • dobrydneydobrydney member
    Good thought with different amounts (duh)! We are starting with every 4 at 6, 10 and 2 because if it can be anything close to that it will work well for adult and baby schedule mixing when I go back to work. I had hoped that via feeding on demand she would come up with her own schedule but it was erratic in both amounts and time which is hard to do for going back to work and daycare!
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    I will start off by saying that I never give Luke more than 4 oz at a time only because of his reflux and choking issues, but he would take more if I let him-

    With that said our schedule is like this- (we are FF too)

    6:00 am 4 oz
    9:00 am 3 oz
    1130-1230 (depending on his nap) 4 oz
    3 pm 3 oz
    6 pm 3 oz
    7:30 pm 3 oz
    8:30- 9:30 2 oz usually just a top off before bed

    then we have one MOTN feeding at sometime between 2 and 3 which is 4 oz. 

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  • dobrydneydobrydney member
    DH and I were talking this morning and I think we are going to try
    6am 4oz
    10am 4oz
    2pm 4oz
    6pm 3 oz
    8pm 3 oz
    MOTN feeding of 4oz

    Hopefully by loosely starting with thia structure we can get aomething started. Like I said, with her being erratic with feeding times and amounts we are kind of starting with what is ideal for us and seeing what adjustments Mia wants/needs us to make.

    I'm a type A personality trying not to mess this poor baby up with anything too rigid!
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  • Eshirley26Eshirley26 member
    We vary between 4-5 oz. per feed, but I try to do 4oz for his 6 pm to TRY to ensure that he takes 5oz at 10 pm and sleep until 5 or 6 am. Obviously sometimes he wants more/less, but it usually works out for us.
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  • KatieintheCityKatieintheCity member
    crwjcc1 said:

    I will start off by saying that I never give Luke more than 4 oz at a time only because of his reflux and choking issues, but he would take more if I let him-

    With that said our schedule is like this- (we are FF too)

    6:00 am 4 oz
    9:00 am 3 oz
    1130-1230 (depending on his nap) 4 oz
    3 pm 3 oz
    6 pm 3 oz
    7:30 pm 3 oz
    8:30- 9:30 2 oz usually just a top off before bed

    then we have one MOTN feeding at sometime between 2 and 3 which is 4 oz. 

    Ours is similar to this, only we combine the 6 and 7:30 feeds at 6:30ish, and his bottles are all at least 3.5 oz. he'll spit up more than 4oz.
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  • BeachCoupleBeachCouple member
    edited January 2014
    My daughter wakes up anytime btw 5:30 and 7am and takes 5 oz.  She then takes 5 oz. at a schedule loosely about every 3 hrs (10-1-4-7-10PM).  Some days it could look like 11, 2, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30, etc).  Last bottle is usually always at 10 PM and she will sleep through the night.  She has reflux, so I don't believe she could take more the 5 OZ. 

    edit- this is a schedule she has made herself and the times do change depending on naps, etc, but it seems to look about the same everyday.
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  • dobrydneydobrydney member
    Thanks ladies! 
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  • lmcgtlmcgt member
    Our LO was starting on his own to eat pretty much every 4 hours and a 5 hour stretch the first part of the night. I read the book baby wise and he was eating 7 bottles a day so I adjusted the schedule according to that recommendation. He took to it right away with no problem. Our schedule now is 6:30am, 9:30, 12:30, 3,5:30, 8 and 10:30. Daytime feedings vary but 6:30am and 10:30pm is constant.
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  • JGo517JGo517 member
    lmcgt said:

    Our LO was starting on his own to eat pretty much every 4 hours and a 5 hour stretch the first part of the night. I read the book baby wise and he was eating 7 bottles a day so I adjusted the schedule according to that recommendation. He took to it right away with no problem. Our schedule now is 6:30am, 9:30, 12:30, 3,5:30, 8 and 10:30. Daytime feedings vary but 6:30am and 10:30pm is constant.

    How did you do that??? My LO is 7 weeks and every day is different. She is typically every 3 hours. But if she fights a nap sometimes she end up sleeping past the 3 hours so it throws everything off!!! I read the first few ( necessary) chapters of BW too. I'm going crazy trying to figure this out.
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