6 month old schedule

daisy814 · January 2014

Hoping some people will share their 6 month olds feeding schedule. We are trying to get enough food/milk in during the day, but I often feel I am feeding when he is not hungry. LO is still feeding in the middle of the night and just trying to get on a better schedule. How many bottles and oz are you feeding your 6 month old during the day? Thanks!

GRJC · January 2014

7:30a Wake up
7:40a Breakfast 10-12 Tablespoons solids 6-8oz bottle
10:30ish 8ish oz bottle
12:30-1ish Lunch 10-12T solids 5-6oz bottle
3:30ish 7-8oz bottle
5:30-6ish Dinner 10-12T solids No bottle if content
7:30 Night bottle 7-8oz
Sleeps 'till the morning

Probably because he eats like a pig, lol

amberdt03 · January 2014

GRJC said:
7:30a Wake up
7:40a Breakfast 10-12 Tablespoons solids 6-8oz bottle
10:30ish 8ish oz bottle
12:30-1ish Lunch 10-12T solids 5-6oz bottle
3:30ish 7-8oz bottle
5:30-6ish Dinner 10-12T solids No bottle if content
7:30 Night bottle 7-8oz
Sleeps 'till the morning

Probably because he eats like a pig, lol

10-12tablespoons? Holy moly. Lol

amberdt03 · January 2014

My little guy gets 5 7oz bottles throughout the day. For now he mostly only gets 1tablespoon of purees once, sometimes twice a day, because I'm a ftm and this whole solid thing is driving me crazy. He'll get a snack bottle too sometimes which can be anywhere from 2-5oz in the afternoon. He sleeps through the night for the most part. Occasionally he'll wake up at night, but never to eat.

trudibell · January 2014

7-8am wake up/bottle

9am - hopeful nap

10-11am - bottle

Noonish - we attempt solids (FTM as well, we just introduced them 2 weeks ago)

1pm-bottle

2pm - hopeful nap!

4pm -bottle

6pm - bottle

8pm - bottle, story, down for the night

1-3am - LO wakes for another bottle, sometimes he sleeps through the night, but not normally.

Usually when we give a bottle we offer 4 oz and if he indicates he's still hungry we give him a little more, he eats about 5-6 oz per bottle, sometimes less, sometimes more which usually comes out to 32-40 oz a day - usually around 35. I know the recommendation is for babies to have 24-32 oz but he's only in the 40% for his weight and the pediatrician doesn't have an issue with it. I say "hopeful naps" because LO isn't the best napper and almost always fights naps.

mrsnorthernbell · January 2014

Up around 7:00
Nurse
Nap around 10- nurse to sleep
Up around 11 or 12 sometimes nurse
Nap around 3/ nurse to sleep sometimes
Up around 4 or 5 nurse
Bedtime around 7, nurse to sleep
Most of the time he sleeps through into 3 or 4.
We also do purée either for dinner or lunch among with nursing. Usually a couple of tablespoons

GRJC · January 2014

@trudibell Sounds like he's having lot of milk and although I don't think that's terrible (mine eats a ton too) have you considered adding more solids? That should help the formula amounts decrease a little. Just a thought.

gemini2005 · January 2014

8 am: wakes up, BF

9 am: 1 oz. formula mixed with oatmeal and fruit

10 am: nap

10:45 am: wakes up, BF

12 pm: catnap, BF

2 pm: 5 oz. bottle of breast milk, nap, pump

4-5 pm: wakes up, she BF's for a few minutes

6 pm: one jar of vegetables and a few bites of yogurt or fruit

7 pm: bath, 6-7 oz. bottle of formula, bed, pump

3-4 am: wakes up, BF, usually back to sleep until 8 am

fabumama · January 2014

6.5 ounce bottles at 8am, 11am, 2pm, 5pm….give or take a half an hour. We do a few tablespoons of purees once or twice a day.

trudibell · January 2014

GRJC said:

@trudibell Sounds like he's having lot of milk and although I don't think that's terrible (mine eats a ton too) have you considered adding more solids? That should help the formula amounts decrease a little. Just a thought.

We just started solids last week, I'm not really concerned so long as he's at a healthy weight for his size. If anything he's long and lanky.

kt012885 · January 2014

DD nurses in the morning- then is at DC all day but she takes 3 (6 1/2 oz) bottles during the 9 hours she is there and then one in the evening. She eats cereal 3x a day and a puree with dinner as of now. She STTN- so nothing then.

HelgaFunk · January 2014

I work 7:30pm to 4:30am so we have a really wonky sort of schedule but this is kind of how it goes.

5:00 am - wake up and BF
6:00 - goes back down for anywhere between an hour or two
8:00 - back up to BF and about half a banana with some yogurt and oatmeal
10:00 - another nap for anywhere between 30 minutes to 2 hours depending on her mood
12:00 - the rest of her banana mixed with blueberries and yogurt and oatmeal +BF
4:00p - nap
5:00 - daddy gets home and we have dinner as a family. She usually has whatever we're having or else some mashed potatoes and some kind of veg.
6:30 - BF until I leave for work
7:00 - I leave for work and her and daddy hang out, then she gets fussy and he puts her in crib any time between now and 8:00 and she sleeps pretty much through the night unless she's wet.

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