How often does lo get BM/formula?

rachaelmary · November 2014

im just curious on other peoples schedule for feeding lo bm/formula? How many hours between feeds?

That is all

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djtippietoes · November 2014

Roughly every three hours still. We do solids in between. He is constantly eating.

shellbell3845 · November 2014

5 times -- 6am, 10am, 1:30pm, 4:30pm, bedtime. That's a rough schedule, depending on naps, etc. On DC days he very often doesn't want to nurse at 4:30 (or at all before bed). Yesterday I think he would have been happy only eating three times; today he's been a hungry hippo.

MamaHollywood27 · November 2014

djtippietoes said:
Roughly every three hours still. We do solids in between. He is constantly eating.

This!!! Legit boobie monster here. Plus meals and snacks (snacks are just a few chunks of mango or bites of Apple sauce but still) Still not sttn sooooo yea eats all the time

shellbell3845 · November 2014

DreamingBabies said:
5 times here too
6:30am
10:30am
2:30pm
5pm
6:30pm (bedtime)

I think that we are close to combining the 2:30 and 5pm bottle though.

I've been wondering when it's "ok" to let LO drop another feed. I know his nutrition should still be coming from milk, but sometimes he's only interested in nursing three or four times.

inluv4life2 · November 2014

All times are "ish"

6 am
8:30
11
2:30
4:30
6:30 (quick nurse)
7:00 (nurse to sleep for 5 mins)
11 pm
3 am

He get BM and three "meals" of solids a day. This kid never stops eating!

Codypup · November 2014

I am so unstructured about these things. She eats constantly it seems, either solids or a bottle or both every couple hours. And she's still downing 14oz or so overnight!

She'll probably get back on a better schedule once she starts up at daycare again, but apparently right now it's a free for all buffet in the codypup household.

rachaelmary · November 2014

I'm always concerned she isn't getting enough milk, as I know it's supposed to be the main source of nutrition still.

She usually only wants to nurse/have a bottle after she naps, which used to be every 2.5-3 hours. Now she is starting to be able to stay awake for longer periods, so I was wondering if I should feed her before her naps...but then she still wants to nurse after too.

I feel better knowing most of your Los are going 4 hours between bm/formula!

Flyingtoast · November 2014

I BF on demand. She will sign 'milk', or ask to be picked up, then try to open my bra. Typically it's 2-4 hours. She also do not have a shedule for table food, either.

Iznik · November 2014

LO is one of the youngest (8 months), but our schedule is approximately:

8 nurse
10:30 nurse or 5oz BM + 2 oz formula
12 (~4 oz solids)
1:30 nurse or 5oz BM + 2 oz formula
4:30 nurse or 5oz BM + 2 oz formula
6:30 nurse
8:30 2 oz formula, then nurse

LO usually also eats 1-2 times over night, but more because that's how I can get her back to sleep -- she only seems hungry sometimes.

I definitely hesitate to cut back because LO's growth has been slow from time to time, but sometimes when she nurses it's only for about 5 min or so.

We are also going to start giving her more solids around 5.

AKAP2010 · November 2014

Breakfast- wake up

Snack- 10

Lunch- noon

Bottle @ nap (1/1:30) 8 oz

Dinner 5/5:30

Bottle at bed (7/7:30) 8 oz

JackieP1023 · November 2014

We are loosely at 6oz every 3 hours (FF).

Example schedule (times vary day to day, pretty drastically).

Up and bottle at 7.
Nap at 8:30-10
Bottle at 10.
Lunch solids at 11.
Bottle at 1-1:30
Nap right afterwards until 3:30-4ish
Bottle at 4-4:30
Dinner solids at 5:30-6
Bottle at bedtime 8-8:30.

This varies if DH keeps her (she takes more, shorter naps), or if I am home with her. It also matters if we have daycare or not (her day is longer, and she will need a third nap). If we are busy, sometimes the solids timing is off, which can cause bottles to be spaced out more.

TL;DR We have a super loose 'schedule'. She roughly takes 25-30 oz formula a day, plus solids.

hammysmommy · November 2014

4 per day - "breakfast" ~830/845a (with solids too)
                   "lunch" ~noon
                   "snack" ~4
                   "dinner" ~7/730/8(with solids too)

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