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EAT => Feeding Solid Food => Topic started by: CW on July 27, 2005, 19:37:26 pm
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Hi there ladies,
My DS is now 9 months old. We visited our doctor yesterday and she suggested that we change things up a bit with his feeding schedule (spread out bottles and solids). Right now, we're still on a 4 hr feeding schedule. Recently, his formula intake has greatly reduced. We'll make a 6 oz bottle, but he sometime will only have 4oz. Here's what we're doing.
7am - 6-7 oz bottle, cereal and 1 jar fruit
11am - 6oz bottle, 1 1/2 jars baby food
3pm - 6 oz bottle, 2 jars
6:30pm - 8oz bottle
Our doctor recommends 20-24oz formula a day and is encouraging us to try yogurt and cheese (no eggs just yet) and other table food.
Would love to see sample schedules for a 9 month old!
Thank you!
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Here's what my almost nine month old feeding routine looks like.
6-7: breakfast- My DS never wanted a bottle first thing in the morning.
hard cooked egg yolk, whole wheat bagel, fruit, whole wheat pancake, etc.
9: bottle: 4-6oz. like you mentioned, my ds has decreased his formula intake
noon: lunch- cheese, bread, fruit, veggie of some sort, yogurt etc.
2: bottle: usually 6-8 oz.
5:00: dinner- meat of some sort (diced), veggies, pasta cut up, etc.
7:30: 8oz.
My ds has really stopped taking pureed foods, he would rather have small chunks that he can pick up on his own. It looks like I give one less bottle than you.
I hope this helps. I would love to see other sample feeding schedules!
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Not quite at nine months but here's what we do:
7 wake
7:30-8 8oz bottle (doesn't want food first thing)
8/8:30 solids, 3-4 tablespoons cereal and fruit cube also finger food. toast bits, cheese, cheerios, bits of poached fruit, etc.
11:30/12 lunch fruit or veg, yogurt, cottage cheese, and more finger food
3-ish 8oz bottle
5:30 solids 3-4 tblsp cereal with veg or chicken and veg and more finger food
7:20 (right before bed) 8oz bottle
Sharon
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Here's our 'schedule'
7-8 6 oz Bottle
9 Solids (veg/fruit)
12 4-6 oz Bottle
1 Solids (veg/fruit/meat)
4 4-6 oz Bottle
6 Solids (veg/fruit/meat)
8 6 oz Bottle
Sometimes he sleeps late in the morning if we do, in that case, he just has a 4oz bottle and some fruit around 9.
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Thank you for your replies...
Can you tell me where your naps fit? My only bugaboo with a spreadout schedule is that they are likely eating right before naptime. (Oh, one more bugaboo...it looks like more work!).
How do you schedule the naps then?
Thanks again!
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We have about 2 1/2 hrs awake time between morning awake and first nap, then about 3 between 1st nap and 2nd then about 4 between 2nd nap and bedtime. Dd sleeps usually an hour and 15 to an hour and a half for naps and about 11 1/2 overnight. If it varies time wise (ie, awake time) we just roughly follow the awake periods. Does that make sense? So here would be an average day for us:
7 wake
7:30-8 8oz bottle (doesn't want food first thing)
8/8:30 solids, 3-4 tablespoons cereal and fruit cube also finger food. toast bits, cheese, cheerios, bits of poached fruit, etc.
9:30 NAP until 10:45-11
11:30/12 lunch fruit or veg, yogurt, cottage cheese, and more finger food
2 NAP until 3:15 or thereabouts with the next bottle immediately after waking
3-ish 8oz bottle
5:30 solids 3-4 tblsp cereal with veg or chicken and veg and more finger food
7:20 (right before bed) 8oz bottle
7:30 Bed
Sharon
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Ok, thank you for all that detail. It definitely helps! It looks like many of you offer just 3 bottles a day now, but with more in them! I think I will give that a try! He is very fidgety these days, but will settle down for a bottle if "Oprah" is on TV! Seriously, the boy loves her!