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POST BREASTFEEDING SCHEDULES - Please!!
« on: October 08, 2006, 20:49:23 pm »
I am interested in seeing what other Mom's are doing with their babes   - as far as Eating schedules
Here is what we are doing
(please post as below to make it easier to read) If on solids - please include what type of feeding

AGE - 11 weeks
 
7:00   am
10:00 am
1:00   pm
3:30   pm
5:30   pm
7:00   pm
4:00   am

No dreamfeed
Thanks in advance --I am interested to see what everyone is doing out there --

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Re: POST BREASTFEEDING SCHEDULES - Please!!
« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2006, 21:10:59 pm »
AGE - 13 weeks

7:30 am
10:30 am
1:30 pm
4:30 pm
7:30 pm
one or two feed between 7:30pm and 7:30am

No dreamfeed

This is ideal. Of course, like this morning, when I accidently slept in 'til 8:30am, will change from day to day.  :)

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Re: POST BREASTFEEDING SCHEDULES - Please!!
« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2006, 04:00:01 am »
Age 8.5 mos -

5 am  BF
7 am  wake
8 am  solids breakfast
9 am  BF
9:30 am nap
12 solids lunch
1 BF
1:30 nap
3 pm snack either BF from one side or some fruit and cherrios but doesn't usually want both
5 pm solids dinner
6 pm BF
12 am BF

My LO nurses well, but only has a few bites of whatever I offer at the most, she has never finished a jar of baby food, and is completely off the pureed foods now.  Though an uninthusiastic eater at best, she eats polenta, fruit, steamed veggies with butter, whole wheat noodles, yogurt, sometimes cheese, and bits of meat here and there.  She loves cherrios and avocado the most.  Don't know if this was the age range you were after or not, but figured it'd be helpful later on.  And would maybe give you some insite into how much they will continue to nurse even after the every 2 -3 hour schedule fades into every 4-5 hours.     
Even so, we'll nurse until she self weans (at least that's the plan for now.)  Good luck.  Happy nursing!!

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Re: POST BREASTFEEDING SCHEDULES - Please!!
« Reply #3 on: October 09, 2006, 16:59:41 pm »
Hi,
My DD is 13 weeks (on Wednesday).  We had been working on switching to a 3.5 hour routine, but yesterday she decided she wanted to do a 4 hour routine (and it went wonderfully) so we are going with that for now...  Here is a rough idea at either the 3.5 or 4 hour EASY. 

7:00 BF
10:30 or 11 BF
2 or 3 BF
5:30 BF
6:45 BF
10:30 Dream BF
wakes once between 3 and 5 am to BF

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Re: POST BREASTFEEDING SCHEDULES - Please!!
« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2006, 09:17:53 am »
My lo is 6 and a half months. His schedule is:
 
6:00 am BF
7:30 am (Cereal and apple)
10:00 am EBM
11:30 am (Custard)
2:00   pm Formula/EBM mix (if not enough expressed previous day at work
5:00   pm (Savory e.g. corn and pumpkin)
6:30  pm BF
10:00 pm Dreamfeed BF
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Re: POST BREASTFEEDING SCHEDULES - Please!!
« Reply #5 on: October 12, 2006, 12:56:21 pm »
I appreciate the replies.  I kow not to compare one baby to the other - but I like to see what other mom's are doing.  My first daughter  -nursed all the time - and didn't sleep well and I guess i associated it with heer being hungry.  My new son - has set his own 3 hour schedule since day one - and recently began doing an 8-9 hour stretch at night -- and will sometimes go 4 hours during the daY.  i guess I just need the reassurance that the can have 4-6 nursing sessions and thrive.
Thanks again -- And I hope more will post even if it isn't the perfect 3-4 hour routine