Hi! I posted this on the BF board, but realized it's more a solid food or EASY problem. I'll move it to EASY if that's a better place, I just wasn't sure!
Currently my 9-month LO has 4 BF during the day and 1-2 BF at night (we're working on phasing those out with the help of daddy and a sippy of water). She is eating solids, but not a ton yet. I think she may be trying to drop a feed during the day, because she is only nursing for a few minutes at each feed, and doesn't always seem that hungry at her "normal" times. So I think if I drop a feed, she may be more interested for the other three. Is 9 months (and she's a little peanut) too early to do this? When I've looked at the suggested 3-feed schedules, it says 7am, 11:30am, and before bed, but she seems the most uninterested in the 11:30am feed. If I wanted to space the three feeds out evenly, how would that work with naps, and solid feeds? I also think she's less interested in the before bed feed because of dinner time being right before bed, but that's when we eat. I've looked through everyone's schedules and can't seem to find one that fits for us. Our schedule, on a good non-teething day (which is rare), might look like this if we are lucky:
6:30 wake and reflux meds
7am BF (3 min on one side)
8am solids (4T oatmeal/fruit puree, finger food cheerios and fruit)
9:15-10:30 nap
11/11:30 BF (3 min on same side - she's weaned herself from my right side!)
12:00 solids (6 oz yogurt/fruit/veggie puree, finger food cheerios and cheese)
1:15-2:30 nap
3:30 BF (3 min on same side)
5/5:30 solids (2 T oatmeal mixed with fruit/veggie puree, finger food bites of our dinner)
6:30 BF (3 min on same side)
6:45/7pm bed
11:30pm/12:30am BF and/or 3:30/4:30 BF
This schedule looks fine on paper, but she is becoming less and less interested in BF during the day, so I need to tweak it! Any suggestions would be welcome
I don't think she's ready yet to switch to solids before BF, because wouldn't she then take even less milk? I'm just confused what to do with her schedule to make her take more milk at each daytime BF. I'm sure getting rid of the night time feed(s) would help
Thanks!
Rachel