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Help with food schedule! baby gets tired during meals
« on: April 08, 2006, 18:32:23 pm »
Hello everyone. I guess anyone who's read my posts has figured out that I'm a 1st time mom :D lol. I am having a bit of trouble with my son's solid feeding schedule.
Here is the schedule that I am on right now:
7:00am BF
8:00am cereal and or fruit 2-3TBS
8:30/9:00 nap 1- 1 1/2 hrs

11:00am BF
12:00/12:30 veggies and fruit 1-2TBS (usually 1)
1:00 nap 2hrs

3:00pm BF
5:30 veggies and fruit 3TBS
6:30 bath
7:00pm BF and bed
11:00pm dream feed

This works ok for the most part, but sometimes my lo will wake up early from a nap and then be tired by the time that it is time to eat solids. So then we have a problem with a fussy baby who is rubbing food in his eyes b/c he is tired. It's really a mess. Does anyone have any suggestions? I've tried offering the solids right after the bf during the lunch time (this is where we have the most problems with this) but he'll only take a couple of bites and then turn his head away. Please let me know how I can keep from spoiling my lo's mealtime and how to avoid the overtired and eating at the same time situation. Thanks.

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Re: Help with food schedule! baby gets tired during meals
« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2006, 00:20:01 am »
Could you try and put your little one down for his first nap at 9am so he will sleep longer and not be so tired for his lunch. Your feeding schedule looks great the other thing i might suggest is keeping him occupied at feeding time with a toy that he likes.
How old is your DS?

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Re: Help with food schedule! baby gets tired during meals
« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2006, 01:50:45 am »
You might also try moving his solids meals up so that there isn't as much time between BF and his meals. Try moving his lunch and dinner up to 1 hr after BF...you might even be able to get away with moving them closer together, like 30-45 min. That might help!
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