Feeding routine for 10-12months

[deenz]

Ds is 10mo and this is his rough feeding routine:

7am BF
8am cereal with fruit
10.30am BF
12 noon lunch - sandwiches and fruit (sometimes a sip of water too)
3pm BF and banana
5.30pm dinner (usually what we're having)
6.15pm BF

As you can see we're usually having 4 BFs a day still... although if we're out/have visitors, often the 3pm feed doesn't really happen.  He is a big boy, and I'm not at all concerned with his solids intake (sometimes he eats heaps, other times not so much).  By his age, both my dd's were down to 3 feeds... wondering if I should do the same for him, and maybe he'd feed better???  I haven't given him much practice with a sippy cup, so not sure how much water he could actually consume.

[blitz]

I thought i would post our routine.  Riley is 10.5 mths, and at his last dr. appointment he hadn't put on much weight since his previous visit (although he has always been smaller) so the dr recommended i feed him solids first then bottle which he is fine with.

7:30 - wake and play
8 - cereal or toast and fruit,water from a sippy
9:30 - 7 oz bottle
10:30-11:30 - nap
12 - lunch :meat, fruit, veg, cheese, water
1:30 - 7 oz bottle
2:30-3:30 - nap, then snack of fruit or cheerios
5 - supper: veg, meat whatever, water
7 - bath, 7 oz bottle and bed

He won't take his formula from a sippy, but i'm hoping when i switch him to cows milk he will.  Lately he has been refusing more pureed foods, and can't use a spoon yet, so he's mostly on finger foods.  I'm running out of finger food ideas that won't have my whole house covered in food, so if you have any suggestions pls let me know.

[Freya'sMum]

Denise, I always say that there is no rush to drop the milk feeds because milk is the most important source of nutrition until baby is a year, but if a 3 feed a day routine improves ds's overall milk and solid consumption, go with it

Blitz, check out the Recipes section for loads of great Finger Food ideas (the Finger Foods for Young Babies thread has ideas that would suit older babies too).

Ax

[~*Sugar*~]

Lucas is 11.5 months and this is our current routine...

830-9am wake and bottle 4-5oz
10am breakfast,cereal mixed with formula,1 jar fruit,sometimes a few cheerios and milk in sippy
12pm lunch,usually yogurt and fruit or pudding and milk in sippy
1230-1pm nap,anywheres from 2-2.5 and occasionally 3 hours
330-4pm snack,5oz bottle of formula and a few pieces of cheese and a few whole grain crackers or some fresh fruit
600 supper,veggies and meat,with 1/2 slice wheat bread and dessert (fruit,pudding,baby cookie)
730 bathtime
800 snack,a few crackers or cheerios,nothing heavy and bedime bottle of 5-6oz formula
9pm bed

[cjzmom]

My LO just turned 10 mo this week    She loves to feed herself, and I'm am afraid she's starting to lose interest already in baby foods!

Here is her feeding routine, dropped one bottle one week ago:

6:30 - bottle (8 oz.)
8:30 - breakfast - about 1/4 cup cereal mixed w/2-3 oz. formula; 1/2 jar or so fruit (stage 2 size); juice mixed w/water from sippy; cheerios and/or a piece of toast if not liking the cereal
11:00 - snack - cheerios; pieces of fruit or veggie; bottle (6-8 oz.)
12:30/1:00 - lunch - about 1/4 cup cereal mixed w/2-3 oz. formula; 1/2 jar or so veggie or fruit (stage 2 size); juice mixed w/water from sippy; cheerios
3:00 - snack - crackers; pieces of fruit; cheerios (usually some combination of these); sippy
5:30 - dinner - the past 2 days, she's had what we've had for dinner.  The night before we had chicken; stuffing & peas, last night we had a beef roast and green beans.  she had some beef, but mostly left over chicken & peas.
7:00/7:30 - bottle (8 oz.)

At what age can we consider moving totally away from the jarred/pureed baby foods & cereal???

[MeAndVee]

My LO is almost 12 months so thought I would share his routine before he outgrows the group.

7 - Bottle 8 oz
9:30 - Cereal, waffle, or cereal bar
12:30 - Yogurt rice, maccoroni and cheese, or grilled cheese AND fruit yogurt
3 - Bottle 8 oz
5:30 - Whatever we are having
7:30 - Bottle 8 oz

He is struggling with finishing his bedtime bottle so we are thinking about dropping the afternoon bottle and replacing it with a calcium rich snack.  I want to try and wait til his first birthday before doing it though.  We'll see how it goes

[*Natasha*]

DD2 is 10months tomorrow and this is ours:

7.15/30am - Up and dressed then breakfast weetbix/oats with fruit and whole milk then some toast 3-4ozs milk in a cup
9am - Bottle 6ozs
9.30am - Her sister has a snack here and she wants one too 
10.20/30am - 11am sleep
12pm - Lunch sandwich/cheese/fruit tub of yoghurt
1pm - Bottle 6ozs(was going to drop this now but she still takes it all so will keep it now till 12months unless she isn't intersted anytime between then)
1.30pm - Sleep 2-2.5hrs
5.30pm - Dinner what ever we have includes 3vege/meat and either rice or pasta 3-4ozs milk in a cup
6pm - Bath
6.30am - Bottle 6ozs
7.15pm - Brush teeth,stories then bed 7.30pm

[shinysarah]

Hi my lo is coming up to 10 months and I feel like it's all going wrong...he is ready for a routine change but having looked at everyone elses Im a bit more confused as everyone is doing different things. Please could someone guide me in the right direction.  This is his current ( not working!) routine...
6.30am bottle 6oz
8am porridge/cereal
9- sleep for 1-1.5 hours

11am bottle 3-4oz
12 lunch
1-1.30ish sleep for 1 hour roughly

3pm bottle 3-4 oz
4.15pm tea

6.30-7.00pm bottle 6oz and bed

[Etsy]

Hi everyone:)

I know all babies are different but here is our little ones food diary. Too much, not enough?

6.00 BF
7.00 was baby cereal just got him to eat weetabix (2)
10.00 4 tbs fruit
12.30 Lunch, 6 tbs veg with a protein and some carbs
3.00 BF with fruit a bit later
5.15 Dinner 7tbs veg with protein and some carbs
6.30 very small BF

He will have one or two homemade rusks during the afternoon.

He gets very moany in the afternoons, sleeping well so don't think he is tired. Any advice would be wonderful thanks so much:)

[mama T]

HI everyone,
My son is a year old today and here is his feeding routine:
7.00 sippy cup of milk
8.30 breakfast - cereal or toast and yogurt
12.30 lunch - yesterday this was grilled cheese sandwich, pear and grapes (loves those grapes)
3.30 sippy cup of milk and snack - usually grapes or blueberries
5.00 dinner - yesterday was chicken with sweet potatoe and apple (big favourite), then yogurt and some fruit and a rusk
7.00 bottle of milk before bed
 

[KristieL]

My DD is almost 11 months..

Wake up and nurse
Breakfast - French toast (one piece of toast with egg yolk - she is allegic to eggwhites at this time)
             - Fruit Cup (sometimes two!)

Lunch - Nurse
         - Large Jar of Baby food or something equivalent (our leftover supper)
         - Sometimes a piece of fruit
         - Sometimes a mum mum

Dinner - Nurse
         - Large Jar of baby food or whatever we're having for supper (again equivalent to 1 cup of food)

[*Jo*]

Hi all, Caleb is 11 months old and heres what we do

wake and bottle 270mls
breakfast 1.5 hours later - either pancakes, oats, toast or weetbix with soy milk , drink of water

after 1st nap has a snack of a milk arrowroot biscuit with water as he sits on the potty
lunch 12.30/1pm - jar of baby food or homemade variety plus drink of water
1.5 hours later a bottle 250mls

after 2nd nap has anotehr snack (maybe a rusk) with water and sits on potty
dinner 5/5.30pm can be anything we are having usually, at hte moment his favourite is carrots and peices of chicken but he doesnt generally eat alot here
8/8.30pm bottle 270mls

[Nauvoo]

My LO is 11 months old and here is what we are currently doing (we just moved her 1st bottle to after breakfast and she seems to take in much more milk this way)

7:30am breakfast - 1/2 eggo waffle and 2-3oz cut up fruit
10:00/10:30am - 9oz formula (used to have this first thing in the morning but would only take about 5-6 oz then, now she takes 9oz!!)
12:00pm lunch - 4 oz yogurt and 1/2 sandwhich w/o crust, usually peanut butter, cheese & tukey, or just cheese
2:30pm - 9oz formula
4:00pm snack - is always small, usually crackers, popcorn, or a 1/2 banana
5:30/6:00pm dinner - has what we are eating, lasagna, spaghetti, rice, or whatever is on the menu
7:00/7:30pm - 7-8oz formula

This is a good day.  She doesn't always take so much formula and some days won't eat much at dinner at all!!!

[Haileymon]

When can a baby start to eat yogurt? What type of yogurt do baby's start with?

[*Jo*]

Hi Haileymon, welcome to BW! - this thread is just for routine samples only, if you want to know more about yoghurt you can try posting in the solid foods forum to get more help with feeding