6,7,8 month olds... feeding and napping schedule? I need some help

DS is 7 months and for the past almost 2 months his schedule has been

7 am bottle
730 solids

9/10 nap

12 bottle
1230 solids

2 nap

4 bottle
430 solids

6ish nap (but Im usually waking him up to feed then right to bed)

730/8 bottle
bed



Now I have been going from naps in the swing to naps in his crib so his 1- 2 hour naps are now 30-40 min maybe 1 hour (hoping this will improve, because he NEEDS more than that)

I feel like now since he isnt napping long enough he is crashing after that 12pm bottle (before I can give him solids).

I was thinking of changing it to
11 bottle
1130 solids

1:00 nap

3 bottle
330 solids

5:00 nap

this way he can nap after that but before bed so I dont have to wake him up.

He seems to definetly NEED 3 naps. What do you think?

Can you please share your scheudles for both?

For those that have earlier bed time than 8pm how do you get in 4 bottles? I think DS may be able to just go to bed earlier, but than he would only get 3 bottles, about 21-24 ounces.

Re: 6,7,8 month olds... feeding and napping schedule? I need some help

My ds is 8 months. His schedule seems to be changing too! Right now it looks like this...

7:15-7:30 bottle
8 "breakfast"

930 nap

11-11:30 bottle
12-"lunch"

12:30-1ish nap


3:30-4:00 bottle
5:00 Dinner

7:30 Bottle
bed

Naps used to be almost 2 hours but now he's only been sleeping 1-1.5 hrs each nap. He's definitely tired early evening, but he usually doesn't take a 3rd nap.

Re: 6,7,8 month olds... feeding and napping schedule? I need some help

My boys are 7.5 months. Here's their latest schedule.

7am: WAKE UP then fruit (1 jar each) and a few banana pieces to eat by hand or some other finger food like a pancake; then a 6oz bottle

9:30am: nap (I'm lucky if we get 1/2 hour)

10am: 7oz bottle

1pm: 1 YoBaby 3-in-1 meal each; a few grapes or some cheese; then 4-5 oz bottle

1:30pm: nap (usually 30-45 min)

4pm: 7oz bottle

5:45pm: quick nap (like 10-15 min)

7pm: 1 jar each of veggies; try to give them some kind of finger food too, then a 6oz bottle

7:30pm: bed

They have never been big nappers but, thanks to CIO, both sleep for almost 12 hours at night!

Re: 6,7,8 month olds... feeding and napping schedule? I need some help

7 months:

7am wake
Nurse
Breakfast (oatmeal, pancakes, waffles, fruit)

9am Nurse and Nap

11-11:30 Wake up
Lunch (pasta, grilled cheese, yogurt)

2pm- Nurse then another nap 2-4

Dinner @ 5ish (whatever I make)

Nurse at 7 and Bed

Re: 6,7,8 month olds... feeding and napping schedule? I need some help

if he is falling asleep after the 12pm bottle and you dont get to feed him solids just switch it and give him the solids first then the bottle
that is what i do cause my dds always fall asleep with the bottle

Message edited 1/12/2011 2:26:03 PM.

Re: 6,7,8 month olds... feeding and napping schedule? I need some help

we do bottle 7 11 3 and 7 with food right after naps usually exactly in between. than shes asleep by 7:30.

Re: 6,7,8 month olds... feeding and napping schedule? I need some help

Re: 6,7,8 month olds... feeding and napping schedule? I need some help

Re: 6,7,8 month olds... feeding and napping schedule? I need some help

I just posted this yesterday on a similar thread...copying and pasting what i wrote yesterday:

My 6.5 mo old DD's schedule...she is just dropping a bottle now - going from 4 bottles to 3...I love her new schedule. She is early to drop to 3 bottles though but she takes big bottles so ped gave the ok. She said as long as she's getting at least 18-20oz of formula a day that's ok...

7-8am Wake up & 8 oz bottle
9:30am - cereal & fruit
10am - Nap
Noon - Lunch (yogurt or fruit/veggie with cereal)
1pm - Nap
3-4pm - 8 oz bottle
5-6pm - Veggie
7-8pm - 8oz bottle & bed

Her morning nap varies. It used to only be 1 hour but lately she's been sleeping later in the morning so going down for a later morning nap. Since doing this, her morning nap has been 3 hours which makes her only take a catnap afternoon nap. I'm wondering if this means she's ready to drop her morning nap and just give me 1 long nap. She just started this so I have to see what happens. I think she's young to be dropping a nap but we will see.

Adding that today she did 2 naps. Her morning nap was 1.5 hr and her afternoon nap was closer to 2 hours. She does not usually take 3 naps ever. If she seems exhausted she'll do an early evening half hour cat nap but that is it.
Before dropping to the 3 bottles - that just happened this week after a checkup - she didn't have "Lunch"...we only gave her breakfast and dinner so she had a bottle around noon instead of the lunch. Like i said she takes big bottles - 8oz so I was feeling the same way as you....there was just not enough hours in her day for 4 bottles now that we've added food....if I want to get her to bed at a nice hour. Before we added food at all and it was just bottles she slept from 7-7...now she goes down later closer to 8. My goal is to get her back to the 7pm bedtime. She needs it and so do we. I am working towards this. Loving the only 3 bottles though...if you think your DC can handle just 3 bottles give it a try...like I said my ped said it doesn't matter if we give it in 3, 4 or 5 bottles...it's the amt of oz that matters not in how many bottles we give it.

Sorry so long - HTH. I am a psycho about scheduling...so sorry for all the detail.

Re: 6,7,8 month olds... feeding and napping schedule? I need some help

MY DD IS 7.5 MONTHS

her schedule is

wake 7 am bottle
play until 9 ish and nap until 10:30
10:30- 1/2 jar and oatmeal with bottle
12-12:30 down for a nap
when she gets up bottle (usually 2ish)
2:00 bottle
5:00 1/2 jar oatmeal bottle
7:00 bottle
bedtime right after that bottle


her schedule seems to change almost everyday lately. shes getting 2 teeth and has been miserable