Moms of 6, 7, 8 month olds: Check In

What are your babies up to? What are their schedules?

Shane is 6.5mo. Here's his schedule:

5am: wake up/ bottle
7am: breakfast w/ brothers (1 pouch of food)
8am: bottle
11am: 8oz bottle
1pm: lunch w/ brothers (yogurt)
2pm: bottle
5pm: bottle
615pm: dinner (1 pouch of food)
8pm: bottle then bed

Lately he's been waking up a few times during the night. It's torture. We go and check on him to make sure his leg isn't stuck in the stupid crib. Our ped said we definitely should not feed him at night. Hopefully he starts STTN again soon. Yawn.

We really haven't figured out naps yet. He sleeps periodically throughout the day, but doesn't have a set "schedule" for naps.

He loves real food. I get the Plum Organics pouches from BBB and he sucks down an entire packet in no time. So convenient when we're out for the day!

This baby is such a happy baby. Loves his toys. Loves watching his brothers play. We've started standing him up at his activity table and holding him up to play. He loves it. No crawling yet, but getting close. He can easily get from 1 side of the room to the other quickly though....he just rolls all over.

I love this age!!!!!

Message edited 10/1/2012 2:36:44 PM.

Re: Moms of 6, 7, 8 month olds: Check In

see my post way down on the page about naps! hahah

Hudson and Stella are 7.5 months (6 adjusted)

We're having major schedule problems!
6am - BF and back to bed
730 or so - wake up, but usually go back to sleep for 30-60 minutes before bottle
10am - bottle of BM
11am - baby food
11:30 or 12 - nap
2pm - bottle of BM
3pm - baby food
3:30 or 4 - nap
5pm - BF
730pm - BF
8 or 8:30 - bed

Hudson is up every 1.5 hours at night. He's just ridiculous hahah

Stella does okay during the night but is up at least 2x.

They love their baby food! I've been giving them little teeny pieces of things we eat at dinner too and so far they haven't really taken to that, but they love their purees!

Stella is crawling and pulling up to stand.
Hudson is almost crawling. He can get into sitting position on his own too. He's my lil chunker!

They both loooove their big brother. Stella loves to try to play with all of Logan's cars and trucks. Hudson loves anything with music.

I'm a sleep-deprived zombie

Moms of 6, 7, 8 month olds: Check In

Kevin is 6.5 mos.

His schedule somewhat varies. He gets up around 5:30am and has a bottle. He may take a short nap after that.

He eats breakfast at 7:30 - we just started him on yogurt this weekend.

He has a bottle in between breakfast and nap.

He goes down for a long nap in the morning around 9-9:30, usually an hour and a half - 2 hrs.

He has lunch around noon - a fruit and a veggie - he usually eats the whole thing.

He has another bottle in the afternoon.

He goes down around 3pm for another nap, recently it's been on the shorter side.

He has dinner around 6pm - oatmeal and a fruit veggie combo usually, then takes a bath, has a bottle, and goes to bed.

He usually wakes up just once at night which is a DREAM compared to his big brother.

He loves playing with toys and putting things in his mouth. I started him on the wagon wheel things and arrowroot cookies this weekend and he loves them (although he makes a mess). He enjoys spending time with his big brother, taking baths and getting into things. He's not crawling yet, but, he really wants to move. He can sit up and stand on his own (you have to put him in the positions though - he can't go from laying to sitting or sitting to standing yet) and seems very frustrated that he can't move faster - he rolls a lot and has this inchworm move. I thought DS 1 moved early, this guy is going to have him beat!

He got his first tooth last week and the second one is on the way.

Message edited 10/1/2012 4:40:16 PM.

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DS is a little over 6 months old....

8am - wakes up
8:30 - fruit or yogurt
9:30 - bottle
9:45 - nap ... normally a good 1.5 to 2 hours
12:30 - fruit or yogurt
1:30 - bottle
Afternoon nap is a struggle....more like 2-3 half hour cat naps
4:30 - veggie - or may be napping
5:30 - bottle
6:30 - half hour cat nap
7:00 - veggie (if he didn't have it at 4:30)
7:30 - bath
7:45 - PJ's
8:15 - bottle
8:30 - bed - STTN

All the in between time he's either playing in his excisaucer, in his highchair with toys all over it, rolling around on the floor with the dog (lol), in his swing.

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DS turned 8 months yesterday...

Normally was waking like 6/6:30, but has been waking early. I leave him til 6, then nurse him after diaper change, etc.
8am, breakfast-- cereal and some fruit
9:15 (after DD's school drop off), nap.
10:45-11:15: Wakes up, nurses
12: Lunch-- 4 oz veggie and 4oz fruit and puffs
2: Nurse, then nap
3ish: Awake
4:30: Dinner- 4oz veggie and 4oz fruit, puffs or baby mum mums
6: Bottle of BM, then off to bed by 6:30

Now that he's gotten puffs down, I need to explore other finger foods since he loves feeding himself.

He is also doing really well with learning to drink from a straw- he gets its, but I don't think he loves the water.

He's been crawling since 6 months, and has been pulling to stand for at least a month. I swore he stood for one second by himself today. He's an animal, but is so adorable and so so happy.

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DS is 8 1/2 months old.

6-630: wake up, bottle of BM and 4oz of fruit
8am - nap, usually 2-2 1/2 hours
1130am- bottle of BM and 4oz veggies
1pm - 30 min nap
330pm - bottle of BM and snack
4pm - nap, usually 1-1 1/2 hrs
530pm- Bottle of BM and 4oz of chicken and rice
730pm - bath, bottle of BM, in bed by 8

He is doing great, but has both bottom teeth already and they are bothering him at night He isn't crawling but he is pulling to stand..he is eager to be on his feet!
He is such a good, happy kid, I hope it stays this way forever

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DD turns 7 months tomorrow. She cut both her bottom two teeth the day she turned 6 months, and started crawling and pulling herself up to stand last week... She is a maniac!!!

She is not on a very fixed schedule still I think a lot of it has to do with she doesn't sleep through the night and she is still kinda inconsistent with many things such as naps and how much she eats. Some days she is a big piggie, other days it's a battle to get her to take a bottle at all. I don't know if it's teething or what. Also she is in day care three days a week and out the door at 7:30, home with DH two days, with MIL one day, and with me one day. It's a little crazy!

IF she wakes up in the 6:00 hour, she has a bottle and goes back down. She usually wakes up for good between 7-8am.
7:30-8am 1/2 container of fruit and maybe some cereal or baby yogurt, puffs
8:30-9am bottle
11-11:30 lunch- veggie
12:00 bottle
3-3:30 bottle
4:30-5 veggie, puffs
6-6:30 veggie
7:30-8 bottle and down

But alas, she still gets up anywhere from 1-3x a night....

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Ds is 7 mo old and he still plays in his tiny gyms most of the time, sometimes in his exersaucer. But he hasn't quite figured out how to jump and stand in his exersaucer well. He rolls a lot and does the inchworm thing too

Here's his schedule:

6:30 - wake up, bf
7:15 - 1st nap
9:30 - wake up, bf, play
11:30 - cereal + veggie
12 - bf, 2nd nap
2:30 - wake up, bf, play
4pm - bf, 3rd nap
5pm - wake up, walk outside
7pm - bf, cereal + veggie
9pm -bf, STTN

Ds started sleeping through the night around 3mo, regressed at 4mo bc we had to transition out of rnp and then went back to STTN at 5 mo. I used to comfort nurse and put him down when just before he would completely fall asleep. Then around 4 mo did gradual sleep training. Best thing ever!

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DS turned 7 months today. His schedule is:

7am: 2 tbsp cereal with half a jar of fruit.
8am:6oz bottle
11am:6oz bottle
12-1: half a jar of fruit and half jar veggie
2-3: bottle
usually he starts getting fussy around 4:30-5: so I'll give him 4oz bottle
5:30-6: cereal, fruit and veggie
7:30:6oz bottle and bed

Lately DS has also been waking up several times a night. Last night he was up at 10:45, 1, 2 and 4. He used to sleep through the night and now he's waking at night. It is driving me crazy. When I was home for the summer he slept through the night, now that I am back at work he doesn't STTN anymore.

He just learned to roll from back to front and is trying to sit up on his own. He was 2 months premature so he's a little behind others his age, but he is usually happy and loves to be outside!

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8.5mos
6:30 up for the day, 6oz bottle
7am: breakfast (jar or eggs/pancakes/yogurt depending on time)
9:00: nap
10:30ish - up, next 6oz bottle
12pm: lunch (jar or table food, or mix of both)
2:30: bottle
4:30: dinner (jar or table food, depends)
7:00: 6oz bottle and bed

Crawling, starting to pull up, , can get from stomach to sitting position, eats every spec of dust or fuzz off the floor, says Mama, Dada, Nana and Boom (when something falls), shakes head no at appropriate times, starter to get better at the pincer grasp. Much more interactive and definitely gets angry when DC does not get their way, understands "no-no". Can drink from a sippy with straw, No teeth yet.

VERY VERY VERY happy and easy baby. So laid back, goes to sleep with no problem for naps and bedtime, just lays down awake and falls asleep within 5 minutes and that is it until morning.

Message edited 10/2/2012 12:18:56 PM.

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My baby is 7 months already! and has 8 teeth (4 top and 4 bottom!). He's such a happy, smiley baby! He can sit, but isn't crawling yet. He loves sleeping on his belly, but I never put him that way! He gets 3-4 nursing sessions a day and 3 meals (he's a great eater!)

He wakes between 8-9 am. I nurse him and then he plays a little and I get his breakfast ready. Usually oatmeal with a fruit (I make his fruits and veggies).

He goes down for a nap between 11-11:30 and will sleep 1 or 2 hours.

Lunch around 2 pm (or when he wakes from morning nap). Usually about 4 ounces worth!! (Two containers of my homemade stuff, which is 2 ounces each).

I nurse him about 3 pm and he goes down for his second nap. At which time of day my older 2 come home and I do HW with them while the baby naps.

He wakes about 5, we have dinner at 6. After dinner he plays, hangs out with his older siblings and when he starts to get cranky, he gets his PJs on and I nurse him before bed.

He's in bed between 8:30 and 9 pm. sleeps through the night until 8-9 am. We're lucky!

Message edited 10/3/2012 12:25:29 AM.

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My baby is 8 1/2 mos. Naps 3 times a day. Twice, if his midday nap is longer than one hour. I'm not a stickler for schedules so he just naps when he's sleepy, which turns out to be around the same time every day. :)

He is starting to crawl. Mostly just rocking, but he's a persistent little fellow. He stood up in his crib for the first time two days ago and has been going to bed later than usuall because he wants to keep practicing!

He cut his first tooth a month ago and the second came soon after (bottom two). His gums have been extra swollen lately.

He babbles a lot. Mostly "mama", "dada" and lately something that sounds like "doug" "dog" or "duck"..we have neither.

Shakes his head "no". Refuses to hold his own bottle. Self feeds with the organic puffs.


Sleeps thru the night, most nights. Sleeps in his own room, in his crib.

I can go on and on....


ETA: The past few weeks have been crazy between teething and now a cold, DS is up more often than I can count on some nights and then STTN on others.

Message edited 10/3/2012 12:41:49 AM.