Moms of 7-9 month olds - can you please share your feeding schedule?

I am curious how many times a day you feed them, at what times, and what they eat. I am having an awful time with my 8 month old DS and end up giving him 5 small meals a day, 2 of them being a bottle, and I know that is just not good! Thanks.

Message edited 8/6/2007 6:44:07 PM.

Re: Moms of 7-9 month olds - can you please share your feeding schedule?

i have a 7 month old and he eats anywhere from 18 to 25 oz of formula a day and he wil have 2 to 3 solid meals a day

wake up 5.30 6 am eats 4 or 5 oz

around 9am 1 to 2 tbsp oat cereal and 1/2 stage 1 fruit

at noon 1/2 stage 2 veg sometimes a whole one

at 5pm another stage 2 veg and 1 stage 1 fruit

formula is fed every 3 hours 4 to 5 oz at a time

6pm asleep

hope this helps im finding feeding solids and introducing new ones very overwelming sometimes but just go by what your child wants you cant feed a baby that isnt hungry somedays my dc eats more than others

Re: Moms of 7-9 month olds - can you please share your feeding schedule?

Molly is 9 months and her schedule is usually close to this:

AM bottle- 8oz-7ish
7:30 breakfast-cheerios, baby cereal and a little fruit

10:30ish-snack of either puffs, diced fruit, crackers, cheses, banana

Noon-usually a yogurt with some finger foods

Before naptime about 1pm- 8oz bottle

3pm-another snack

5pm-dinner...usually whatever we are eating within reason, chicken, sweet potatoes, ham, turkey, fruit,

6:30-7ish- 8oz bottle

7:30 bed

Re: Moms of 7-9 month olds - can you please share your feeding schedule?

I am so glad to see that I am not the only one that feeds more than 3 times per day! He is still choking on solids but refuses to eat baby food, so we are just having a hard time.

And I cannot believe your kids go to bed so early - my son only sleeps for 9 hours tops so I don't put him to sleep until 9pm.

Re: Moms of 7-9 month olds - can you please share your feeding schedule?

Ds is 8 months and this is usually the routine:
7:00- rice cereal (2 oz of formula)
and stage 2 fruit
11:00- 6 oz formula
2:00-yougurt, 2 oz formula
5: 1 stage 2 dinner, 2 oz formula
8: 8 oz formula

Re: Moms of 7-9 month olds - can you please share your feeding schedule?

DD is 7 months. She has 4 meals a day, 3 solid, 1 liquid. We're having a problem lately getting her to drink her formula at meals, so I've been giving her them a little before each meal.

Breakfast- 2 T oatmeal and 1/2 stage 2 fruit, formula

Lunch- 1/2 fruit, 1/2 veggie, formula

Snack- formula (used to be dinner bottle, just doesn't want it)

Dinner- Stage 2 meat/dinner, fruit or veggie, water

Bedtime- 8 oz bottle

* all other bottles are 6 oz, but she doesn't take more than 24 oz a day

Re: Moms of 7-9 month olds - can you please share your feeding schedule?

DS is 9 months old

8:30am breakfast- we vary between an Eggo waffle, an egg with cheese, cheerios, toast with cream cheese
and then he gets a 6oz bottle

around 11am snack- either puffs, crackers, goldfish, fruit, cheese, dried fruit

1:30pm lunch- either yogurt, sliced turkey or chicken and cheese, cottage cheese and fruit
and a 6oz bottle

around 3:30 snack- same options as above

6:30 dinner- either whatever is on our table (pasta, meatballs, turkey or veggie burgers, mixed veggies) or I'll give him a Gerber Graduates and veggies
and a 6oz bottle

7-7:30 bedtime

Re: Moms of 7-9 month olds - can you please share your feeding schedule?

9am jar of oatmeal/pears/apples or bananas

11 am bottle

1 pm chicken/rice and peas

3pm bottle

6pm chicken and vegetables and fruit

8pm bottle

Re: Moms of 7-9 month olds - can you please share your feeding schedule?

Lance is 8 months old

he will wake up around 7am & have an 8 oz bottle
Around 8:30 I will give him Oatmeal mixed with fruit & yogurt.
11am another 6-8oz bottle
2pm stage 2 fruit & veggie with juice
3pm 6-8oz bottle
6:30 stage 2 fruit & veggie
7:30 8 oz bottle
I try to feed him a snack in between meals. The only solid food I can get him to eat is cheese. He has 7 teeth & refuses to chew.

Re: Moms of 7-9 month olds - can you please share your feeding schedule?