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ANR1211
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Please share feeding schedule for DC
DS is 5 months old. He eats 2 meals of oatmeal/fruit or veggie a day and also has bottles. I haven't put him on a schedule yet - he's always been feed on demand. I figured he'd fall into a schedule, but he hasn't.
I'm trying to get him on a schedule because he's been pushing his last bottle back to 9-10pm and then going to bed around 10:30. I want him to go down for the night around 8, so I need to push his last bottle earlier. I just want to get an idea of what other people are doing so I can have a guideline while trying to nail down a schedule for DS. Thanks!
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VTTG0609
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Re: Please share feeding schedule for DC
I nurse ds at 630am he gets food at 730
I nurse him at 830 before nap
He sleeps and I nurse him at 11
Than nap
Than nurse him at 3
Food at 5
Nurse 630 to bed
We are a pretty strict schedule
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| Posted 7/6/13 3:02 PM |
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NYCGirl80
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Re: Please share feeding schedule for DC
DS is 5 months old, too, and we basically feed on demand. He likes to eat about every 3-4 hours and takes his last bottle around 9pm, going to bed at 9:30.
Is there a particular reason you want to push his bedtime up 2.5 hours? He might just naturally prefer a later bedtime, especially in the summer when it's light out until almost 9pm.
You can try pushing it up about 15 minutes every 3 or so days and see if it works. But personally, I prefer to go by DS's natural preferences.
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| Posted 7/6/13 3:03 PM |
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islandersgirl74
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Re: Please share feeding schedule for DC
DD is on a pretty good schedule. She usually takes 5 oz every 3 hours. She gets her cereal about an hour to an hour and a half after her morning bottle. She takes a few naps during the day that last between 30 min to an hour. Her last bottle is usually anywhere between 8 and 10.
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| Posted 7/6/13 5:17 PM |
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ANR1211
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Re: Please share feeding schedule for DC
Posted by NYCGirl80
DS is 5 months old, too, and we basically feed on demand. He likes to eat about every 3-4 hours and takes his last bottle around 9pm, going to bed at 9:30.
Is there a particular reason you want to push his bedtime up 2.5 hours? He might just naturally prefer a later bedtime, especially in the summer when it's light out until almost 9pm.
You can try pushing it up about 15 minutes every 3 or so days and see if it works. But personally, I prefer to go by DS's natural preferences.
He used to go to bed around 8. I don't know what changed that has made it so much later, but, while it's fine now, I need him to go to bed by 8-8:30 when I go back to work in September because I get up at 5am and I still have a lot to do after he goes to bed! We're going to CIO in a month to get him used to having a bedtime for when I go back to work. I don't want it to be a culture shock that his bedtime is going to be so much earlier. We've always been very laid back about schedules, but I want to straighten it all out while I'm off for the summer!
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| Posted 7/6/13 8:32 PM |
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NYCGirl80
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Re: Please share feeding schedule for DC
Posted by ANR1211
Posted by NYCGirl80
DS is 5 months old, too, and we basically feed on demand. He likes to eat about every 3-4 hours and takes his last bottle around 9pm, going to bed at 9:30.
Is there a particular reason you want to push his bedtime up 2.5 hours? He might just naturally prefer a later bedtime, especially in the summer when it's light out until almost 9pm.
You can try pushing it up about 15 minutes every 3 or so days and see if it works. But personally, I prefer to go by DS's natural preferences.
He used to go to bed around 8. I don't know what changed that has made it so much later, but, while it's fine now, I need him to go to bed by 8-8:30 when I go back to work in September because I get up at 5am and I still have a lot to do after he goes to bed! We're going to CIO in a month to get him used to having a bedtime for when I go back to work. I don't want it to be a culture shock that his bedtime is going to be so much earlier. We've always been very laid back about schedules, but I want to straighten it all out while I'm off for the summer!
Gotcha. Makes sense. Then I'd try moving his bedtime up 15 minutes each night. But make sure you get all his bottles throughout the day in, so space them accordingly to the intended bedtime.
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| Posted 7/6/13 8:58 PM |
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maymama
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Re: Please share feeding schedule for DC
DD is 5.5 months
6am bottle (6oz)
9am bottle (6oz)
nap 930-1130
1230 bottle (6oz)
2-330 nap
330 bottle (6oz)
445 fruit or veggie
615 bottle (6oz)
630/7 bed
we just started solids
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| Posted 7/6/13 9:04 PM |
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Puppy-Love
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Re: Please share feeding schedule for DC
What time is his last nap of the day? I always struggle with DD's bedtime and I think it's because she is very awake and alert at night and her last nap is too late!
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| Posted 7/6/13 11:43 PM |
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ANR1211
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Re: Please share feeding schedule for DC
Posted by Puppy-Love
What time is his last nap of the day? I always struggle with DD's bedtime and I think it's because she is very awake and alert at night and her last nap is too late!
He varies with naps. He used to nap from 6:30-7 when he was going to bed at 8. Now, he gets really cranky and sometimes takes a nap around 7:30, which pushes bedtime back to 10ish. I've tried making the 7:30 nap his bedtime, but he wakes up around 11 if I put him down then and the rest of the night is a disaster!
Out of nowhere, he went down at 8pm last night and slept until 8:15 this morning with no wakeups! I hope he's moving his schedule back!
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| Posted 7/7/13 4:21 PM |
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