6 month old schedule

I'm a little late to the game getting my DD on some sort of schedule. I am just starting one today and I have some questions.

How many naps during the day does/did your LO take? How many times do they drink BM/formula and eat solids?

If you wouldn't mind sharing your schedule, if appreciate it

Re: 6 month old schedule

DS is only 5.5 months, but we have a very loose schedule. He has a bottle 4-5 times a day. And takes about 3 naps a day. We haven't started solids yet, but plan to this weekend. Here's how our day usually goes:

7:30- wake up
8:30- bottle
9:30-10ish- down for nap
1:00- bottle
1:30-2ish- down for a nap
5:00- bottle
5:30-6ish- down for a nap
9:00- bottle
10:00- down for the night

He sometimes wakes up in the middle of the night for a bottle, but not every night.

When we start solids I plan to put them in around 1:30 and 5:30 and then put him down for naps after.

Re: 6 month old schedule

At 7 months was when my pretty regimented DD went from 3 naps a day to 2 naps a day. (Just figured I would lead with that should you start a schedule and then find yourself modifying it relatively quickly.) we still haven't worked all the kinks.

Message edited 3/31/2014 12:26:14 PM.

Re: 6 month old schedule

Re: 6 month old schedule

Posted by IVFmiracle

At 7 months was when my pretty regimented DD went from 3 naps a day to 2 naps a day. (Just figured I would lead with that should you start a schedule and then find yourself modifying it relatively quickly.) we still haven't worked all the kinks.

6 month old schedule

This has been my 6 month olds schedule for a while... yet he has been fighting the naps lately

730 - wake, oatmeal/fruit, bottle
945- nap for about an hour
1130- vegetable, bottle
1245-230- nap (if he goes that long)
330- oatmeal/fruit, bottle
445-515- cat nap
645- bottle
730- bed
He sleeps 12 hrs at night

edited for typo

Message edited 3/31/2014 12:49:17 PM.

Re: 6 month old schedule

7:30am - wake - 8 oz. formula with two tablespoons oatmeal cereal.

9-9:45am - nap

10:15am - two stage two jars (4.5 oz each) - usually yogurt, apples, blueberries, bananas, anything like that.

12pm - nap for an hour

1:15pm - 8 ounces formula and one more jar of stage two veggies - usually sweet potatoes or carrots.

3pm - nap for an hour

4:15pm - 8 ounces of formula and one more jar of stage two something - sometimes chicken, sometimes another veggie, sometimes green peas.

NO NAP - but usually very pleasant

6:45pm - 8 oz. formula with two tablespoons of oatmeal cereal.

In bed out cold by 7pm and sleep straight until 7am.

He is an eater! And a good sleeper! Great kid. He'll be seven months on April 9th.

Re: 6 month old schedule

DS2 just turned 7 months and this is what we do:

He takes 3 naps per day. His 1st 2 naps are each about 1hr20-1hr30min long. His last nap is anywhere from 40 minutes -1hr30. I put him down for a nap about 2 hours after he wakes each time. He's EBF and nurses about every 4 hours now, and has solids in between nursing sessions.

Approx. schedule, every day is diff since I nurse on demand and he sleeps more/less

7AM - wakes up, nurses
8:30ish - 3 tbsp oatmeal w/ BM plus 2oz of apple, prune, etc
9AM - Nap #1 (until about 10:30)
11AM - nurses
12:30PM - NAP #2 (until almost 2)
2 PM - 3oz veggie
3PM - Nurses
4PM - Nap #3 (sometimes this one is short but still 45min-1hr 20)
5:30 - 3 tbsp oatmeal w/BM plus squash, or carrots and peas, etc, maybe 1oz fruit also
7:15PM Nurses (I nurse him to sleep) Usually asleep by 7:30PM.

He's 21lbs. Until 2 weeks ago he was nursing every 2.5-3 hours but suddenly started going longer. He wakes 1 x night and nurses a little. I think it's for comfort at this point and plan to CIO next week.

Re: 6 month old schedule

Thanks for sharing everyone. I appreciate the input