What kind of schedule is (was) your 10-month old on?

Question

How many naps, how long are their naps, when and how much solid food. I would prefer answers from breastfeeding moms, mine still nurses about 15 times a day.

Thanks little momma....that's pretty much what I do with her. She's all over the place with her eating and sleeping times LOL.

I'm not trying to wean her or anything, I'm just curious what other babies her age are doing. What we do works great for us.

Answer 1

My daughter used to take about 2-4 naps daily at 10 months old. She wasn't eating any solids (neither were any of my older kids at the same age), and was nursing and sleeping whenever *she* needed to.

How many times a day do you hug your daughter? I bet you have *no* idea, right? You don't need to count how often she nurses or naps, either. Just give her what *she* needs---regardless of what other parents do--and she'll be fine!

Answer 2

I always let my babies make their own schedule. It was a lot easier. And as hard as it may seem, some babies just don't want to nap.

As for solid foods, don't sweat it. I think this age is ok to start, but it's not necessary. You don't need to use the jars or the baby cereal. Bananas are nice for a first and avacadoes. Both are easy to mash up and store in the refrigerator for a couple of days. Don't force it. Try a couple of spoonfuls at first. If your baby doesn't seem interested, give it another month. They'll let you know when they need more. I think I also did most of my solid food beginnings earlier in the day when they seem more alert and interested.

This was a very helpful book. http://www.superbabyfood.com/ You can find it in any book store.

Answer 3

sounds like your baby needs more solid foods, try cereals and fruits for breakfast maybe some meats and veggies for lunch and the same for dinner(all baby foods of course) you can all so try putting him/her in a highchair and putting a few cheerios on the tray,as for naps no more than 3 a day and only for an hour or hour and a half for each try these things and soon the baby will be on a schedule I went through all of this with my youngest and she was a breast fed baby snacks are a must at this age so find what the child likes and keep a supply of it on hand

Answer 4

Sorry, i didn't breastfeed (tried and couldn't) but I actually NEVER had my daughter on schedule. She just told me what she wanted.

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She does have an approx. time that she goes to take naps. She goes for a nap between 11 AM and 2 PM (one nap) and her bedtime is somewhere between 8 and 10. I had to sleep "train" her to go to bed on her own and too sleep through the night. The whole thing where you let them cry for 5 min and then 10 min and then 15 min and so on. The next night you start at 10 min. I used this to get her to go to sleep on her own and then to get her to sleep through the night.

She wakes around 7 AM and usually wakes us up between 9 and 11 (I think she naps in there). She gets breakfast when she wakes up. Plays and snacks when she is hungry (she always has goldfish, cherrios, and animal crackers at all times, she is a bottomless pit). If she gets up closer to 9 she goes down around 11 for about 2 to 3 hours and if she gets up closer to 11 she goes down around 2 for about an hour or two. She has lunch when she gets up from nap (or before depending on what time she goes down) and then has dinner with us (snacking again in the middle) and then bed between 8 and 10 (sometimes eats deserts with us).

I guess written down it isn't exactly all over the place. Also my daughter is 17 months old and we just might be use to it. By the time she was 10 months old she had weaned herself off the bottle (prefered cups and food) during the day and only took them for naps and bedtime and by the time she was 11 months only for bed and then when she turned one I took ALL the bottles and packed them away! Might want to consider weaning and increasing solids.

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By the way, the "schedule" she is on. She made herself. You might want to "guide" your baby into a some what decent "schedule". I hate ridged schedules myself!

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Okay, I am glad that breastfeeding is going so great! I would have LOVED to have been able to breastfeed my daughter. But I kinda meant for nighttime, sorry if that wasn't clear. I mean she can still have her nighttime nursing before bed but don't let her fall asleep while nursing and if she wants something to drink, you can offer a cup of water (sometimes they are just thirsty) or a bottle. But do whatever works best for you. Also she may become more regular on his feeding times if you do increase the solids.

Sorry, I didn't mean to suggest the weaning the way I did. I NEVER ment to wean COMPLETELY, just to give her more table foods (unless you like her nursing 15 times a day, I just noticed the people below saying that is a lot, I don't pretend to know about breastfeeding) and she may not nurse as much. I just let my daughter eat until she seems no longer interested (or now she hands me her plate).

Enjoy the cuddle time of breastfeeding, when my daughter was still tiny (until probably 3 months old when she started solids) and I had to give up on breastfeeding I would still unbutton my shirt for the skin to skin contact (very good for baby) during bottle feeding and would hold her close (and recommend my fiance to do the same). Now she is a very loving child. I just meant to wean in the since to let her have more table foods (or baby food which ever she is on, my daughter was on table foods at this age) not to take the breast away completely.

Answer 5

I know what worked for me was to get a strict schedule down early, and stick to it, and try not to get to far away from my times. I worked a 3rd shift job at the time of breastfeeding so the times would hafta be messed around but what i did was definately cut down the nursing amounts (#of times) so i could start bringing in more veggies and fruits, i made all of my own baby foods but continued to pump so i could mix it in and use it in sippy cups. but our day was kinda like this:

she would get up around 730am, and nurse for about 20 mins, then i would give her whatever was the weekly food (fruit/veggie) and a bit of crackers or cereal. then at about 1030 it would be wind down time to nap for about an hour then bath time, play time, with music, baby massage, and books, along with another round of nursing and more dry cereals, and food of the week. then after about 30 of wind down again it was time for crib music and another 45 min nap. then some mommy time, nursing and rockin hummin and loving then pajama time and belly time till i had to go to work. seemed to work out great!

i still work a 3rd shift job 3 days a week and she is now 4 and we are still on a similar schedule except for the nursing, we still have scheduled chores we do together, and nap times, and play time, cuddling, and learning times, i highly reccommend a schedulae that u both can live with. good luck

Answer 6

15 times a day sounds like a lot but if it's working for you then that's fine. My daughter at ten months woke up at 7 AM, ate, played, napped at 9 AM, ate, played, napped around 2 PM, ate and played, ate some more, then went to bed at 7 PM.

She usually napped for 2 hours at a time. I gave her baby food for lunch and dinner and she had milk at every feeding.

Answer 7

WOW...15 times a day! Quite a snacker, huh? LOL

My daughter is 11 months old now. I exclusively Breastfed her for 6 months, then introduced solids. Now she Breastfeeds 5 times a day, for 10+ minutes each session.

She wakes up at 7:30am. Nurses
Breakfast at 8:00am: 2 oz oatmeal cereal, and 4 oz fruit. Also finger food bananas and Kix until she is showing signs of disinterest/being full.
Nap at 10:30. For anywhere to 40 min to 2 hours (I never know!)
Nurses when waking
Lunch at Noon: 6 oz jar of Gerber 3rd food. Self feeds some crackers, canned peas (she LOVES)
Nurses to sleep at 2:30pm. Sleeps for 1 1/2 to 2 hours
4pm Awakes, maybe nurses some more if interested.
Has some snack diced fruit and crackers
6pm Dinner: 2 oz Mixed cereal, and 6 oz jar Gerber 3rd food. Also variety of self feeding practice (usually whatever we are having for dinner if safe for her).
8:15pm Nurse to sleep
(Waking at 1am and 6am for nursing at night)

Remember....every kid is different. Some LOVE LOVE LOVE to nurse because it is MUCH more than just food for them. It is emotionally satisfying to them personally Other kids are more independent, and like to experience other foods so they cut back on nursing.

I don't know if there is any "normal". This is just our scenario.