Some ideas on 5/6 month old feeding pattern?

Question

My son is 5 months old and I just started him on carrots about 3 days ago, he also eats rice cereal, I was wondering what kind of schedule everyone has they're 5/6 month old babies on, how much they eat and when? I know my son won't be the same, just to give me an idea. He is also nursing about every 3 hours, wont take a bottle with breastmilk, refuses it! Thanks in advance everyone!

I don't know if it makes a difference on how much he should get, but he's a very big baby, he weighs almost 23lbs.

He's always been a big baby, he was 9lbs 10oz at birth, so I haven't fed him too much to make him that big... just so everyone knows, I don't want people thinking that I'm overfeeding him!

Answer 1

My son is 6 months old. We did rice cereal for about 2.5 weeks when he was 5 months old. We then continued with the rice cereal, but added in different vegetables every 3-4 days. So far, he's had carrots, sweet potatoes, pea, and green beans. This weekend I'll be starting on fruit. We go slowly with him, because he's not the best with change.

Right now, he has about 30-32oz of formula each day and it's usually a bottle between 7-8am, 11-11:30am, 3-3:30pm, and 7-7:30pm. Sometimes he needs about 4-5oz at 5am and sometimes not. He eats his solids just once a day now between 5 and 5:30pm, but I am planning on adding another solid meal at lunchtime next week, so I'm expecting his formula intake to drop slightly with that. But maybe not, since he's still growing.

My son is only about 18 pounds, so obviously, yours should be able to eat more. I would guess every 3 hours nursing is fine to keep up with and that you could add more solids in gradually working up to twice and then 3x per day as long as he seems hungry for them.

Good luck!

Answer 2

I have big babies too. People love to tell me that I overfeed them...but the doctor always tells "don't change a thing, they're perfect" My daughter is now about to be 2 and has thinned out. She is tall and skinny. She used to be a chubby thing. You know your baby best, just remember that.

Now to answer your question. When my big boy (21 lbs at 6 mos) was the age of your little one, he was getting about 6 oz bottles about every 3 hours. both my kids hated cereal. he would also eat a small jar of the #1 gerbers in the am and maybe one in the afternoon. I think that they are 2 oz jars. I would feed him gerber about 2 hours after a bottle so that I knew he was hungry but not so hungry that all he would want is a bottle.

He is now 7 1/2 mos and this is his schedule: 8 oz formula every 4 hours...4x/day...and 2 1/2 jars of gerber. he basically eats every 2 hours. give or take. sometimes he skips his morning fruit and sometimes he eats 2! sometimes he skips dinner etc.

Answer 3

I never had my little guy on a "set schedule". When ever he was hungry he let me know! LOL I breast fed him for 14 months and I had a hard time getting him to take a bottle. I tried every type of nipple out there and finally found one he liked. I also wrapped one of my used shirts around the bottle. Babies find comfort in mommies smell. Hold him like you would nursing him and offer him the bottle. Good Luck!

Answer 4

I didnt start my son on cereal until he was 6 months so his schedule was breastmilk whenever wherever. But now that hes almost 7 months he has breastmilk until about 1-2pm. Then he gets a bowl (about 6 oz) of cereal/oatmeal mix and a 6 oz juice/water mixture. Then he nurses until 7-8pm. At that time he gets about two bowls of cereal/oatmeal and another 6oz juice/water. He nurses again before bed at 10pm too. But when he nurses, its about every three hours. Your doing great, dont worry.

Answer 5

It does sound like she's having a great style of feeds an afternoon for a 4 month previous? Newborns would desire to consume each 2-3 hours yet 4 month olds could be lasting 3-4 hours. at first, i'd get a 2d opinion with reference to the load, i'd argue that's not an argument in the type of youthful toddler. fantastically quickly (in some months' time), she'll be crawling which will burn up a great style of energy, so a great toddler particularly isn't something to agonize approximately precise now. you could introduce solids from 4 months onwards, completely effectively. yet she could in basic terms be having 4-5 feeds an afternoon now, 6 max. attempt giving her breakfast, then following with solids (the two my 2 have hated toddler cereal, i'd advise a candy vegetable puree like pumpkin, carrot, butternut or a fruit like mango/banana/paw paw and so on rather of the cereal). If she's complete after breakfast (and it sounds to me like she is a hungry toddler and desires the solids now, i began my youngest at 4 months as she needed it too), she could be waiting to final til late morning earlier she desires greater foodstuff. that's properly worth spacing the feeds out now, or you would be spending all day feeding her. in basic terms as an occasion, my youngest (now 7 a million/2 months) has been on 4-5 feeds with the aid of fact 4 months previous. She has breakfast at 7/7.30, lunch around eleven, tea around 3pm, and dinner around 5.30pm approx. She sleeps in the process the nighttime, is putting on the proper quantity of weight, and is in basic terms superb. She additionally loves each new flavor I grant her :-) whilst it is composed of quantities, in basic terms make up in basic terms a sprint at a time - you will quickly locate out how plenty she needs. My youngest at present wolfs down 180mls of formulation, and a couple of ice cubes of solids (I specifically make my own, positioned it into ice cube trays and freeze it. Very available for throwing a meal at the same time later, having each thing already interior the freezer!). whilst she gets complete, she'll stop establishing her mouth, look away, or get bypass with you :-) in basic terms bypass with the bypass and revel interior the approach!

Answer 6

with my kids I fed them solids at about meal times. As you probably know schedule is god to a baby so try not to mess with that. Just try one food at a time and only start out with a couple of ounces with b milk however he likes to take it lol (sorry breast feeding I'm not equipped to deal with) and remember food is an adventure for your baby and hes not going to like everything. Have fun!

Answer 7

Your doin fine, at 23 lbs hes not missing out .
just keep offering hell keep eating.
good luck