I think my 6 month old is ready to be on a schedule for feedings and naps but I'm not sure how to go about it. I would like her to start having 2 possibly even 3 "meals" a day (cereal, babyfood and fingerfoods) she usually takes 2 long naps a day, occasionally a short 3rd one in the evening. So my question is, would this schedule be reasonable and what changes would you make?
7am 7oz bottle
8am cereal and 1/4 jar fruit
10am nap
11am 7oz bottle
12pm 1/2 jar food and some finger food
1:30pm nap
3:30pm 7oz bottle and snack
7pm 1/2 jar food and finger food
If needed another bottle before bed
2007-03-02 06:33:20 · 5 answers · asked by totspotathome 5 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
First of all she has almost 4 teeth (one is still coming through) and second, she mashes food with her gums, the doctor encourages her eating table foods.
2007-03-02 06:43:24 · update #1
First thing in the morning, big bottle...6 oz usually
After first nap, rice cereal as soon as she wakes, followed by fruit (or mixed together...depending on my mood that day).
4 oz Bottle about 45 min to hour later
After second nap, 1/2 jar veggie
4 oz Bottle about 45 min to hour later
After third nap, 1/2 jar veggie, followed by 4 oz bottle, then 2 oz bottle right before bed
I hope that made sense. I'm a little slow today due to a sever lack of sleep.
2007-03-02 06:47:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That sounds like a lot of food for a 6 month old. My son is 6 months and take about 4 bottles a day and a jar of food and he's HUGE (95th percentile). 6 months is still a baby. Why not bottles every 4 hours (6-8 ozs) and a 1/2 jar with lunch and a 1/2 at dinner. You have to remember, they still need to eat about 24+ ozs of formula for all the nutrients
2007-03-02 07:32:03 · answer #2 · answered by Hayden's Mommy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is pretty much the schedule my son is on except in the evenings he eats around 6 or 6:15. He doesn't do finger foods yet, no teeth and I have tried but he just isn't ready.
He always has another bottle before bed. He has a bath at 8 and then a bottle (8oz w/cereal in it) and then bed by 9
2007-03-02 06:40:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think this is a very good schedule, but FYI I wouldn't give a 6month old baby finger food. My baby was on a schedule, but I didn't give her any finger food because she wasn't cutting teeth. When she started cutting teeth, I started giving her Finger food. Again the schedule is good, but nooooo Finger Food not yet.
2007-03-02 07:02:40 · answer #4 · answered by candy23 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes it sounds fine, but she might be to young for finger foods. How many teeth could she possibly have a 6 months!
2007-03-02 06:38:44 · answer #5 · answered by qpook 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋