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Question about formula and solid food

Lee Posted:

Question about formula and solid food

When do you all give bottles - before, during, after meals or at some other point - seems like everyone does something different! Just curious what everyone else does - what I'm doing with Ryan now seems to work for him, but I always love to hear other suggestions - today's feeding went like this for example (every day seems close but a little different!):

4:30 am - 5 oz. bottle
7:45 am - cereal and fruit
8:30 am - 6 oz. bottle
1:00 pm - veggies and (sometimes) fruit
2:30 pm - 6 oz. bottle
6:30 pm - cereal and fruit
8:00 pm - 8 oz. bottle (or whatever he takes)

Some water in between....most of the bottles are timed to his naps...
Elizabeth Posted:

Re: Question about formula and solid food

Luke is no longer on baby food. He still takes 3 bottles (6oz each) per day

Here's his schedule - sometimes it varies of course if we have to be somewhere early I give him his breakfast right away and them a bottle later. And sometimes the afternoon varies as well. Dinner and last bottle are his set evening routine, unless we are somewhere visiting.

7am: bottle
930am: breakfast
nap
1230pm: lunch
300pm: bottle
nap
600pm: dinner
7-45-800pm: bottle
sleep


I've also seen others give some food then the bottle as part of one meal but I never did it that way, I always did it like you do and it still works out great.

HTH

Victoria Posted:

Re: Question about formula and solid food

Annalise gets her bottles in the same manner as Ryan. If she sees her bottle when she is eating her finger food, all bets are off. She whines until she gets the bottle.

phyl Posted:

Re: Question about formula and solid food

depends if it it weekday or weekend...for the most part

6-630ish bottle
830-9ish- breakfast at daycare. cereal with a fruit.
1030ish attempt to give bottle..then nap
12-1 or whatever time she gets up from nap, lunch. this can be 2 jars of baby food: veggie and fruit, or diced chicken,meat,veggies I prepare at home.

2-3ish another bottle
4pm snack. usually a fruit i cut up, yogurt, slices of cheese, etc

630ish bottle-(I'm just getting home)..usually only 2-3 oz
then we prepare dinner and get something into her quickly.


8ish last bottle
830ish sleep



on the weekends, she usually amuses herself in the crib and we get to sleep until 8am.

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