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12-17-2012 at 6:11 PM
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Nursing/formula - how many times per day?

How many times per day do you nurse or give a bottle to your LO? 

Up until a few weeks ago, LO (10 months) was still nursing 2-3 times at night, so he was still nursing at least 8 times in a 24 hour period. We finally got his sleep schedule sorted out a little better, so he nurses before bed and again around 6 am, but usually not at all in between. So now he's only nursing 4-5 times in a 24 hour period, plus three good-sized meals of solids. I'm just wondering what's typical at this age. 

(I know questions have been asked recently about number of ounces per day, but DS doesn't take a bottle, so I don't know how many ounces he drinks per day.)


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12-17-2012 at 6:57 PM
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Here is DS's schedule.

7am breastfeed

8:30am breakfast (cereal with fruit) 

Mid morning 6oz pumped bm at daycare 

12:30pm lunch (veggie)

Early afternoon 6oz bm bottle

Late afternoon snack ( yogurt and finger foods)

5:00pm breastfeed

6ish dinner (small pieces of whatever we are having)

 7:30pm breast feed before bed

He does not wake to eat overnight. 


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12-17-2012 at 7:05 PM
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She recently cut out a few feeds.  Now she nurses like 5 times a day and 2-3 times at night.

eta: She has some cheerios for breakfast and a fruit pouch or yogurt for dinner.


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12-18-2012 at 9:14 AM
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DD is currently on a combination baby-led/parent-led schedule.  I had to work with her at 8.5 months to stretch feedings from every 2 hours still to every 3 hours.  I usually have to wait and read signs that she's ready for a feeding or sleeping transition, but then stretch her.  Otherwise she'll continue to show hunger and/or sleepy cues at her old times as long as I'll let her.  Currently we do:

 7-ish: WU, nurse, solids (used to be about 4 oz. fruit + yogurt, but she's been refusing it and mostly eating Cheerios) 45 minutes later

9:45-ish: nurse

10-ish: nap #1

11:15-ish: wake

 12:45-ish: nurse, solids 45 mintues later (used to be about 2 oz. veggies, but again I'm getting puree refusal so now trying to move to more table foods)

 2:30-ish: nap #2

3:30-ish: wake, nurse

5:30-ish: dinner of solids (we want her to eat with us)

6:45-ish: nurse

7:00-ish: bedtime

If she has a poor eating day due to distractable nursing or solids refusal she may wake to eat at night, although it's hard to tell if she needs it because she will always take a full feed even if not hungry and her "I'm awake and protesting" and "I'm hungry" cries are very similar.

I've polled friends and most were nursing 4x/day by the 9-10 month range.


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12-18-2012 at 5:58 PM
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Lucia is on bottles. She normally has one 3 times a day. Around 7:30, 12:00 and 5:30. She eats meals 30 minutes or so after bottle times, except dinner which is usually around 6:30.

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12-18-2012 at 6:59 PM
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Here's our rough schedule:

7:30- Nurse

8:30- Cheerios & applesauce

11- lunch

12- 5oz bottle 

3:30- 6oz bottle

5:30- dinner

6:30- Nurse to sleep 


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12-20-2012 at 12:47 PM
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DD is almost 9 months old.  She was breastfed for the first two months, but due to production issues, she has had breast milk with formula supplement since that time. 

Here is DD's schedule (on most days):

5am: 5.5 oz bottle (breast milk and formula combo)

8:30-ish: breakfast (cereal with fruit or yogurt with 2.5 oz of breast milk) 

11:30-ish: 5.5 oz bottle (same as morning)

2:30-ish: 5.5oz bottle with snack - finger foods

5:45ish: Dinner (fruit and veggie with a grain and about 3 oz of breast milk)

8:45pm: Last bottle of the day - 5.5oz like the others. 

We hope to start her on a solid lunch meal at daycare in January.


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