How can I fit it all in?

Nel1982 · Apr 4th, 2012, 07:58 AM

Hi all,

My LO is 6 months old and eating three 'meals' a day but I am struggling to fit these in with BF and naps... my LO usually naps before lunch but then wakes up starving and cries as I am shoveling food in (until half way through meal) or falls asleep during lunch if I try to feed her before her nap. Here is our routine:

8.30am - wake and BF
9.30am - Breakfast (baby porridge)
11.30am - Nap
1pm - Lunch (usually pureed veg followed by a fruit pot)
3.30pm - Nap
5pm - Tea (same sort of thing as lunch)
8pm - BF and bed
5am - BF

Any ideas where I can go with this please? Some days it just seems to be all feeding and sleeping!!

Gbobs · Apr 5th, 2012, 09:37 AM

It does feel that way once your LO starts on three meals a day. Does she not BF at all between 8:30am - 8pm? I'd say your routine looks pretty good TBH. I struggled for a while, mainly with the naps coinciding with when LO is hungry but our routine fell into place more once he dropped his mid-morning bottle which meant we could move his lunch and afternoon bottle earlier to avoid naps.

My LO is nearly 10 months and this is his general routine (although nap times can differ from day to day depending on when he wakes up and how long his naps are):

7:30/8 am - wake up and breakfast - usually cereal or porridge
9/9:30 am - 7oz bottle
10/10:30am - nap
12pm - lunch
2pm - 7oz bottle
2:30/3pm - nap
4:30/5pm - dinner
7pm - 8oz bottle and then bed.

It is hard when the routine is disrupted but in my experience they end up falling back into place eventually.

Nel1982 · Apr 5th, 2012, 15:53 PM

No BF all day, but now I am worried that she is not getting enough milk as her weight has stabilised... trying to move her from BF to formula but she doesn't seem to be having any of it - she just refuses a bottle or beaker of milk!!

Apr 4th, 2012, 07:58 AM	#1
Nel1982 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Notts, England Posts: 70	How can I fit it all in? Hi all, My LO is 6 months old and eating three 'meals' a day but I am struggling to fit these in with BF and naps... my LO usually naps before lunch but then wakes up starving and cries as I am shoveling food in (until half way through meal) or falls asleep during lunch if I try to feed her before her nap. Here is our routine: 8.30am - wake and BF 9.30am - Breakfast (baby porridge) 11.30am - Nap 1pm - Lunch (usually pureed veg followed by a fruit pot) 3.30pm - Nap 5pm - Tea (same sort of thing as lunch) 8pm - BF and bed 5am - BF Any ideas where I can go with this please? Some days it just seems to be all feeding and sleeping!!

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Apr 5th, 2012, 09:37 AM	#2
Gbobs Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Essex, UK Posts: 953	It does feel that way once your LO starts on three meals a day. Does she not BF at all between 8:30am - 8pm? I'd say your routine looks pretty good TBH. I struggled for a while, mainly with the naps coinciding with when LO is hungry but our routine fell into place more once he dropped his mid-morning bottle which meant we could move his lunch and afternoon bottle earlier to avoid naps. My LO is nearly 10 months and this is his general routine (although nap times can differ from day to day depending on when he wakes up and how long his naps are): 7:30/8 am - wake up and breakfast - usually cereal or porridge 9/9:30 am - 7oz bottle 10/10:30am - nap 12pm - lunch 2pm - 7oz bottle 2:30/3pm - nap 4:30/5pm - dinner 7pm - 8oz bottle and then bed. It is hard when the routine is disrupted but in my experience they end up falling back into place eventually.

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Apr 5th, 2012, 15:53 PM	#3
Nel1982 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Notts, England Posts: 70	No BF all day, but now I am worried that she is not getting enough milk as her weight has stabilised... trying to move her from BF to formula but she doesn't seem to be having any of it - she just refuses a bottle or beaker of milk!!

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