DS1 is 4 and has just started school which he loves. DS2 is 6 months next week and I would like to start weaning. DS1 had a mix of purees/finger foods and has always been a great eater, both variety and volume.
I am not sure how to fit in bottles and weaning around the school run. I feed DS2 his first 8oz bottle just before I have breakfast with DS1 at around 7:30am (DH already left for work). Then within the next 45mins we are out to walk the school run. I doubt DS2 would have an appetite for breakfast immediately after his morning milk. I do not want to split feed and give DS2 breakfast when we get back as he usually falls asleep on the way home and can be transferred to the cot to nap until 11am when he has a 2nd 8oz bottle (even then I often have to wake him so we get a decent second nap before the home school run). He is usually ready for another nap by 1pm latest. However, I have to wake him (again!) at 2:15pm to feed him his 3rd 8oz bottle and leave for the return school run. We are back about 3:30pm and DS1 usually wants his tea by 4:30pm, but DS2 is struggling by then (2hr wake time tops) and needs a power nap 4:30 to 5pm. DS2 has 4th 8oz bottle around 6:30pm and is asleep by 7pm.
I am really keen on eating as a family but find it difficult to see how we can fit in anything other than lunch with me during the week at the moment! Feeding DS2 solids around 1 hr after milk will not currently work in the morning. Should I reduce the amount of his bottles so he has appetite for solids? Any advice appreciated.
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Weaning around the school run and a sleepy baby
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mumhum · 30/09/2015 13:48
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