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8 month old milk and feeding schedule

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Motherofking · 10/02/2021 10:30

5-6am early morning bf goes back to sleep for another hour or two
8:30- half a weetabix / oats / porridge with water
10:00-10:30 bf
12:30 - lunch - fruit pot / yogurt or quick home cooked meal from my baby recipe books with veggies sticks on the side with water
14:00- bf
16:00- snack- Heinz biscuits/ Ella kitchen crisp or fruits and veggy sticks with juice or water
17:00 - bf
18:30- dinner - whatever ive cooked that evening with water
20:00-21:00- bf
Bedtime

Just wanted to know If this seems okay for an 8 month old . I still bf on demand so some days he does bf more than this
Im a ftm so I Wanted to know if this feeding schedule is similar for other parents with babies this age
Thanks

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MrsH497 · 10/02/2021 10:38

My little girl is almost 9 months. Do you bf overnight?

Looks pretty similar to us our bedtime is earlier most days.
7am up and bf
8am breakfast same as yours
9am nap for an hour
Sometimes a bf at 10:30
11:45/12 lunch scrambled egg/toast/sandwich/with fruit or veg
12:30 nap for 1.5/2 hours
2-3 bf
5pm dinner version of our dinner normally from what mummy makes
6:45 bf
7pm bedtime

She has water throughout the day. I wouldn't give juice at the moment but that's just what I've been told. Just bm or water.

TwinkleMerrick · 10/02/2021 10:39

All sounds great to me, well done for still breast feeding. I only managed 6 weeks. I think you have it all under control, no one knows your baby better than you. If/when they seem to want more food/milk then start upping the portions. Also remember babies have hungry and not hungry days, especially when they start teething. So if they don't eat much one day don't panic xx

PocketRocket12 · 12/05/2021 14:22

Looks like you’re reading your baby well! Don’t stress honey, a hungry baby will let you know. Just for comparison, my 8 month old does:

7am breakfast (refuses milk first thing in the morning)
8.30/9 7oz milk and nap
11.45 lunch
1.30 5-7oz milk and nap (varies how much he has)
3.30ish small snack of fruit or toast and hummus etc
5pm dinner
6.45 milk 4oz bottle and breastfeed (have moved slowly from bf to bottle so this is our last bf now and I’m keeping it a little longer) and bed

My bubs prefers food to be honest but when he’s sleepy he wants milk!

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