3 meals a day (need your help)

I am going to be starting Christopher on 3 meals a day starting Saturday. (introducting vegetables for lunch)

Could you post your DC's feeding schedule if they are on 3 meals a day? Please include when they get bottles also. TIA!!!!

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I would love to know also! I'm having a hard time with DD's schedule...and I'm lucky if we get in 2 meals! Mornings are fine....cereal/bottle, but the rest of the day it's a crapshoot

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for "lunch" around noon i give her 1/2 jar of veggies and 2 tsp of cereal with a bottle. for dinner i do veggies or meat, cereal and bottle.

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My boys are 6 months. Here is there schedule:

7AM - 7-8 oz bottle
8:30AM - One bowl each of cereal
10AM - 7-8oz bottle
12:30 PM - One Level 2 Jar Fruit or Vegetable
1PM - 7-8oz bottle
4PM - 7-8oz bottle
6:30 PM - One Level 2 Jar Meat (split between the two boys) and one Level 2 Jar Fruit/Vegetable (split between the two boys)
7PM - 7-8oz bottle
7:30PM - Bedtime.

Now that my boys have moved on to Level 2 i find that they do not finish most of the bottle. The last one of the night they usually drink approx 5oz.

I also sometimes give them a Level 2 dessert too if they seem like they want more at the 6:30 feeding.

My ped told me to start giving them bits and pieces of table food after month 7 and that i should start seeing them eat less and less from their bottles.

ETA

When i started the boys the schedule was the same except i gave them each a Level 1 jar of food at 12:30PM and 6:30 PM and that was it. They stayed with having most of the bottles. My ped told me that with Level 1 it's just really getting them use to eating food and they still will get all their nutrients from the formula.

Message edited 3/14/2007 10:18:33 AM.

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Thanks so much Ali1. That is exactly what I was looking for.

Anymore schedules are greatly appreciated!

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DS is 7 months old and has been having 3 meals a day since he was 5 months old.

Between 8 - 8:30 am - 6 oz bottle & a bowl a cereal

Between 12 - 1 pm - 6 oz. bottle & fruit

Between 3 - 4pm - 6 oz. bottle

Between 6-7 pm - either veggie or meat & a 6 oz. botle

Sometimes before he goes to bed he wants another bottle

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DD is 10 months old

7am- 6oz bottle
9am-Cherios/Bananas and/or puffs
11am-6oz bottle
12:30 pm-2 tblsp cereal 1/2 fruit and 1/2 veggie stage 2
3pm-6oz bottle
5pm-2 tblsp cereal 1/2 fruit, 1/2 veggie 1/2 meat and/or whatever we eat
7pm 6 oz Bottle
7:30pm Bed

DD is not a big eater so i just adjust based on how much she'll eat. The most important part of her diet right now is formula not food, so i make sure she gets at least 20oz's a day, if not we skip some solids.

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How many ounces a day should they get if they have 3 meals a day?

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He is not a big eater though. He only drinks 6/5 ounce bottles and he is 5 months old. He seems to like the cereal/fruit better.

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Ava's three meal a day schedule goes somewhat like this:

7am-5oz. bottle

8:30am-oatmeal with banana or a waffle and banana

11am-5oz bottle

12:30pm-lunch, either turkey meatload, or pasta or chicken and a veggie, sometimes a fruit

2pm-5oz. bottle that she takes her time drinking in the afternoon

3:30pm-teddy puffs or cheerios for snack. She prefers a snack over her bottle.

6pm-dinner-some sort of chicken or turkey or meatloaf or pasta and veggies. I buy frozen mixed veggies because they're all small and cut up already.

6:45pm-6oz. bottle

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Morning: 8 oz. bottle and a bowl of oatmeal w/ fruit

Lunch: 8 oz. bottle (sometimes less) with veggie/veggie and meat and yogurt for dessert

Dinner: 8 oz. bottle and veggie/fruit with chicken or turkey (stage 2) and sometimes or oatmeal again w/ fruit.


ETA: He's 10 months old.

Message edited 3/14/2007 2:47:32 PM.