6-7 month old food/nap schedule

I'm trying to figure out the right bottle, nap, food schedule for Carter. Can you give me some sample schedules?
My doctor said she wants us to work toward 3 meals and two snacks a day and she wants him to have at least a minimum of 20 oz of formula a day. How do I do this? I don't want to be feeding all day I want him to have some good amount of time between feedings so he can have some time to digest his food before I start feeding again, does this make sense?
What are your DC doing?
Thanks for your help

Re: 6-7 month old food/nap schedule

DS will be 7 months on the 9th. This is a typical schedule for us....

Wakes around 7-7:30

7:30-8am - 6oz bottle

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8:30-9am - breakfast 4-5 Tbsp Oatmeal with 2 oz formula and 1/2 Gerber stage 2 fruit

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nap 10-12, sometimes until 1

12-12:30 6-8oz bottle

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1-1:30 lunch other 1/2 of fruit and 1/2 gerber stage 2 veggie

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nap 2:30-4:30pm

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5-5:30 6-8oz bottle

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6-6:30 dinner other 1/2 of veggie and meat

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7:30-8p bath, bottle, bed (usually takes about 4oz)



This is what I try to stick to and may get off track depending on naps. I'm very lucky to have a very good eater and sleeper. HTH

Re: 6-7 month old food/nap schedule

DS was 7 months on the 24th & this is his typical schedule

Wakeup 6am & 6oz bottle

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8:30-9 30 minute cat nap

9am 6oz bottle along with stage 2 fruit & 5tbsp of oatmeal

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11-1:30 Nap

1:30 6oz bottle along with 1 yobaby yogurt

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3:30-4 cat nap

4:30 6oz bottle with stage 2 veggie & meat dinner

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7 cat nap for 30 minutes

7:30 8oz bottle & bed

Re: 6-7 month old food/nap schedule

this is AM's effed up schedule LOL she is not cutting out any bottles! She is 7m, and we just added dinner yesterday. She is only on BM.

8AM wake up
5oz bottle
yogurt or fruit (half container)
5oz bottle
10am nap
1pm wake up
5oz bottle
veggie or meat (about half a jar portion)
5oz bottle
3PM nap
5pm wake up
5oz bottle
fruit or veggie
6oz bottle
8PM sleep

=31oz of BM! still!

I just started giving her Puffs whenever we sit down to eat, that is her only snack so far - and the end of the bread lol

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Re: 6-7 month old food/nap schedule

DD i 8 months but on the same schedule since 6 months.

I always feed milk before solids. if she doesnt eat all her solids, then so be it (but she never has this problem lol).

7am - nurse
8am - fruit and cereal (this is the only feeding where i dont give her solids right after milk)

10:30-11 - nurse + yogurt/fruit or veggie + pancake/waffle/blueberries etc

3 - nurse (no solids)

5pm - meat+veggie

7pm - nurse

I feed the solids after the milk so that we have space between feedings, so we can go out etc. therefore, she doesnt eat tons of solids, maybe 2-3oz but that is fine with me. with every feeding, she may snack on some cheerios, puffs, mum mums etc.

Re: 6-7 month old food/nap schedule

My DS will be 6 months old next week. Here is our schedule... of course it changes a bit from day to day:

7:00 wake up

7:30-8 bottle (5oz) or nurse if I’m home

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9:30 nap

10:30-11 bottle (5oz) or nurse, then 1.5 tbsp oatmeal

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12:30 nap

1:30 bottle (5oz) or nurse

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3:30 nap

4:30-5 bottle (5oz) or nurse, then 1.5 tbsp rice cereal

7:00 nurse then bed

He also wakes up between 4-5 AM to nurse.

I was shocked to see people say their DS eats 5 tbsp of cereal! Am I not giving him enough?? He seems satisfied. I will have to ask the ped about this at his checkup next week!

We plan on starting him on veggies this weekend, and then fruit.

Re: 6-7 month old food/nap schedule

My boys are 9mo now but have been on the same schedule for awhile:

7am: wake-up and breakfast.
At 6-7mo, breakfast was mostly fruit, Cheerios and 4-5oz bottle

10am: 8oz bottle

1pm: LUNCH
At 7mo, it was yogurt, cheese, watermelon, water. Tried to rotate in a few other items too.

4pm: 8oz bottle

7pm: DINNER:
veggie, at 7mo---also pasta. 4-5oz bottle

We also gave them Puffs, cheese, blueberries as snacks in between.

Re: 6-7 month old food/nap schedule

I guess it depends on how often and how long he naps. We alternate bottles/milk and solids for most of the day and that works great for us. He has milk every 4 hours.

6:30 - Wakes/Nurses
8:30 - Oatmeal/Fruit or veggie puree
9:30-10:30 Nap
10:30 - Bottle
12:30 - Yogurt and Fruit
1:30-2:30 pm Nap
2:30 - Bottle
4:30 - Snack (Puffs, mums or teething biscuits)
5:30 - Dinner - Usually a protein, veggies and sometimes a bit of fruit
6:30 - Nurses
7:00 Sleep for the night

Re: 6-7 month old food/nap schedule

Thank you so much ladies!

I'm in shock to see what good sleeper you guys have in your hands. DS is a good eater but a cat napper, he naps for 30-40 minutes 1 hour if I'm lucky!!!!!!So he takes at least 3 naps a day.