BFing moms and solids

what is your nursing schedule like? i feel like a month into introducing solids, i'm all over the place with DD#2, and sometimes don't think she's getting enough milk.

i transitioned DD#1 to formula prior to introducing solids so i knew how much she was consuming.

my approach has been alternating solids and bottles/boobs, but with DD#2 i feel as though she's just falling asleep at the boob not really eating...

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I nurse on demand throughtout the day. I give a bottle b4 going to bed for the night. He usually nurses between 4 and 6 times a day. (plus the bottle at night) and Eats 2 to 3 meals a day.

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I nurse DS when he wakes up. He gets cereal and fruit when he goes to daycare. He has 3 6 oz. bottles of BM at daycare (every 3-4 hours). He gets fruit or a vegetable when we get home. He usually doesn't want to nurse again before falling asleep although he wakes up 1-3 times per night to nurse.

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Usually, it goes something like this:

wake up around 5:30-6 -nurse
nap around 7:30, wake at 9:30 - nurse
10:30 - soilds
11:30- 1:30 nap, then nurse

around 3:30-4 there is usually a short nap, then they nurse and eat solids around 5-5:30.

6:30 - bottle of formula (8oz) then bedtime

ETA: sometimes DS gets a supplemental bottle of BM if he gets fussy between nursing/naps. I'll usually give him 2-3 oz.
At night, DH gives DS another 6 oz bottle of formula. DD usually sleeps through the night without eating.

Message edited 6/25/2009 11:42:23 AM.

Re: BFing moms and solids

3 am nurse

9:30 am nurse
10:00 am fruit and cereal
11:30 am nurse before nap
1:30pm nurse after nap
4 pm nurse before nap

6:00 pm bowl cereal and veg
6:30 pm nurse before bed


THis is sort of what our "schedule" is like....... It varies day by day. When she is fussy she nurses more for comfort