Can you post your 5 month olds feeding schedule?

I have started introducing veggies along with DS cereal within the last 2 weeks and now it seems he doesn't want as much BM. Is this normal or healthy??

I pump exclusively and he is getting five 5oz bottles a day along with 2 tbsp of cereal 2x's per day. Now that I have started the veggies he doesn't seem to finish the all the bottles. I want to make sure that he is eating what he is supposed to. Could you post what your LO's were eating at this stage?? TIA

Re: Can you post your 5 month olds feeding schedule?

My DD probably isn't the norm because she still wakes up so frequently to eat

But here's an approximate ( she'll be 6 mo. next week)

4 oz bottle every 3 hours or so ( even at night )

Breakfast -cereal (probably close to 4 tblsp) and 1/2 container of fruit

Lunch- cereal same as above but sometimes veggie instead of fruit

Dinner- cereal same as above with a veggie


When I am giving her the bottle after a solid, it usually is not a full bottle because its the remainder of what is left after I make her cereal with it...
Maybe he just needs them spaced out more ?? I usually wait about an hour or so after a solid to give the bottle, although some people do it the opposite

Re: Can you post your 5 month olds feeding schedule?

He nurses about 5 or 6 times a day, plus he gets 1/2 tablespoon of rice cereal and a little fruit mixed in for breakfast (around 9 am) and for lunch/dinner (he eats either b4 afternoon nap or after depending on his mood) he gets a 1/2 jar of fruit and 1/2 jar of veggie.

Re: Can you post your 5 month olds feeding schedule?

8:30am Cereal and Fruit

11:30am Bottle (6-7oz) - we're working on this feeding to incorporate solids and eventually convert it over totally to meat, veggie and a fruit

2:30pm Bottle (7-8oz)

5:30pm Cereal and Veggie

8:00pm Bottle (6-8oz)

***Sometimes, depending what her sleep schedule is like, she'll have one last 10:30pm feeding, but this is rare.

Message edited 6/29/2009 11:36:03 PM.

Re: Can you post your 5 month olds feeding schedule?

DD is exactly 5 moths and formula fed.

6 am 8oz bottle, usually drinks 7oz but sometimes takes all 8,like today,

10 am-4 tablespoons of cereal and half a container of fruit.

11am 6 oz formula.

3pm 6-7 oz formula.

7pm- 8oz formula with 1 tablespoon of cereal.


8pm bath and bed.

When I initially introduced cereal and then fruit, she would not intake as much formula during the day but now she is. She was getting 5-6 oz bottles a day about two weeks ago but I changed her bedtime from 9:30 pm to 8pm so she does not get the last bottle any longer, which is why I increased the amount of milk at each feeding to compensate. I am going to introduce veggies this week and give another serving of fruit and cereal during the day. HTH

Re: Can you post your 5 month olds feeding schedule?

7:30 am 8 oz

10:00 am 2 oz fruit or veggie and 1 tablespoon cereal. Followed by a 6 oz bottle.

1:00 pm 8 oz bottle or sometimes 6.

4:30-5 pm - 2 oz fruit or veggie and 1 tablespoon cereal. Followed by 6 oz bottle.

8 ish - 6 or 8 oz bottle.

She will be 5 months this week. Next week I am starting her on lunch too.

I also give her a zwieback in between.

Re: Can you post your 5 month olds feeding schedule?

DD will be 5 months on friday. I started introducing solids (cereal and most recently fruit) about 3 weeks ago but she is still getting used to it.

DD wakes up to nurse every 4 hours during the night still. During the day she nurses every three hours.

After her morning nap I give her Cereal and some fruit. (this is approximately 1 1/2 hours after she nurses)

Once she gets the hang of eating a little better I plan to feed her twice.. then three times a day.

It's hard to tell if she is taking in less when she is nursing, but she isn't eating that much cereal/fruit yet. I would think that it would be normal for DC to take in less BM/Formula with all of the solids though