Eating schedule - 4-5 mos old?

My DD will be going to daycare in a few weeks and trying to get on a good schedule. Can anyone help and share their DC eating schedule when they were/are 4-5 mos. Can't get down when should get cereal vs. BF during the day. My DD will be on BF (pumped bottles at daycare) as well as cereal w/ fruit.

TIA.

Message edited 8/16/2009 10:05:16 AM.

Re: Eating schedule - 4-5 mos old?

My DS is only eating cereal right now and we just give a couple of teaspoons in the morning and then at night. I usually give him the cereal around an hour after his bottle. I will be starting veggies in around 2 weeks.

Re: Eating schedule - 4-5 mos old?

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Re: Eating schedule - 4-5 mos old?

DS gets a bottle around 6am. Then at 10 am we are currently doing vegetables and then finishing up with a bottle. Another bottle around 1pm & 4pm. 7pm is cereal followed up with a bottle. Final bottle around 12:30am.

HTH!

Re: Eating schedule - 4-5 mos old?

DD will be 5 months old. She is getting 2 tablespoons of cereal in the morning with a bottle which is usually between 8 - 9 am. Then another bottle between 12 -1 pm which at this time she also gets a jar of veggies or fruits. Then bottles between 3 -4 pm, again between 6 - 7 pm and then if need be between 9 - 10 pm.

Re: Eating schedule - 4-5 mos old?

If you are feeding veggies/fruit or cereal and then giving a bottle--what size bottle are you giving. We are just starting cereal my DD is 4 months and this is her schedule:

8-8:30 bottle (4oz) and started giving her a tablespoon of cereal
11:30-12 another bottle (5oz)
2:00-3:00 another 5oz bottle
5-6 another 5 oz bottle
last bottle is 6ozs

her schedule varies from day to day but depending on what time she gets up and what time she has her bottles she either gets 4 or 5 bottles.

Re: Eating schedule - 4-5 mos old?

I didn't start solids until 6 months. Before that, I'd have daycare give DS a bottle every 3-4 hours.

Once we started solids, I nursed him in the morning and then had daycare give him cereal with fruit for breakfast. He had breakfast within 30 minutes of arriving. I always give solids 30-60 minutes after nursing/pumped bottles b/c it's more important that he finishes the BM.

Re: Eating schedule - 4-5 mos old?

Thanks, this defintely is helping work out the bumps of getting ready for daycare, right now my DH is watching DCs while I'm at work but when he goes to work (he's a teacher) I need more of a schedule than a play by play told to dh everyday. Thanks Again

Re: Eating schedule - 4-5 mos old?

Ds is 5 months old and on formula.

his schedule seems to be...
sometime around 5/6 am bottle

8am cereal and fruit
followed by a bottle

12 noon bottle

4 bottle

5 cereal and fruit

8 bottle