Feeding Schedules for 7 Month Olds

or around about that age.

Can you please give me your DC feeding schedule?
I don't know if it is because of Ali's teething - but I can't seem to get her to eat ANY SOLIDS (she will only have a couple of bite fulls) or Cheerios and her bottles.
I feel like maybe I am not giving her the right things at the right times.
Can someone help?

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Message edited 2/10/2007 4:05:08 PM.

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DD is 7 months old and refused solids recently for almost a week. I just kept offering daily and eventually she started eating them again. Her schedule is pretty much like this -

6:30-7am 3-4oz bottle
9:30-10am 3-5oz bottle and 2tbsp cereal and 1-2tbsp fruit
12:30-1pm 3-5oz bottle 1-2tbsp meat and 1-2tbsp veg
3:30-4pm 3-5oz bottle and 2tbsp cereal and 1-2tbsp veg
6:30-7pm 4-5oz bottle.
DD currently takes another 3-4oz at 1am because we have to wake her to give her medication. Once she is off the medication, we will get rid of this feeding. Also, my friend's 7 month old has a totally different schedule so babies differ a lot.

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Anyone else?

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We started solids late, at 6.5 months old, then she got sick on went on strike for at least 2 weeks, so technically we started at 7 months or so.

DD is 8.5 months old and eats like a bird

8am-6oz bottle
10:30am-3tblsp of cereal 3/4 jar of stage 2 fruit
12:30pm-6oz bottle
3pm-6 oz bottle
6pm-1tbsp cereal, 2 tbl veggie 1 tblp meat and maybe some fruit
7:30pm bottle
8-8:30pm Bed

She hardly finishes the 6oz bottles, maybe 2 a day, in total she drinks 16-18 ounces a day. I don't do 3 solids a day, cause she won't drink more than 12-14 ounces and usually refuses the solids.

I don't push it, if she eats it, she eats it, we try to keep mealtimes very positive and enjoyable. her eating this much just really started in the last week or so too. She usually just shuts her mouth real tight.

I know she eats wayyy less than other babies her age are eating, but i go by her signals and try not to pay attention to everyone else.
I do though, cannot wait for her 9 month appt the end of the month, i just need some reinforcement i am doing this right

Message edited 1/17/2007 3:06:00 PM.

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7:30 am - 8 oz bottle

9 am - Bowl of Cereal & Stage 2 Fruit Breakfast Combo

12 pm - 8 oz bottle

12:30-1ish - Bowl of Cereal & Stage 2 Veggie or Fruit

3:30ish - 8 oz bottle

6ish - Stage 2 Dinner and maybe another 8 oz bottle or extra veggie (depends on his mood)

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7am- 6oz bottle
8:30am- 3-4 tbsp cereal and stage 2 fruit
10:30am- 6oz bottle
1pm- Stage 2 veggies
3pm- 6oz bottle
5pm- Stage 2 meat and veg or fruit
7pm- 6oz bottle

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Hey Marcie-
Here is Mikey's schedule:

8am- 3-1/2 TBS cereal and Stage 2 Fruit and 4oz bottle
12pm- 8 oz bottle
2:30pm- 3-1/2 TBS cereal and Stage 2 Fruit or veggie
6pm- stage 2 meat and stage 2 fruit or veggie
9pm- 8oz bottle

Message edited 1/17/2007 5:13:09 PM.

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6-7am- 5oz. bottle

8:30ish- 4Tbsp. cereal and fruit

10am-ish-5oz. bottle

12:30ish- either 4 tbsp. cereal or chicken, and fruit.

2:30ish-3oz. bottle

5:30-chicken, veggies and a fruit, then after, some whole grain puffs or a teething biscuit.

7ish 5oz. bottle.

Re: Feeding Schedules for 7 Month Olds

Thanks All

I truly appreciate it

I think I see what I may have been off with, so we are trying a new schedule today

Thanks Again

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Don't know if you're still looking for feedback but our schedule is 3 bottles and 3 meals

7:30 am 4-6oz bottle
9:00am 5 tbsp cereal and one stage 2 fruit
12:00pm 5tbsp cereal and 1/2 veg and 1/2 fruit
3:00pm bottle
5:00pm 5 tbsp. cereal and 1 stage 2 dinner & dessert
8:00pm bed bottle

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Hey Marcie...

DS eats 3x day and 4 bottles

In the morning it's a bottle 4-6 oz then 2 tbsp of cereal and 3 tbsp of fruit.

In the afternoon it's a bottle 4-6 oz then 3 tbsp of veggies and 2 tbsp of fruit.

In the early evening it's a bottle 4-6 oz then 2 tbsp of cereal and 3 tbsp of fruit.


Later on in the evening it's just a bottle 4-6oz.

But DS has been teething lately and sometimes he will only take 2 or 3 ounces sometimes more and last night he had 7 ounces I almost

DS gets fussy with the bottles when teething...

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