How many food meals and milk meals in total per day?

Sarah+ · Feb 5th, 2010, 07:31 AM

I am wondering how many meals/feeds in total people are giving their little ones?

Are you giving milk as one feed/meal, then later some food, then milk next etc. kind of alternating, totalling, say 5-6 feeds/meals? Or do you give your milk and food in one sitting, so less feed/meals in total etc.? Should milk always be given before food?

I was reading the AK weaning book and at some parts she has 6 meals/feeds a day, which would seem to have something going in the babies' mouths every two hours or less! This seems like a lot so am keen to hear what everyone has been doing. I've been offering the food about 30 minutes after the milk thus far, just up to three small (food) meals a day this week.

Thanks

Mum2b_Claire · Feb 5th, 2010, 07:49 AM

Now Ruby is eating rater than playing (BLW) we usually do the following:

7.30am - 7oz milk
8.30am - breakfast (hardly eats any)
11.45am - lunch
2pm - 6oz milk
5pm - Dinner
7pm or thereabouts - 7oz milk.

This seems to be working fine aside from the breakfast refusal, but I've concluded she just doesn't want to eat at that time, it makes no difference what I offer, when I offer it, or whether before milk or after.

I guess eventually the 2pm bottle will go and be replaced by a snack.

mumtosam · Feb 5th, 2010, 09:21 AM

Our routine is roughly as follows:

6.30am (or before if he wakes earlier)- 5oz milk
7.30am- Breakfast
12pm-lunch
1pm- 5oz milk
5pm-tea
7pm 5oz milk

I was also offering a bottle at 4pm until recently as he just wasn't drinking it. His milk intake is quite low but he has never been a big milk drinker and he sometimes has a feed in the night too.

Armywife · Feb 5th, 2010, 09:26 AM

Hiya, i had this question in my head for a while so i asked...GP said Poppy should be having around 4/5 feeds and 3 meals per day but then hv said if she is having 3 meals she should have no more than 3 feeds in a day! Its very confusing but in the end i just let Poppy decide! This is where we are atm:

9-10am - 7 oz Formula and porridge
12-1pm - Lunch (main meal and small pudding, eg home made rice pudding)
4-5pm - Dinner (as above)
6.30pm - 7 oz Formula (after bath, just before bed)
10.30-11pm - 7 oz Formula (dream feed)

I know this is a bit mixed up compared to others but we had to wean Poppy quite early due to her tummy problems (was born with Pyloric Stenosis and damaged reflux valve). She is a funny little sleeper too, never wakes befor 9 am but sometimes sleeps as late as 11am! If we don't give her her dream feed at 11pm she wakes at 3am without fail! xx

leighbaby · Feb 5th, 2010, 10:02 AM

I was offereing the following:
07:30 BM
09:00 breakfast (always refused though)
11:00 BM
12:00/13:00 lunch (sometimes refused)
15:00 (ish) BM
17:30/18:00 dinner (often refused)
19:00 bedtime BM

with 2/3 BM feeds through the night...

SwissMiss · Feb 5th, 2010, 10:56 AM

Lindsey's day goes roughly like this:

7:00am - bf
8.30am - breakfast; pear/apple/peach mixed with cereal (oatmeal, millet, etc)
(10.00am SOMETIMES bf, but she's dropped this most days)
11.45am - lunch; main meal, mostly mixed veg and/or pasta with chicken with yogourt for dessert
2.00pm - bf or formula if she's at daycare
4.00pm - snack; fruit and/or bread/melba toast or yogourt (if she didn't have one for lunch)
6.30-7pm - dinner; good night cereal and bits of whatever we are having if appropriate
8.30pm - last bf and bed

Seems to be working ok for us!

xxx

Sarah+ · Feb 5th, 2010, 22:41 PM

Thnaks Ladies! Looks like I can expect to drop some milk feeds soon then. Otherwise, think we're on the right track.

candyfloss · Feb 6th, 2010, 05:34 AM

Glad someone asked this as I'd been wondering too!
Rough day for us at the moment is

6.30am short BF in bed then sleep for another hour
8.30 ish BF
12.30 BF then food finished by a short BF on other side (break between BF and food as I get it ready)
4.30 long BF
6/6.30 bath then long Bf for bed.

He tends to have 1-2 little feeds in the night too, but if I try to offer more BF in the day he doesn't have a full feed and starts snacking the rest of the day!

Going to try breakfast in a couple days I think.....

nikkip19 · Feb 6th, 2010, 08:13 AM

(all of luca's bottles have 3 tablespoon of rice cereal in them for his reflux)

8 am - 4 ounce bottle
10 am one jar stage 2 babyfood
12 pm 4 ounce bottle
2 pm 4 opunce bottle
330 pm 1 jar stage 2 babyfood
500 4 ounce bottle
700 4 ounce bottle
900 4 ounce bottle

we litereally feed luca alllllllllllllllllllllll day oye! because of the thickness of the bottle his belly cant handle more than 4 ounces at a time

welshwarriors · Feb 6th, 2010, 10:04 AM

7am 4oz milk and breakfast
11am 6oz milk
2pm 6oz milk
5pm 2oz milk and babyrice with fruit
6.30pm 6oz milk
10.30pm 7oz HIPP good night milk

From next week he will some vegetables etc at the 11am feed.

Feb 5th, 2010, 07:31 AM	#1
Sarah+ Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,134	How many food meals and milk meals in total per day? I am wondering how many meals/feeds in total people are giving their little ones? Are you giving milk as one feed/meal, then later some food, then milk next etc. kind of alternating, totalling, say 5-6 feeds/meals? Or do you give your milk and food in one sitting, so less feed/meals in total etc.? Should milk always be given before food? I was reading the AK weaning book and at some parts she has 6 meals/feeds a day, which would seem to have something going in the babies' mouths every two hours or less! This seems like a lot so am keen to hear what everyone has been doing. I've been offering the food about 30 minutes after the milk thus far, just up to three small (food) meals a day this week. Thanks

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Feb 5th, 2010, 07:49 AM	#2
Mum2b_Claire Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Kent Posts: 13,907	Now Ruby is eating rater than playing (BLW) we usually do the following: 7.30am - 7oz milk 8.30am - breakfast (hardly eats any) 11.45am - lunch 2pm - 6oz milk 5pm - Dinner 7pm or thereabouts - 7oz milk. This seems to be working fine aside from the breakfast refusal, but I've concluded she just doesn't want to eat at that time, it makes no difference what I offer, when I offer it, or whether before milk or after. I guess eventually the 2pm bottle will go and be replaced by a snack.

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Feb 5th, 2010, 09:21 AM	#3
mumtosam Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: clacton on sea Posts: 283	Our routine is roughly as follows: 6.30am (or before if he wakes earlier)- 5oz milk 7.30am- Breakfast 12pm-lunch 1pm- 5oz milk 5pm-tea 7pm 5oz milk I was also offering a bottle at 4pm until recently as he just wasn't drinking it. His milk intake is quite low but he has never been a big milk drinker and he sometimes has a feed in the night too.

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Feb 5th, 2010, 09:26 AM	#4
Armywife Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: UK Posts: 4,213	Hiya, i had this question in my head for a while so i asked...GP said Poppy should be having around 4/5 feeds and 3 meals per day but then hv said if she is having 3 meals she should have no more than 3 feeds in a day! Its very confusing but in the end i just let Poppy decide! This is where we are atm: 9-10am - 7 oz Formula and porridge 12-1pm - Lunch (main meal and small pudding, eg home made rice pudding) 4-5pm - Dinner (as above) 6.30pm - 7 oz Formula (after bath, just before bed) 10.30-11pm - 7 oz Formula (dream feed) I know this is a bit mixed up compared to others but we had to wean Poppy quite early due to her tummy problems (was born with Pyloric Stenosis and damaged reflux valve). She is a funny little sleeper too, never wakes befor 9 am but sometimes sleeps as late as 11am! If we don't give her her dream feed at 11pm she wakes at 3am without fail! xx

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Feb 5th, 2010, 10:02 AM	#5
leighbaby Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 2,297	I was offereing the following: 07:30 BM 09:00 breakfast (always refused though) 11:00 BM 12:00/13:00 lunch (sometimes refused) 15:00 (ish) BM 17:30/18:00 dinner (often refused) 19:00 bedtime BM with 2/3 BM feeds through the night...

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Feb 5th, 2010, 10:56 AM	#6
SwissMiss Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Bern, Switzerland Posts: 3,965	Lindsey's day goes roughly like this: 7:00am - bf 8.30am - breakfast; pear/apple/peach mixed with cereal (oatmeal, millet, etc) (10.00am SOMETIMES bf, but she's dropped this most days) 11.45am - lunch; main meal, mostly mixed veg and/or pasta with chicken with yogourt for dessert 2.00pm - bf or formula if she's at daycare 4.00pm - snack; fruit and/or bread/melba toast or yogourt (if she didn't have one for lunch) 6.30-7pm - dinner; good night cereal and bits of whatever we are having if appropriate 8.30pm - last bf and bed Seems to be working ok for us! xxx

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Feb 5th, 2010, 22:41 PM	#7
Sarah+ Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,134	Thnaks Ladies! Looks like I can expect to drop some milk feeds soon then. Otherwise, think we're on the right track.

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Feb 6th, 2010, 05:34 AM	#8
candyfloss Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Plymouth, UK Posts: 800	Glad someone asked this as I'd been wondering too! Rough day for us at the moment is 6.30am short BF in bed then sleep for another hour 8.30 ish BF 12.30 BF then food finished by a short BF on other side (break between BF and food as I get it ready) 4.30 long BF 6/6.30 bath then long Bf for bed. He tends to have 1-2 little feeds in the night too, but if I try to offer more BF in the day he doesn't have a full feed and starts snacking the rest of the day! Going to try breakfast in a couple days I think.....

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Feb 6th, 2010, 08:13 AM	#9
nikkip19 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: pennsylvania Posts: 485	(all of luca's bottles have 3 tablespoon of rice cereal in them for his reflux) 8 am - 4 ounce bottle 10 am one jar stage 2 babyfood 12 pm 4 ounce bottle 2 pm 4 opunce bottle 330 pm 1 jar stage 2 babyfood 500 4 ounce bottle 700 4 ounce bottle 900 4 ounce bottle we litereally feed luca alllllllllllllllllllllll day oye! because of the thickness of the bottle his belly cant handle more than 4 ounces at a time

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Feb 6th, 2010, 10:04 AM	#10
welshwarriors Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Amesbury, Wiltshire Posts: 2,350	7am 4oz milk and breakfast 11am 6oz milk 2pm 6oz milk 5pm 2oz milk and babyrice with fruit 6.30pm 6oz milk 10.30pm 7oz HIPP good night milk From next week he will some vegetables etc at the 11am feed.

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