FF schedule

[kimberlyb]

I know this has been discussed before but I can't find the thread. If you are FFing, what time do you give bottles, solids, etc.?

[Chrisse]

I'm doing solids about two hours after her bottle. Bottles are about every 4 hours. I try to do solids twice a day.

[mandapanda1382]

He eats a bottle every 3-4 hours. We do solids right after a bottle (per our pedi's recommendation). Solids once or twice a day. No real schedule at this point.

[kimberlyb]

How much do your LO's eat at a time? Based on his weight, DS should have 35 oz a day. I'm struggling to get him to eat this much. We do every 3 hours till 2:30pm and then every 2.5 till he goes to bed between 7:30 and 8. I have also tried to space out his feedings more but he won't eat more than 6oz at a time and he spits up more. I'm going to ask the doctor about this at his next appointment but was curious about what everyone else was doing.

[mfsunshine]

DS eats 32ish oz of formula a day. 5 or 6 oz at 3-4 hours apart during the day and a 7 oz bottle before bed. Solids have been 2 ice cubes worth in the afternoon and 1 ice cube worth at dinner time (this one is still in progress, we just started this feeding last Sat)

[prairiegirl]

LO eats 4 8oz bottles a day. He eats every 4 hours and STTN. My doc said he should max out at 32oz of formula. I try to give him solids right after his first bottle as breakfast, after his second as lunch and then about an hour-two after his third because then he has supper with us. He eats at 8, 12, 4, and about 7:30.

[joshan1719]

I have no schedule. I feed on demand and he eats anywhere from 4-8 oz at a time.

[mandapanda1382]

Don't stress over how much they drink unless your pedi is worried. My LO has been eating 30 oz a day since he was 2 months old. He's crazy consistent. He drinks five 6 oz bottles a day. He's been STTN since he was about ten weeks. He eats about every 3-4 hours - just depends on the day. He's 19 lbs now.

[islandlover]

DD used to drink 4 7oz bottles every 4 hours. Then she got sick a few weeks ago and didn't want to eat that much at one time so after a few days of 4-5 oz every couple of hours I've now got her drinking 6 oz bottles at 7, 10, 1, 4, 7. We don't have a schedule for baby food, we just fit that in around her naps. If she acts hungry in the middle of the night I give her 4-5 oz.

[wickednomnoms]

We used to feed on demand but since offering the same amount roughly every 3-4 hours he seems much happier and is sleeping better. He was eating 5 6oz bottles a day (one MOTN feed) but the past couple of weeks he stopped waking for the MOTN feed so I upped to 7 oz bottles during the day. He has been doing pretty well with the exception of a few days of not eating much due to teething but for the most part finishing all 7oz. at every feeding.