How much does your 5-7month old eat/drink/sleep?

[Sheer Bliss]

Nick has only been on solids for a few weeks, and is 6 1/2months, but seems to be such a pig. :D I am not sure if I am giving him too much food, so thought i'd see what other bubs his age are doing.

He has been having the following (times are all app - led by him, not a fixed schedule, some days he sleeps less, others more):

7am: boobie (15mins app)
8am: 2 ice-cubes pear/apple & 4 teaspoons of farex - mixed up it is about 1/2-3/4C food. Which seems WAY too much for his age, but he keeps asking for more & cries when it is all finished & i take the bowl away.
9am-11am - sleep
11am boobie (app 10mins)
1-3pm nap
3pm boobie
5:30 boobie - sometimes a 20min cat nap after this, not always
6:30 1/3C pumpkin +2t farex
7:30-8pm boobie & sleep (hopefully)

He will then wake at about midnight, 3am then 6-7am. Most the time, he has a quick 10 min feed (more for comfort i think, but can't seem to settle him with the dummy at these times).

So he is having plenty of boobie (he is also a happy chucker, so looses some of his milk, which is why i think he wants it so often) but I am a little worried it is a bit too much food for his age - i don't want to rush him, but he is definately asking for it. Generally he is happy, healthy & TMI - but pooing regularly & no difficulty.

What does your bubs do?

[Hokey Pokey]

Ebony has 3-4 big breastfeeds in a 24 hour period plus 3 solids (pureed foods) and some water/heinz baby juice 125mls a day.

Sleep, she sleeps on average 8/9/10pm - 6/7am and has two day sleeps of 2 hours.

[Pink73]

Alex is only 5 months so no food as yet.
But he has a 240ml bottle at 5.30am, 11.30am,5.30pm & 8pm
He has 2 big naps a day and on little cat nap after the 5.30pm milk.
I was reading somwhere that at this age milk should still be there main source of food. We will be starting food soon but no rush he is a very happy baby sleeps from 8.30pm right through to 5.30am.

[*babygirl*]

i give aalliyah 120mls at 3:30am, 6:30am, 9am, 12pm, 3pm, 6pm. so basically every three hours lol... except over night where she sleeps from 6pm-3:30.... she used to have a bottle at 9 and sleep through but im just following her lead and happy to do so...

i worry that i'm giving her too much though. although she does like having 120 mls... playing/sleeping then having more iykwim.

and we've just started solids every second day and lunchtime. i give her some farex and root veges and apple puree... homemade:thumbsup:

[twitch]

Hey Tan

Annalise has only just started solids a week ago, her day is pretty much like this:

7.30am wake up and boobie for 15 minutes
9.30am boobie for 5 minutes to go to sleep
10.30am wake up and boobie for 5 minutes
11am 2 teaspoons of Farex or mashed pumpkin
1pm sleep
2pm wake up and boobie for 10 minutes
4pm sleep
4.30pm wake up
5pm bath then boobie for 10 minutes
7pm boobie for 5 minutes to go to sleep
3am boobie for 10 minutes

[sm2j]

Jayden isn't on solids yet, but his day is like this:

6/7am- wake up boobie 10-15 min each side
8am-sleep (40min-2 hrs)
10.30am- boobie 10-15 min each
12.oopm- small cat nap
1.30pm-boobie 10-15 each
3pm-small cat nap
4.30- boobie 10-15 each
7.30pm- boobie 20o min max...then sleep through to morning

[ZooKeeper]

gee, now I KNOW me and starfish are failing dismally at this routine thing :eek: our days and nights are all over except for one thing, she goes to bed by about 7.30pm and stays there except for feeds until at least 2am.

otherwise, I'll fess up: some nights she does NOT need to be brought out of her room for a roll around at some time bwteen 2am and 5am, some nights she does. that's it, she's awake and nothing but getting her up for a roll around or a bounce in her chair will settle her back ready to sleep.

sometimes she's up at 5am, sometimes it's not till 8am. sometimes she is really keen on 3 meals a day and boobie for twenty minutes or so every hour or two between 7am and 7.30pm, other days she's a quick feeder and waits a couple of hours between them and only wants a bit of her meals. sometimes she naps really well and only has two solids meals because she slept thru lunch only waking long enuff for a boobie top up, other days she naps badly and we fit three in and endless boobie.

she will eat up to almost the amount in a jar of baby food, everything is homemade except the organic baby cereal, we are on millet now not rice for greater nutrient value of millet.

but routine is just a stranger to our house except when it comes to activities, there are some she's really fixed on, that kinda give the day some shape here. storytime for one :thumbsup:

[fozzie]

Sam has 4 bottles a day of 240ml and 2 solid feeds.

7-7.30am wake up have 240ml bottle
9 - 9.30 Cat nap on way too and from school.
10.30 - Big sleep for approx 2 hours
12pm 240ml bottle and 1 ice cube of pumpkin and 3tsp farex
2pm sleep for 1 hour
4pm 240ml bottle
5pm 2ice cubes of veg or fruit
6pm Cat nap 20mins
7.30 -8pm 240ml bottle then bed

Sleeps 10 -12 hours

Varies slightly day to day with times but that's the basics.

Sam also cries when he's finished and I take the bowl away but he soon stops.

[TheMamma]

Tehya has a pretty good routine.

6.30am wake up and breast feed
awake for an hour then back to sleep for 30mins
10am small breast feed
10.30am have 1/3 cup farax + fruit/vege
Sleep for about 2 hrs
1.30pm breast feed
3.30pm sleep for around 1.5 hrs
5.00pm have 1/3 cup farax + fruit/vege
6.15pm bath time
6.30pm breast feed
8.00pm "top up" breast feed
8.15pm bed time

(and then she sleeps through)

[miss ani]

most days:

7am - wake up & boobie (15-20min)
8am - breakfast (fruit, yoghurt or porridge)
9-9.30 - sleep (can take up to 1/2 hour to get to sleep)
10.30 - boobie
11.30am - lunch (few spoonfuls of veges)
12pm(ish) - sleep
1pm(ish) - boobie
4-4.30pm - sleep
5pm-5.30pm - boobie
6pm - dinner (large serve of vegies - sometimes wants seconds & thirds. :eek:)
8-8.30pm - story, cuddles, boobie & bed.

[EsSjAy]

Hey there...

Daniel's routine....

7am - Bottle 220ml
7:45 - Breakfast (1/3 cup)
8:30 - sleep
11am - Bottle 220ml
11:45 - lunch (1/3 cup)
12:30 - sleep
3:00 - Bottle
4:30 - sleep
6:00- Dinner first (1/3 cup)
He has a few swigs of a 'hint' of juice made by nurticia...
7:00 - Bottle 220ml
8:00 - Bed for the night
Sleep through without a peep most of the times...

I started solids at 4 months cause of reflux and he's improved so much...
He loves his food, and fortunately hasn't showed any probs with it being early so i am lucky...

He's slowly wanting less sleep in the pm so he has a baby powernap!!

[mum2bubba]

Skye's routine:

8am breakfast and bottle (240 mls, she has a half a piece of toast and/or 1 wheetbix/farax)
10am bottle (240 mls)
10:30-12:30 nap
12:30 bottle (240 mls)
1:45 lunch and bottle (240 mls and has a whole jar of food)
2pm-4pm nap
4pm bottle (240 mls)
5:45-6pm dinner (whole jar again and sometimes water or juice and a small sippy cup/bottle of water/diluted juice)
6:45-7pm bottle (240 mls)
7:15 bath (not every night though)
7:30pm bed (or if she doesn't have a bath shes in bed around 7-7:15pm)

She sleeps through most nights (7:30pm-7:30-8am)

I started her on solids at 4 months (same as Hayley) and so far haven't had any problems. She is a good little eater.

[eeyorethedonkey21]

hi there.
i started my little james on solids at about 4 months. he's 6 and a half months now and his routine is basically like this.

6am and 7am - wake up have 220 - 240ml
7.30am - 10am - awake and playing or out with his nanna.
10.30am - 11.30 - jar of baby heinz breakfast and another bottle (can vary how much he'll drink)
midday - 2pm or 3pm nice long nap
3pm another 220ml - 240ml bottle
5.00pm - 5.30pm another jar of baby heinz usually vegies or fruit.
5.30pm til 6.30pm play time with daddy
6.30pm til 7.30pm bath and another 240ml bottle

then sleeps through until 6am - 7am the next day.

[jeski]

Pandora's almost 6 months.. here is her usual routine ~

6-7am - wake up & boobie (approx 30min)
9am - sleep (approx 20min)
10am - boobie (approx 40min)
1pm - half of a jar of organic baby food (at the moment we're alternating between pumpkin, pea & parsnip or apple & banana) then boobie for approx 15min, then sleep for approx 30min - longer if I'm lucky :p
4pm - boobie (approx 40min)
5pm - sleep (approx 20min)
7pm - boobie (approx 30min)
7:30-8:30pm - down for big sleep
12am - 215ml bottle of expressed milk

my bub really doesn't sleep for very long during the day, but she stays down all night so I'm not complaining :D

[metalhead713]

dd is about 2 weeks shy of 5 months:

7am 200-250ml bottle

8.30-10am nap

11am 200ml bottle, whole jar:eek: heinz pureed vegies, mixed everyday (somtimes pumpkin and corn sometimes mixed vegies sometimes carrot, parsnip sweet potato etc.) This is the only solid meal sheis on so far

12-1pm nap

3pm 200ml bottle

4-5pm nap

7pm 200-250ml bottle

7.30-8pm bath bed

[kimmymonster]

I have b/g twins who are 7 months

4am-breastfeed 10min
sleep
7am-breastfeed 15 min
8am- 1 weetbix or farex mixed with 4 cubes of fruit shared between them.
9am- 5 min breastfeed
sleep
10.30am breastfeed 10min
12pm- veggies/chickpeas etc 6 tablespoons shared plus water
sleep
2.30 pm breastfeed 10min
4pm breastfeed 10min
5pm veggies 6 tablespoons shared
sleep our catnap
6.30pm breastfeed 10min
7.30 sleep

[Bexta]

6:30 - wake up & 220ml bottle

8:30 - breakfast (porridge or weetbix) with yogurt & a piece of toast... homemade

9 - another bottle & sleep

11:30 - wake up & play

12:30 - lunch (usually fruit & custard) homemade

2ish - bottle & sleep

3 - go for a drive to do the school run

3:30 - a bickie or rusk homemade

5 - dinner (meat & 3 veg homemade) something different every night

5:30 - bath

6 - Daddy home, bottle & bedtime (sleeps until 6:30am)

Rough guide Tan
HTH

[codyandkat]

Hi,

Cody is 5 1/2 months and has been on solids for a month. He loves his food and is turning off his milk, but his day is pretty much the same each day now:

wake around 5.30am. 80ml formula. Stay awake for an hour then sleep for an hour.
7.30am - 2 tsp organic cereal (bellamy's) & 2 cubes pureed apple. 20ml water.
9am - sleep 30mins
10am - 120ml formula.
11.30am - sleep 30mins
12noon - 3tsp pureed apple (2tsp cereal if still hungry). 40ml water.
1pm - sleep 30mins
1.30pm - 120ml formula.
3.30pm - sleep 30mins
4.30pm - 120ml formula
5pm - sleep 30mins
5.30 - 2tsp cereal & 4 cubes pumpkin & carrot.
7pm - 150ml formula.
7.30-8pm - sleep (all night).

We started solids early due to his unmissable interest in everything I was putting in my mouth! Just keeping him on pear & apple for fruit & carrott & pumpkin till he is 6 months.

Hope that helps.

[Bexta]

He loves his food and is turning off his milk,We are having this problem too! He also loves water in a sippy cup with meals.

[Freya]

Ok just a rough idea because we don't tend to worry about a routine but this is around about what happens.

6am- boobie feed back to sleep, usually fed for only like 10 mins.
9am- mashed pear
wake for an hour then has an hour nap
11am-boobie feed
awake for 2 hours then has a hour nap
2pm-boobie feed
awake for an hour then has a nap for 2 hours
5pm- sweet potato
then sleep till 10pm
10pm- boobie feed
sleeps right through till 6am if not then there will be little bits of boobie whenever he wants it during the night.