8,9,10month old routines?

Hey hun, Callum isn't quite at the same stage as your boys yet But the last wee girl I looked after, when she was their age was having a wee snack at her approx 3pm feed and less and less milk. She had water in a sippy cup as well. It was usually as soon as she woke from her midday nap, some times later if she woke sooner IYKWIM.

Don't know that that really helps you ... although her older brother was doing similar times to your boys (tho he was a lot older, his nap time was later in the day). He would just have a snack at 3.30ish when he woke up and then tea at 5.30/6pm.

we're just dropping to 3 milk feeds now (fingers crossed!)....but Natalie has milk before breakkie at 7-8am, then milk after lunch at 12.30. she has a small snack at around 3-4pm to tide her over till dinner at 5-5.30, then a bedtime (6.30-7pm) milk feed. I also offer water frequently during the day incase she's thirsty. Nat also eats heaps though - about 1 to 2 cups per meal.

Thanks guys.

Felicity: I've been offering water after their solids for a month of so now and only this week have they got the hang of actually sipping from it and reaching out to drink from it rather than it pouring down their tops. Perseverance pays off!

Had issues after their feed yesterday, they woke at 4.30pm for their milk feed then i tried to put them down at 5pm for a short last nap but they refused. So they were awake 4.30-7pm (they only last 1 1/2hrs awake norm) and got really tired/grizly while feeding dinner. It's all going to get screwed anyway I suppose when we head off to the UK soon.

Q: Did you purposly drop their afternoon feed or were your bubs just not very hungry? It's just my boys still down 220mls both afternoon & dinner even though it was only a 2hr gap yesterday.

hmmmm, I think this may require a call to plunket as I don't want to drop their milk feed if they still require it.

yikes on the 1080mL! I was working on 600mL fluids a day, and I don't think Natalie would even make that

The 1080mL might include fluids from water and in their solid food though? still way over what most babies I know of are having...

Joel has 3 bottles of 220mls a day 9sometimes if it seems he hasn't had much to eat at dinner I offer 260mls but he doesn't normally take it all). Sometimes I will offer hima small bottle at 3pm of 120mls but not very often now.

I make up his porridge in the morning with formula and I also make him custard/semolina as well.

He does play with his sippy cup and does drink some after every meal but most of it gets spat down his front.

Joel is a lot heavier than the boys (10.8kgs this week!)

Have a look at this as well, it may not help now but we used it a lot when Joel was little.

http://www.boswellbunch.com/simone/Babies/9_Month_Olds....html

eta: forgot to say that Joel only eats his breakfast and his custard froma spoon the rest of his meals are finger foods that he feeds himself....tonight he had pasta with a bit of butter on it and then some peach slices cut into bite size chunks. He fed himself the whole meal, hes pretty good and doesn't squish it anymore andnone goes on the floor either.

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