Babywise 5/6-9/10 Months

5/6-9/10 Months

At about 5 1/2 months I switched to 4 feedings. I started to notice that my son was getting really fussy while eating, I decided it might be because he was eating too often and getting enough milk throughout the day. Switching to four feedings a day really helped this problem

5/6-9/10 Months
(4 feedings)
7:00 AM- Wake, Feed, Play
9:00 AM- Nap
11:00 AM- Wake, Feed, Play
1:00 PM- Nap
3:00 PM- Wake, Feed, Play
*5:00 PM-Nap (Catnap)
6:00-6:30 PM- Wake, **Feed, Play
8:00 PM- Feed, Down for the night

*I had a peculiar situation with this transition from catnap to no catnap. I started coaching volleyball and practices would usually run from 3:30 to around 5:30-6:00. My son would come with me to the gym, and when he would get fussy, I would wrap him on me and would continue coaching. When practice ended he would wake up and we would go home, where I would then cook dinner and he would either play or sit in his high chair with finger food snacks.

**During this feed you can either bottle feed/nurse or you can do solid food. As you are transitioning from 5 to the 4 feedings, you may want to nurse for a little bit here. My son LOVED solids, so it was easy to eliminate that feeding.

As I mentioned before, I started coaching volleyball and game days turned out to be long. So, I would send my husband with a bottle and some solids for my son. My son would nap on my husband (by being wrapped) and then would wake up, he would sometimes take the bottle, but would usually always take the solid food. Eventually, I just stopped nursing him.

When volleyball season was over I would try to get my son to take a catnap and sometimes he would, sometimes he wouldn't, but it was always worth a try.