Been asked to write down my baby's eating/feeding routine for starting nursery, and I'm beginning to wonder if I'm doing things wrong. He has always been a hungry boy and is massive.
This is is his routine:
6.30ish breastfeed
7.30ish breakfast
11.30ish bottle of formula
12.30ish lunch (he has finger foods then and doesn't actually eat that much)
4.00ish breastfeed
5.30ish dinner
7.00ish breastfeed
3/4 am breastfeed (really want to stop this!)
The feeding guidelines on the formula packages suggest three formula feeds for a baby this age in 24 hours. I'm new to formula so really have no idea how true this is, or how this would compare to breastfeeding. But FIVE milk feeds?! I think at the same age my eldest child was having just three breastfeeds (and no formula) in 24 hours and I know he was sleeping 7-7.
Please help, I don't want to have a child who is permanently carrying a bottle of milk with them at two years old!
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How much milk does an 8mo need?
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BlueHat · 08/12/2012 07:21
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