how many meals do your 9 month olds eat? also do u give formula or do you continue breastfeeding? do you think formula increases night sleep?

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Mine is eating two : fruits at around 11:30 and chicken/fish/beef with veggies at 16:00 and breastfeedings in between and later. Now i consider  of giving him another meal around 19:00 like greek yogurt or fruits with oatmeal or quacker or quinoa. What do you ladies do? Also everybody suggest to give formula even if i have pleeeenty of breast milk; with the excuse that will help him feel no hunger and allow him to sleep continuously. Do u think so?

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3 small meals a day with a small snack between lunch and dinner.

We breastfeed but have had to start supplementing with a bottle of formula at daycare and my LO's sleep isn't any better. Even if my husband gives her a bottle of formula before bed (on nights I work late) or in the middle of the night, it still doesn't help.

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Formula did not help for sleep at all for us.

Our dr said to do 3 meals a day by 9mos age. We do 8:30, 11:30, 6pm. We also balance her meals to be low sugar (baby food has insane sugar) with a good fiber/protein balance... and serve every food group every meal- carb, protein, veggie, fruit.

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Don't introduce formula to try and get them to sleep longer. It can hurt your supply and it's a total gamble that it will work at all. 
My daughter eats 2 "meals" a day generally. She only eats table food and very little of it. Not a problem since it's really just for fun right now anyway. 
She is nursing great though and growing just fine. 
Keep doing what's working for you.

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We stopped BFing at 4.5 months and it didn't help! My little guy still usually wakes up at least one a night on formula. We do three meals plus a snack each day. Dinner is usually rice cereal or oatmeal to fill his belly. We did notice since doing this (plus a veg at night) that he is sleeping more soundly!

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My son really really varies how often he eats "meals" I offer 4 times a day but he may only really eat once or he may eat good all 4 times. I supplement formula sometimes but I am an exclusive pumper so I don't always have enough breast milk.

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my son nurses at 5a and 8a. Then gets a small food item like egg.  Then he goes to school and is offered a fruit or veggie with 4oz of breast milk at 11a,  then a different fruit or veggie with 4oz of breast milk at 2p and then a 3rd type of food w 4oz at 5p with three snacks in between ( teething Biscuit or quinoa puffs).  Food items are stage 3 baby food.  He refuses a lot of it but we still offer it. At least for him to touch or taste.  When he gets home he nurses at 7p and then we top him off with more nursing just before bed after bath.  then he nurses once at 2a.  He is 24lbs....

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My little girl is eating three meals a day, sometimes with a snack or two. She has oatmeal or bananas in the morning, some type of stage III baby food at noon and in the evening around seven. She is bottle-fed, but I am an exclusive pumper so she gets breast milk in between.

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2-3meals and 1 or 2 snacks and only nursing.. no pumping... she is doing great. ..she also wont takr baby food she eats table foods

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You don't need formula if you're breastfeeding and have enough. Especially if you're giving him food. Thst being said, we introduced ours to cows milk ( an ounce mixed with his breadtmilk ) and he does fine.

We give him milk in the morning, then fruits and veggies at 9, more fruits veggies before a nap with more milk. Then after his nap, fruits, veggies and starting finger foods like cheese and chicken. Then we follow up with more milk fruits and veggies before dinner. He eats a lot. Hes also 5th percentile weight so we give him as much as he wants. --mommas milk is nonfat. ;)

how many meals do your 9 month olds eat? also do u give formula or do you continue breastfeeding? do you think formula increases night sleep?

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