9 Month Old Baby Schedule
This article outlines the average 9 month old baby schedule, including feedings, solids, naps and night sleep.
9 month old’s sleep
At this age, if you are not lucky enough to have a baby who sleeps through the night, most 9 month olds can sleep all night without a feeding and take two naps. However, some babies, in my experience, do better with one feeding after 4 or 5 a.m. and sleep longer than not feed and get an early wake-time. I would need to know your specific situation to make a recommendation, but just recognize that all babies are different, but by this age I would not expect more than 1 feeding, typically, if any at all. Your 9 month old should be taking 2 naps per day for a total of about 2-3 hours per day plus 11-12 hours at night. If you’re having trouble with naps, you might be interested in helping your baby nap.
All babies vary, but here are some rough schedules you can use to make your own for your unique baby.
I should warn you that I am in the camp that breast milk or formula should be the primary nutrition for the first year and solids come secondary. Below are the amounts we recommend. For more information on starting your baby on solid food, visit our sister site, Your Baby’s Start To Solid Foods. It includes recommendations about how and when to start solids, as well as helpful information on food allergies, recommended products, baby-friendly recipes, and more.
Amounts per day:
• At least 3-4 nursing sessions per day or 26-32 ounces formula or combination of both
• 2 servings (1 serving = 1-2 Tablespoons dry) baby cereal
• 1-2 servings grain (1 serving = 1/2 slice bread, 2 crackers, 1/2 cup Cheerios, or 1/2 cup whole grain pasta)
• 2 servings (1 serving = 2-4 Tablespoons) fruit
• 2 servings (1 serving = 2-4 Tablespoons) vegetable
• 2-3 servings (1 serving = 1-2 Tablespoons) protein
• 1 serving Dairy (1 serving = 1/2 cup yogurt, 1/3 cup cottage cheese or 1 oz grated cheese)
• You can also offer cooked egg yolk (but possibly no egg whites until 1 year old due to allergens — check with your doctor)
The first schedule is what I call a “staggered” approach. My first son did better nursing fully and then having solids a bit in between nursing sessions. He was a little hungry but not famished. He just didn’t do well with stopping nursing mid-way to eat solids.
Sample 9 month old schedules
7:00 – Wake and Breast milk or Formula
9:00 – Breakfast
10:00 – Morning Nap (at least 1 hour)
11:00 – Breast milk or Formula
1:00 – Lunch
2:00 – Early Afternoon Nap (at least 1 hour)
3:00 – Breast milk or Formula plus snack
5:00 – Dinner
6:15 – Begin bedtime routine
7:00 – Breastmilk or Formula and Bedtime (goal to be asleep at this time)
If your baby doesn’t mind a more “consolidated” approach to eating, like my second son, here is another type of schedule:
Schedule 2
7:00 – Wake, 1/2 Breast milk / Formula feeding, breakfast and other 1/2 BM / Formula
10:00 – Morning Nap (at least 1 hour)
11:00 – 1/2 BM/Formula, Lunch, and other 1/2 BM/Formula
2:00 – Afternoon Nap (at least 1 hour)
3:00 – BM or Formula Feeding plus snack
5:00 – Dinner and 1/2 BM / Formula feeding
6:15 – Begin bedtime routine
7:00 – Small BM/Formula feeding and Bedtime (goal to be asleep at this time)
Note: When giving any feedings during your bedtime routine, be careful not to create sleep associations.
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Hi, this is my almost 9 month olds schedule.
7am- wake up, 6oz formula then feed solids (breakfast)
930-11 nap
11am- 6oz formula then feed solids (lunch)
130-3 nap
3pm- 6oz formula no solids
6:15pm- solids only (dinner)
7:30-6oz formula and bedtime
He sleeps through the night no problems
Hi @Nicole Haglund, thanks for sharing! So glad you’ve got a great schedule for your little guy that is working so well. 🙂
My daughters current schedule is
7:30 am wake up 6oz bottle
8 am breakfast
10am 6oz bottle
10am – 12 pm nap
12 pm 6oz bottle
1 pm lunch
3pm -4 pm nap
4 pm bottle 6oz
6pm dinner
7pm bottle 6oz
11:30 she finally falls asleep
How can I get her to bed earlier!?
Hi @Constance Kilburn, thanks for writing. I am so sorry to hear it’s taking so long for your daughter to fall asleep! That must be tough! Is she playing in her bed during that time, or crying, or being rocked/comforted by you? Let me know and I will happily point you in the direction of some further resources to help. 🙂 If you want, feel free to email us directly some more details to contact@babysleepsite.com and we can help you further from there too. Hang in there!
We were letting her play but now I try to rock her to sleep in her room
Update:
We have gotten her to start waking up at 7 am, nap for 1 hour from 9-10 am, then one hour from 2-3pm, and asleep anywhere from 9pm to 10 pm. So a little better than 11:30! Unfortunately we waited to start her in a schedule and now it is during peak teething time…any tips for that besides Tylenol? We try to lay her down when she is sleepy, cry for 10 mins, go in and rock her, lay her down and repeat until she is asleep which generally takes an hour
Hi @Constance Kilburn, thanks for getting back to me. I’m glad that in a few short days you’ve been able to see improvement already, that is great news! Teething is so rough, I am going through it with my son right now too. I think what works for each child will be different – I personally have seen a lot of success with an amber teething necklace (but you need to take it off or some parents put it around the baby’s ankle for sleep), and we do ibuprofen for nights if it’s really bad. Here’s an article with a few other tips: https://www.babysleepsite.com/baby-sleep-comfort/baby-teething-sleep/
I hope thing continue to improve!
When it the article above says most babies are sleeping through the night at this age, do they mean going from 7pm to 7am (like the sample schedule) without a feeding or do they mean 8 hours without a feeding since another article on the website defined STTN as 8 hours?
Also, it says “ by this age I would not expect more than 1 feeding, typically, if any at all.” So doesn’t that mean only one feeding between 7pm and 7am generally around 4/5 to extend the sleep a few hours and no “top off feeds” earlier? At this point my son has consistently slept for 7 hours stretches but he really is NOT ok with going longer and he turns 10 months tomorrow. He is definitely that baby who needs to eat around 5 to make it until 7 am but in order for him to go that long I have to feed him at 10. IF I don’t he will wake at 1, then 3, then 5. So I prefer topping off at ten and not feeding again until 5am, but I would prefer to drop the 10pm feeding without him waking up super early and screaming his head off for me to feed him.
Hi @Brittany Christensen, thank you for visiting the Baby Sleep Site! In the article where we say most babies are able to sleep through the night at this age, we do mean the full 12 hours, although as you mentioned, this is not always the case (it wasn’t for my youngest son either as he needed that one feed through his 1 year birthday). It may take time for your son to transition to no feedings, or maybe looking at the calorie intake during the daytime hours to ensure he gets all he needs in a 24 hour period (and eventually transition him to getting all those calories during the daytime hours). Here is a link to a free guide that will have additional tips for you to help your guy sleep through the night if you decide to drop one of those feedings and need more help: https://www.babysleepsite.com/baby-sleep-through-night-free-ebook/
I hope his sleep extends for you soon so you do not get that 5 am wake up call so if you need any more help contact us anytime at contact@babysleepsite.com.
Hang in there!
Our daughter is 9 months old and here’s a peak at our schedule!
Bedtime normally takes place around 9pm and we wake up about 8am
8am: 8oz formula
10am: oatmeal
12pm: 6oz formula nap (this nap can last anywhere from 10 minutes to an hour)
1pm: baby food
3pm: snack 4oz formula
5pm: 6oz formula nap (this nap can last anywhere from an hour to 2 hours)
7pm: baby food and snack
8pm: bath time
9pm: 8oz formula and bedtime
3am: wake up (take out of crib)
4am: put her back in crib
6am: repeat
I’d love for her to sleep thru the night, in her own bed, so that I could rest! I’m so tired lately! Please help us!!
Hi @Christina, thanks for writing to us! I am sorry you’re exhausted, the wake up calls are so tough, I know how you feel. We would love to help. We have a free guide available for you to download with tips to help your baby sleep through the night. You can sign up to receive it here: https://www.babysleepsite.com/baby-sleep-through-night-free-ebook/
The article will provide a lot of help, but some families do find they need more specific advise so if you are in that boat let us know and we would be happy to help point you in the direction of other ways we can help! You can check out our services page to work with a sleep consultant here if you’re ready to jump in: https://www.babysleepsite.com/baby-toddler-sleep-consulting-services/
or send us an email anytime at contact@babysleepsite.com and with a little more information about your daughter we could help find the best fit for you. 🙂 Hang in there!
Hi, I am struggling with a nap schedule for my nine month old. She usually wakes up around 630-7, and then gets tired two hours later, however if I put her in at 830-9 she always wakes up one hour later, at 930-10. I would like to put her in for her second nap at 2 so she can wake at 3 and be ready for bed at 7 however with this schedule she is usually ready for her nap at one and when she wakes at 2 she cant go all the way till 7 for bedtime. Any ideas of how I can tweak her schedule to make it work for both of us?
Thanks so much
Hi @Taylor, thanks for writing! Naps can be tricky when they have dropped that third nap and still need short wake times. We have a free guide all about naps that may have some answers for you. You can sign up to download the guide here: https://www.babysleepsite.com/free-baby-nap-guide/
We also have an ebook all about naps that goes more in-depth than our free guide which you can read about and purchase online here: https://www.babysleepsite.com/mastering-naps/
I hope this helps and you get on a schedule that works for you both soon!
Hello,
My baby is 9 months old and still waking 1-2x/ night. Each time I feed him so I don’t know if that is fostering a dependence on feeding in the middle of the night and if I should be weaning him off. Our schedule looks like the following if he wakes at 7am. If he wakes at 6, feeds, and then sometimes wakes at 730 or 8 then the times might be off just a little.
7am wake, breastfeed (“feed”)
8am 4oz jar of fruits
10-11am nap
11am feed
2-3pm nap
3pm feed
5pm 4oz jar of fruits/ veggies
7pm half jar of meat/ veggies
8pm bedtime w feeding.
1am wake- feed (will fall back asleep)
4 or 5am wake- feed (will fall back asleep) OR
6am wake (sometimes will stay up babbling and will sometimes fall back asleep with a feeding
Is the bedtime too late? Ideally I’d love an 8am start to the day. I’m not sure how to help him. His naps can range between 40min- 1.5 hours so the schedule can sometimes be a little off depending on the naps. But I always try to feed him about 4 hours apart regardless.
Thank you for your help!
Hi @Christina, thanks for writing to us! I am sorry you’ve been struggling with multiple wake ups at night and inconsistent naps. We have a free guide available for you to download with tips for helping your baby sleep through the night that you can sign up to receive here: https://www.babysleepsite.com/baby-sleep-through-night-free-ebook/
You may try bringing his bedtime earlier to see if that helps, it’s a pretty long stretch he’s having between his second nap and bedtime, and overtired babies actually sleep less than well rested babies believe it or not. If you need additional help with the schedule, let us know. We have a team of sleep consultants that would love to help you create a schedule that works well for you and your baby. To see the different options to work with a consultant you can visit this page: https://www.babysleepsite.com/baby-toddler-sleep-consulting-services/
I hope this helps!
Hi Janelle,
I’m sorry, I completely forgot to put another nap on there. He will sometimes take a short nap around 5 or 6pm.
Hi @Christina, that definitely makes more sense, that would be a long stretch for such a little guy! If it was my baby, I would still try for the earlier bedtime and see if it helps. Unfortunately it may mean you don’t get the 8am wake up, but at least he’d be getting a full 12 hours. If you’re really set on an 8am wake up and need help to get there (or moving bedtime back still leaves you with more than 1 wake up each night – as 1 is sometimes needed until 12 months for some babies) then let us know and we can help you further!
Hi,
My 9 month old’s sleep has been all over the place for the past few months. He’s been popping out teeth so I feel that’s caused quite a few interruptions.
Currently (the last week) we are struggling with the fact that we can’t keep him up for longer than 2-2.5 hours. He just loses it, this means he’s having 3 or 4 naps a day :/ these naps are all 20-40mins long and he’s been almost constantly cranky 🙁
He sleeps fine at night, just wakes once when it gets to the colder part of the night and we just pop his dummy in and he falls back asleep.
How do I help him nap longer so he can stay awake longer
@Rachel – Thank you for stopping by our sleepy little village and for your comment. Teething can definitely upset a baby’s sleep for a while, for sure! It sounds like your little guy is having a bit of trouble staying asleep or sleeping in longer stretches during the daytime. Have you been able to read our free nap guide – it goes over common napping issues and suggests ideas for improving them. If not, you can find it here: https://www.babysleepsite.com/free-baby-nap-guide/ I hope this helps, Rachel. Hang in there!
My son just turned 9 months old and is having trouble sleeping through the night. He normally wakes up around 2am and it takes about an hour before I can get him settled back to a good sleep. His day looks like this:
5:40am-6am Awakens
6:30-7 am Solids, followed by bottle
8:30-9am Nap (usually 1 – 1.5 hr)
11am Solids, followed by bottle
1pm-2pm Nap (usually 1.5 – 2 hrs)
3:30-4pm Solids, sometimes followed with bottle
7pm Solids
8pm Bed
Hi @Justina, I’m sorry you’ve been having trouble with your 9 month old waking up for an hour or so each night. We actually have a free guide with tips to help your baby sleep through the night you may like: https://www.babysleepsite.com/baby-sleep-through-night-free-ebook/
If this problem persists and you need more help specific to your situation, I’m sure you would benefit from working with one of our sleep consultants. You can read about and purchase our various packages online here: https://www.babysleepsite.com/baby-toddler-sleep-consulting-services/
I hope this helps! Thank you for visiting the Baby Sleep Site.
Here is my son’s schedule (9mo):
6am wake up and 8oz formula
8:30am breakfast
9am-10am nap
10am 8oz formula
12:30pm lunch
1pm-2pm nap
2pm 8oz formula
2-5pm playtime
5pm dinner
5:30 bath
6pm 8oz formula and bed
My question: is 6pm too early a bedtime? I like him waking up at 6am because that’s when I wake up, and we head to daycare at 7am. However, he goes to sleep while it is still light out! Also, we have tried a later bedtime like 7pm and he was a mess! Do we need to start backup the power nap at 5pm?
Hi @Laura, thanks for writing! 6 is usually the earliest we’d suggest a bedtime, so if it’s working for you and your baby, I wouldn’t worry about it being different from our sample schedules. 🙂 It is good he is so compliant with it since he has to get up for daycare anyways! Hope this helps.
We adopted our granddaughter at a week old ! Her biological mother is a drug addict and she did drugs through the whole pregnancy ! We have gome through so much with her between therapy and other issues she has come so far since then! She’s 9 months old and we had her on a schedule for awhile all of a sudden she is very needy and can’t leave her sight not only that but she refuses to sleep she will do anything and everything to not sleep and of course she’s tired and grumpy alot in the past 2 weeks not sure what to do for her !
Hi @Corrina, and thank you for visiting the Baby Sleep Site. Wow! I am so glad to hear that your granddaughter is doing so well. The sleep hiccup you are in is normal to come across at this age and hopefully will pass soon. Here is a link to an article about a sleep regression that often happens around here: https://www.babysleepsite.com/baby-sleep-patterns/8-9-10-month-old-baby-sleep-regression/
If things don’t smooth out in the next few weeks, let us know because it may be more than a regression and we would be happy to help you through it! If you ever need, feel free to contact us directly at contact@babysleepsite.com and we can help point you in the direction of other resources that can help.
Hang in there!
Our problem lies between about 4pm and 7pm (our son cant stay away this long and gets mega cranky). 6.30 is so early though and makes him wake early. Our routine:
6.30-7: wake up
7.30: milk then cereal
9:00: morning nap
10:30: wakes up
12:00: lunch and milk
1:00: nap time
2:30: wakes up
3:00: snack
4:30: dinner
5:00: power nap/rest
6: woken up by us (otherwise sleeps too long)
6:30: milk, yoghurt or snack, bath
7:00: bed time
Any suggestions on what to do with the evening issue? Putting to bed earlier than 7 hasnt been a good idea.. power nap is hard to cut out as he needs the rest. Some times while we have our dinner we put him in his highchair beside us with fruit, yoghurt or some of our dinner to keep him occupied and quiet. Seems to work but also kinda like we are feeding him to keep him quiet. However he is self feeding and enjoys this time eating his fruit and being messy.
@Lynn – Thank you for writing to us! I am sorry you’ve been having trouble with the later part of the day (I totally understand, it is hard time for many kids, mine included)! If transitioning his first 2 naps a little later (like our sample schedule suggests) does not help solve the issue of the stretch, you may find our ebook Mastering Naps & Schedules has some good tips for you. You can view the ebook and the various packages that it is available in that include different resources: https://www.babysleepsite.com/mastering-naps/
I hope that helps!
Hi there! My 9 month old is a pretty good sleeper but he still refuses to eat solids! I think this is why he has trouble staying awake for longer stretches and is still taking three naps a day. I feel like I’ve tried everything to coax him into eating but he’s just not interested.
Hi @Adrienne, thanks for writing to us! I am sorry your son is resisting solids. If you want more resources you may want to hop over to our sister site, Start Baby on Solids at http://www.startbabyonsolids.com/.
I would also mention it to your pediatrician and your next visit – it is likely nothing to be concerned about as they are getting all the nutrition they need from breastmilk/formula, but they may have some other tips or suggestions that could help.
I hope he gets use to it and begins eating for you soon!
Hi my 9 month old twins were sleeping through the night 6.30-6.45. This was their schedule
7am bottle
8am breakfast
9.30 nap
10.00 wake
11 bottle
12 lunch
1-3 nap ( sometimes having to resettle)
3 bottle
5pm dinner
6.30 bed, bottle etc
Recently they have started waking at 3-4.30 every morning and refusing to resettle. I can hold them and get them back to sleep and I do this to avoid them waking the other twin. and then they would do the following
6.30 bottle
9osh nap and let them sleep
Bottle when they wake up and theb 12.00 lunch 1.30 bed till 3ish
3pm bottle
5 dinner
6.30 bed and bottle
They are now refusing there lunch nap and only sleeping for 30 miniutes
How can I get them to wake up at 6ish instead of 4.30ish.
I am happy to try your routine you suggest but what can I do to get them to not wake so early. Is there anything I am clearly doing that is causing this.
@Kate – Thank you for stopping by our sleepy little village and for sharing with us. Managing naps can be quite a hassle and I feel your pain! One our sleep consultants would be better able to assist you with this type of question as they review and advise on our families’ schedules day in and day out and would be able to more quickly identify any areas you can work on. You can chat live at least once per week with one of our consultants and ask these types of questions during any chat session. You can learn more about doing that here: https://www.babysleepsite.com/diy/#membership I hope this is helpful, Kate. Hang in there!
My 9 mo is doing well except waking at 4am. As you said, he does better with a quick nurse at 4, then sleeps until about 6:30am (goes down at 7pm). How long will this waking at 4am last? Am I just reinforcing his early wake time by going to him? What can we do to encourage him to sleep all the way until 6?
@Carrie – Thank you for stopping by our sleepy little village and for sharing with us. Early waking can be pretty tough to deal with, for sure, especially if he’s otherwise sleeping well. It’s definitely possible that weaning that feeding could help, if that’s the cause of the waking. Here’s a quiz to help you know if your little guy may be ready for it: https://www.babysleepsite.com/night-weaning-2/night-weaning-quiz/ I hope this helps, Carrie. Hang in there, and please keep reading!
Thank you I will check it out!
@Carrie – You’re very welcome!
Hello,
My 9 month old only drinks 4ounces per nursing session therefore is still nursing every 3-4 hours even through the night. Any tips on getting her to sleep better through the night? Her typical schedule is:
7-730am: wake
8-830-nurse&cereal
10- nap (30-45 min)
1145-12 nurse/veggies
1230-1: nap (2 hours)
330-nurses
5- nap (30 min)
7: nurse/fruits
8: bed
10p- nurse
2am nurse
530am nurse.
I should note she has terrible night terrors all night most nights. I have tried cutting her morning or evening nap out at different times and she falls asleep regardless.
Thanks!
@Katie Hello and welcome! I’m sorry to hear your 9 month old is still waking so frequently at night and we’d be happy to help! You may want to review the common reasons night weaning isn’t working to see if that gives you the direction you need. Here’s the link: https://www.babysleepsite.com/sleep-training/night-weaning-failure-7-reasons Hope this helps and good luck!
Night terrors can be caused by an allergy. My daughter started getting them around 10 months old and they increasingly got worse (to the point they were lasting 2 hours at a time and back to back) took her off all dairy and haven’t had any since!
Beth,
That is interesting, I didn’t know that could cause them. Thanks for the info, definitely I’ll look into!!
Hello,I have twin 9 month olds and I’m struggling with a naps during the day because they wake so early! (6am) I usually put them down at 815/830 and theyll sleep an hr and then again at 1230 and only another hr sometimes hr and a half.I tried to have them take 3rd because they obv won’t make it to bedtime by then but they’ll fight it for a good 30/45 mins.. any advice?! Thank you:)
@Kaitlyn I’m sorry to hear your 9 month old twins are waking so early that it’s hard to have a “good” schedule for them. Most 9 month olds have dropped that third nap, so that makes sense. You don’t say what is “wrong” with napping at 8:15/8:30, so I assume you prefer for them not to wake up so early in the morning. You may be interested in learning how to fix the early-waking problem in our e-book on that topic here, exclusively for our members: http://members.babysleepsite.com/shift-your-childs-schedule/ . Hang in there and good luck! I know two with sleep issues is doubly exhausting!
I’m struggling a little with my 9 month old’s sleep schedule. I had hired a sleep consultant over 4 months ago and we started her on a very specific schedule. It worked great for a while but now the problem is she isn’t adjusting at all to longer wake times and she gets older and has started early waking (the latest she gets up is 6). Because she’s waking so early, her naps are early and I have to put her to bed by 5:30/6. She sleeps through until her early wake-up and her day goes like this:
6:00 Bottle
7:30 Nap (45- 1/5 hours)
9:00 Cereal and fruit
11:00 Bottle
11:30 Nap (minimum 1.5 hours)
2:00 Bottle
4:00 Solids (veggies mostly)
5-5:30 Bottle
5:30-6 Bed
Because her nap schedule is so funky, I’m struggling timing 3 solid meals a day so she’s only on 2 right now. I work, too, so it isn’t easy being consistent because she’s in daycare 3 days a week. Any tips?
@Stefania – Thank you for stopping by our sleepy little village! Early waking can be tough on you, the day and to break! It’s possible she’s waking because she’s ready for a feeding as 12 hours have lapsed since her last feeding. She could also just be done sleeping if she’s sleeping 12 straight hours as that’s a pretty good chunk of sleep. You will likely want to try to adjust her entire sleep schedule during the day, perhaps starting on a weekend (or a long weekend) when you’re home with her a bit longer; or if her caregivers can work with any adjustments you need to make, it’s definitely okay (and preferred) to also work with her sleep schedule there as well. Here are some tips for dealing with early waking that you may find helpful: https://www.babysleepsite.com/how-we-sleep/baby-waking-too-early/
From what you’ve described, it sounds as though your little girl is doing a simply wonderful job sleeping (aside from the early waking!), so I’d suggest you consider our e-Book Shifting Your Child’s Schedule, which is designed for helping teach your otherwise good-sleeping little one to wake later or go to bed earlier – you can read more about it here
I hope this is helpful, Stefania. Hang in there, and please stop in to see us again!