When it comes to feeding a baby, you’ll find that everyone (from your grandmother to your aunt to the stranger on the street) has opinions on how babies should be fed, when babies should be fed, and what babies should be fed. Some opinions are based in solid, researched evidence (for example, there’s plenty of evidence to indicate that breastfeeding is a healthier option for babies than formula-feeding.) Other opinions, however, will be based less on facts and more on past experience. You may
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Are You Feeding Your Baby Too Much Solid Food?
It’s always nice when a baby who’s just started eating solid foods shows a real appetite for them. As a parent, you know that it feels great to offer your little one healthy purees and then watch as she gobbles them up. But can that healthy appetite ever be a problem? Can a baby actually eat too much solid food? In a word, yes. Remember, for the first year of life, a baby’s primary source of nutrition should be breastmilk and/or formula. It’s just fine to offer solid foods
How To Feed Your Baby Solids
At this point in our article series, we’ve laid a good foundation for starting your baby on solids. We’ve learned when it’s best to start solids, how to introduce solids, and how your baby may react after starting to eat solid foods. But, wait, how do you physically feed your baby solids and at what time of day? How to Feed Your Baby: When Should Meals Happen? Some parents find themselves wondering when solid feedings should happen -- first thing in the morning? Before bed? Three times
Baby Night Feedings By Age – An Easy Reference Chart from The Baby Sleep Site®
If your baby is waking at night to eat a lot, you might naturally start asking if they are actually hungry. How many baby night feedings by age are appropriate? Here are common questions: "How many times should be my baby be eating at night?" "Is it time for me to night-wean, or are his night feedings still necessary?" "I feel like my baby is up all night eating - is this normal?!" These are questions we hear just about every day around here - and we thought it was high time we gave you a
Baby Feeding Schedule: Rigid, Flexible, or On-Demand?
Figuring out your baby's sleep schedule can be tough - very tough! - but you know what can be just as challenging? Figuring out your baby's feeding schedule! While it's true that a small percentage of families will struggle with sleep while not having any issues with feeding, we've found that sleep and feeding are so closely connected that families usually have trouble with both. (That's just one of the reasons we created special content for starting your baby on solid food.) Sleep and
Sleep Training Boot Camp, Part Two: Making Feeding & Schedule Changes (Plus An Optional Bonus Step!)
New to Sleep Training Bootcamp? Check out our overview page to find out what Sleep Training Boot Camp is all about, and to catch up on past Boot Camp articles. BOOT CAMP, PART TWO: Making Feeding and Schedule Changes (Plus an Optional Bonus Step) A few days ago, we talked about how important it is to prepare before sleep training. Today's boot camp article offers another preparation tip - now that you have (hopefully!) done the 5 things you need to do before
How Rigid Should Your Baby’s Nap Schedule Be?
We talk a lot here at the Baby Sleep Site™ about how all babies are different (that's why we don't believe in any one-size-fits-all solutions for baby sleep problems!) Here's something else we believe: parents are different, too! Talk to 10 different sets of moms and dads, and you'll likely uncover a variety of parenting methods and philosophies. It's our belief that this diversity is a good thing. It keeps life interesting! These differences among parents often extend to the
A Solid Foods Feeding Schedule: Types and Amounts of Solid Foods By Age
When it comes to starting your baby on solids, the list of “dos” and “don’ts” seems long, doesn’t it? Enter a simple question like, “How much should I feed my baby at each meal?” or “When should I start feeding my baby dairy?” into a search engine, and you’ll find pages and pages answers (many of which contradict each other!) We know that when it comes to baby schedules, moms like to have the basics presented to them in a clear, easy-to-understand way. We’ve attempted to do just that in
Will Starting Solids Help Your Baby Sleep?
Sleepless, exhausted parents will do just about anything to get a few more hours (or maybe even a few more minutes!) of sleep each night. And as followers of this site know, there’s no shortage of advice out there on how to do just this. Everyone from your grandmother to your next door neighbor has probably offered you advice that’s “guaranteed” to get your baby sleeping well. Here’s a piece of advice many tired parents have heard at some point: “Just start feeding him rice cereal, and
