Hellobee Boards Topic: Is your LO on a feeding schedule at daycare?

Hellobee Boards Topic: Is your LO on a feeding schedule at daycare? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:44:53 +0000 lomom on "Is your LO on a feeding schedule at daycare?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-lo-on-a-feeding-schedule-at-daycare#post-941302 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 10:08:39 +0000 lomom 941302@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I guess it's really just the last pump/bottle that really make the difference. I pumped one day at 3:30 and he hasn't eaten since 1:30 so he woke up ravenous at 4:15 but I'd just pumped so he was pretty frustrated. Adira on "Is your LO on a feeding schedule at daycare?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-lo-on-a-feeding-schedule-at-daycare#post-941060 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 09:21:42 +0000 Adira 941060@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I agree with @mewtill about the pumping. This is Xander's eating schedule: 5:00 a.m. - Nurse 9:00 a.m. - Bottle 12:00 p.m. - Bottle 3:00 p.m. - Bottle 9:00 p.m. - Nurse And my schedule: 5:00 a.m. - Nurse 6:00 a.m. - Pump at home 11:00 a.m. - Pump at work 3:30 p.m. - Pump at work 6:00 p.m. - Nurse So my pumping is a totally different schedule than his eating, but I still pump the same number of times he eats and am able to get enough for the next day (and sometimes a little extra). brownie on "Is your LO on a feeding schedule at daycare?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-lo-on-a-feeding-schedule-at-daycare#post-940994 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 09:11:32 +0000 brownie 940994@https://boards.hellobee.com/ On demand about every 3 hours BUT not within 1 hour of me coming at lunch or in the evening. JoyfulKiwi on "Is your LO on a feeding schedule at daycare?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-lo-on-a-feeding-schedule-at-daycare#post-940928 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 08:55:36 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 940928@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I had them do on demand, every 2-3 hours, and asked them not to feed after 3pm. I pumped at work every 3-4 hours. I don't think you need to pump at exactly the same time your baby is eating, you just need to pump the same *number* of times (baby eats 4x so you pump 4x). autumnlove on "Is your LO on a feeding schedule at daycare?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-lo-on-a-feeding-schedule-at-daycare#post-940886 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 08:46:11 +0000 autumnlove 940886@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @septemberlove: I pumped on the way to at work 4:45am, 9am, noon and on the way home at 3. My commute home was awful and it took me between 1.5-3+ hours in traffic to get to LO. Because there was no consistency, I told daycare to feed on demand. I would just pump at home if she was full from a last daycare feed. blackbird on "Is your LO on a feeding schedule at daycare?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-lo-on-a-feeding-schedule-at-daycare#post-940840 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 08:34:27 +0000 blackbird 940840@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Give or take a demand/schedule mix. She does get hungry every 3-4 hours, and eats at approximately those times. I just let her know that if it's been that long and she's getting crabby, she wants food. Daycare will understand if you want to BF your kid! When i was touring daycares, they even said that moms will BF on-site before taking their kids home T.H.O.U. on "Is your LO on a feeding schedule at daycare?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-lo-on-a-feeding-schedule-at-daycare#post-940596 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 07:22:45 +0000 T.H.O.U. 940596@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We had a rough schedule. But to avoid what you are talking about, I did ask them not to feed past 4 pm. edelweiss on "Is your LO on a feeding schedule at daycare?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-lo-on-a-feeding-schedule-at-daycare#post-940566 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 07:07:11 +0000 edelweiss 940566@https://boards.hellobee.com/ LO is on a general 3-hour schedule (8:30, 11:30 and 2:30), but i've seen from the daily log that sometimes they feed him a bit earlier (up to 30 minutes earlier) if he's getting hungry. you can let daycare know if you want him to be on a general schedule, but that it's okay if they veer off the schedule if he's getting hungry. they'll let you know how things are working out. mediagirl on "Is your LO on a feeding schedule at daycare?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-lo-on-a-feeding-schedule-at-daycare#post-940559 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 07:04:34 +0000 mediagirl 940559@https://boards.hellobee.com/ She was on a schedule and they stuck to the schedule. She ate at 9, 12 and 3. Every three hours. Sometimes it fluctuated depending on the time she woke up and ate in the morning but it was always every 3 hours. That way I knew that I pumped the same amount of times she was getting bottles. The schedule @Smurfette mentioned is what our daycare did, as well. Smurfette on "Is your LO on a feeding schedule at daycare?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-lo-on-a-feeding-schedule-at-daycare#post-940556 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 07:02:05 +0000 Smurfette 940556@https://boards.hellobee.com/ She is on a schedule in the sense that it is every 3 hours. But the time, no. It all depends on when she woke up for the day, or last nursed. This morning, she nursed at 5, so they will give her the 1st bottle at 8, then 11, 2. usually she wants at least one bottle early though. Adira on "Is your LO on a feeding schedule at daycare?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-lo-on-a-feeding-schedule-at-daycare#post-940511 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 06:30:38 +0000 Adira 940511@https://boards.hellobee.com/ He's on a schedule at daycare and feeds at 9:00, 12:00, and 3:00 like you're thinking. I feed him at 5:00 a.m. (he can go 4 hours after this first-morning feed) and then at 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. If he gets hungry before his scheduled time though, they WILL feed him. It's usually only maybe 30 minutes early. If he's fussier even earlier, they assume it's not from hunger, since he usually can go 3 hours. I think you can give your daycare a set schedule, but let them know to feed him if he gets hungry early. Some days that happens with Xander and he'll get a bottle at 5:00 p.m., right as I'm getting there to pick him up. Then I have to come home and pump, and it sucks. But that's not the norm. And his schedule at daycare is the same I have at home on the weekends, just nursing instead of bottles. lomom on "Is your LO on a feeding schedule at daycare?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-lo-on-a-feeding-schedule-at-daycare#post-940427 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 01:50:34 +0000 lomom 940427@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @autumnlove: how did you decide when to pump? autumnlove on "Is your LO on a feeding schedule at daycare?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-lo-on-a-feeding-schedule-at-daycare#post-940419 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 01:37:50 +0000 autumnlove 940419@https://boards.hellobee.com/ She was fed on demand in the infant room. lomom on "Is your LO on a feeding schedule at daycare?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-lo-on-a-feeding-schedule-at-daycare#post-940418 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 01:36:55 +0000 lomom 940418@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Or fed on demand? Part of me really wants to put him on a schedule so I can match pumping to feeding. Yesterday I had pumped at 1:30, thinking I'd be nursing LO at 4:15 but my mother (who is only watching him the first week) gleefully announced she had fed him at 4 and he wasn't hungry and told me to go pump. I didn't, of course, because I'd just been away from LO all freaking day. So I want to avoid crap like that at daycare but at the same time, the idea that LO could get hungry before his scheduled time breaks my heart. I was thinking I'd feed him around 6/6:30, then have daycare feed him at 9, 12, and 3. But my worst fear is that he could get hungry before. We nursed on demand while I was home so he never waited more than 1-2 minutes (if I had to go grab the boppy from another room or something). I would love to be able to schedule so I could match feedings with pumping but is it worth it? What do you have your LO's daycare do?