https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 10 May 2026 19:15:55 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-were-you-able-to-decrease-the-number-of-feedings-in-a-day#post-680688 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 15:59:31 +0000 MegWag 680688@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is nearly 13 months and has just this week dropped to one feed on waking and another just before bed. (Hallelujah!) I have found, in general, that he has generally dropped a feeding about a week after I start to feel a bit desperate abdominal beat down and thinking he never will! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-were-you-able-to-decrease-the-number-of-feedings-in-a-day#post-680669 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 15:38:58 +0000 autumn865 680669@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is 7 months and nurses 6 times a day: when she wakes up, after 3 different naps, before bed, and usually one night. She's slept through the night a few times and on those days it's been 5 times a day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-were-you-able-to-decrease-the-number-of-feedings-in-a-day#post-680562 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 13:49:34 +0000 Beehive 680562@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ChelseaRose: It's a good schedule, isn't it? We're also not quite that precise - he is often off by 15 or 30 minutes too, depending on how long his naps go. I've been pleased that it's possible to put an EBF baby on a schedule! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-were-you-able-to-decrease-the-number-of-feedings-in-a-day#post-680068 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 23:25:42 +0000 ChelseaRose 680068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Beehive: Although we don't really have a schedule, my little one nurses (or has a bottle while I'm at work) at roughly those times +/- 30 minutes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-were-you-able-to-decrease-the-number-of-feedings-in-a-day#post-679958 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 22:26:14 +0000 Beehive 679958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is EBF and we have him on a schedule so he eats 5x a day: 7am, 11am, 2pm, 5pm, and bedtime feed at 7:30pm (no feeds overnight). He's 5 months old and started on this schedule I think around 3.5 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-were-you-able-to-decrease-the-number-of-feedings-in-a-day#post-679925 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 22:12:01 +0000 anbanan15 679925@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS was still nursing 4 times during the day and countless times at night (2-4+++) at 21 months. :/ He was boob obsessed and loved his milk, plus his solids eating wasn't great so he needed all the milk calories. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-were-you-able-to-decrease-the-number-of-feedings-in-a-day#post-679919 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 22:08:15 +0000 Amelieisme 679919@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Right now, we are down to 5 bottle/breastfeeding sessions/day at nearly 8 months. We have been doing this for maybe a month? Once he started regularly eating purées (which i introduced at 6 mo) he cut back from 6/day. Before that he was doing 6/day for quite a while not sure exactly... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-were-you-able-to-decrease-the-number-of-feedings-in-a-day#post-679868 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 21:52:03 +0000 skibobrown 679868@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We bottle fed, but I never dropped any daytime feedings. I basically fed every 3 hours during the day, and then I dropped nighttime feedings, as she stopped waking up for them. Around 3.5 months she dropped down to 6 feedings per day (5 during the day, plus a dream feed before I went to bed.) Then a little after 4 months we dropped the dream feed. Ever since then she's been on 5 bottles per day up until today when we full-on dropped bottles, now that DD will be turning one on Monday. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-were-you-able-to-decrease-the-number-of-feedings-in-a-day#post-679745 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 21:23:01 +0000 Ree723 679745@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is 9 months and has six nursing sessions per day plus two solid meals. She's been on six feeds per day since she was around 3 - 4 months old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-were-you-able-to-decrease-the-number-of-feedings-in-a-day#post-679372 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 19:23:34 +0000 ChelseaRose 679372@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>W is almost five months old and has 5-6 nursing sessions per day. It's been this way since he was about 3 months old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-were-you-able-to-decrease-the-number-of-feedings-in-a-day#post-675836 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 20:18:24 +0000 Mrs. Bee 675836@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>it was over a year. olive was a nursing addict. we're finally down to 2 a day at 17 months! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-were-you-able-to-decrease-the-number-of-feedings-in-a-day#post-675829 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 20:17:41 +0000 yellowbird 675829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is 7 months and nurses/bottles 7x. Per day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-were-you-able-to-decrease-the-number-of-feedings-in-a-day#post-675793 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 20:13:18 +0000 mrsjyw 675793@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ds is 4 months/18 wks and eats 5x a day, sometimes 6. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-were-you-able-to-decrease-the-number-of-feedings-in-a-day#post-675760 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 20:10:06 +0000 birdofafeather 675760@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is interesting! We're at 8-9 times a day at 11 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-were-you-able-to-decrease-the-number-of-feedings-in-a-day#post-675314 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:17:47 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 675314@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are at 10x at 10 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-were-you-able-to-decrease-the-number-of-feedings-in-a-day#post-675260 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:12:04 +0000 Beebug 675260@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>C has been no more than 5x a day since 3.5 months. I struggle to get 4 in on a good day, she is just over 5 months now. She totally adapted to this on her own, I probably drove her crazy for a while trying to feed her more, but should wouldn't have any of it (when I was EBF, now FF, she refuses both when she doesn't want!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-were-you-able-to-decrease-the-number-of-feedings-in-a-day#post-674763 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 17:46:18 +0000 sorrycharlie 674763@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ugh..she eats nonstop. every 2.5 hours, roughly during the day - and is up every 2-3 hours at night. She's 6 months and I guess she missed the memo that she's not a newborn anymore! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-were-you-able-to-decrease-the-number-of-feedings-in-a-day#post-674475 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:23:53 +0000 Kemma 674475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Miss A is almost six months old and yesterday she had nine "sides" which included a couple of half / snack feeds (we're EBF). She feeds less on the days we're out and about but is otherwise demand fed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-were-you-able-to-decrease-the-number-of-feedings-in-a-day#post-674458 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:15:01 +0000 mrsjazz 674458@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would say around 8/9 months. At 11.5 months I nurse her 3x a day (morning, bedtime, 1 wake up at night) and she has 3 bottles a day, this is down from 9 feedings a day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-were-you-able-to-decrease-the-number-of-feedings-in-a-day#post-674453 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:12:14 +0000 loveisstrange 674453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>C started 4 bottles a day around 7/8 months </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-were-you-able-to-decrease-the-number-of-feedings-in-a-day#post-674452 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:11:34 +0000 Weagle 674452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it was at least 7 months before she could consistently go 3.5+ hours between feedings. She likes to eat small amounts more often and has since the beginning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-were-you-able-to-decrease-the-number-of-feedings-in-a-day#post-674445 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:08:45 +0000 Sammyfab 674445@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We always used EASY so he was nursed on WU, after each nap (3 naps after 4 months), before bed and one nightfeed...so 6 in total. We didn't drop a feed until he dropped his nightfeed at 5.5 months (so 5 feedings total) and went to 2 naps (4 feeds). From 10 months on he would occasionally only nurse 3 times a day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-were-you-able-to-decrease-the-number-of-feedings-in-a-day#post-674437 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:06:11 +0000 sumer08 674437@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Once my LO started sleeping through the night consistently (it was around 4 months for us), we were down to 6 feedings per day. Now that he sleeps 11 hours a night, he naturally "dropped" a feeding, so now at 7 months, we are at 5 bottles per day. Around 8/9 months, I plan to drop his bottles down to 4. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-were-you-able-to-decrease-the-number-of-feedings-in-a-day#post-674423 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:01:58 +0000 DillonLion 674423@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 4 months old and still eating 6-8x a day. I know we still have awhile to go before this changes. When were you able to start cutting down on the number of feedings each day?</p> <p>I feel like once we can cut back to like 2-3 feeds a day I will be a lot more likely to continue long term. </p>