The first element to the Babywise routine is “Eat.” These posts will help guide you through the elements of “eat” you will encounter as a Babywise mom. Visit this page for help on the “Wake” portion of the Babywise routine. Visit this page for help on the “Sleep” portion of the routine.
Bottles
- 5 Things to Know About Exclusively Pumping
- 5 Things You Really Need to Know About Bottle Feeding
- Baby Stuff I Love: Nursing/Bottle Feeding Stuff
- Baby Whisperer: Introducing A Bottle Late
- Baby Whisperer: Nursing vs. Bottlefeeding
- Non-BW Tips and Tricks: Breastfeeding moms, give your baby a bottle
- Success as a Mom is not measured by feeding method…
Breastfeeding
- Book Review: The Nursing Mother’s Companion
- Breastfeeding in Front of Older Siblings
- Combating Babywise Myths #5: Babywise will cause you to lose your milk supply if nursing
- Sometimes Breastfeeding Hurts
Breastfeeding Problems
- Cutting Chocolate when Breastfeeding
- Fussy Newborns and Mom’s Diet
- Mastitis
- Milk Supply Limit
- Nursing Woes
- Sometimes Breastfeeding Hurts
- Success as a Mom is not measured by feeding method…
- Thrush/Yeast Infection
Discipline and Feeding:
- 10 Mealtime Policies for Children
- Baby Highchair Manners
- Creating a “Good Eater”
- How to Teach Table Manners to Your Child
- Mealtime Offenses (and Defenses)
- Picky Eaters
- Picky Eaters: Born or Made?
- Pre-Toddler Mealtime Expectations
- Refusal of Favorite Foods
- Restaurant Manners {Dining Out With Children}
- Throwing/Dropping Food off of the Tray
- You Don’t Have to Like It, But You Do Have to Eat It
Dreamfeed: (see also Dreamfeed Blog Index)
Dropping Feedings:
- 5-6 AM “Night” Wakings
- Dropping a Feeding
- Dropping the 4th Feeding
- Dropping the “Dream Feed”
- Early Morning Feedings Before Waketime
Feeding Cycle:
- Eat/Wake/Sleep Cycle
- Feed Baby When Hungry
- Hunger Cues
- Hunger Patterns
- Reasons for Feeding Sooner than 2.5 Hours
Feeding Supplies:
Finger Foods:
Food Amounts
- Food Portions for Children Baby-8 Years
- Solids: How Much Food Will Baby Eat?
- Food Amounts For Toddlers
- Orange Skin
Growth Spurts:
Making Babyfood:
- Book Recommendation: Super Baby Food
- Book Review: Super Baby Food
- Easy Homemade Yogurt
- In Action: Making Babyfood
- How To Make Homemade Baby Food
Mealtime:
Newborns and Feeding: (for more on Newborns, see the Newborn Index)
- Baby Whisperer: Feeding a Sleepy Newborn
- Cluster Feeding
- Feed Baby When Hungry
- Feeding a Newborn: How Long Is a Feed?
- Cluster Feeding
- Hunger Cues
- Hunger Patterns
- Lip-Tie and Tongue-Tie {Guest Post}
- Newborns at Night: Wake After 5 Hours
- Newborn Evening Feeding Schedule
- Nursing A Newborn: Keep Baby Awake!
- Reasons for Feeding Sooner than 2.5 Hours
- Sleepy Newborns
- Sleepy Newborns: Work for 10 Minutes
Nighttime Feedings:
Picky Eating:
- Appetite vs. Hunger
- Overcoming the Picky Eater
- Picky Eaters
- Picky Eaters are Made
- Picky Eaters: Born or Made?
- Refusal of Favorite Foods
- What To Do When Your Child Doesn’t Like A Certain Food
Schedules:
- Baby Meal Planner {Free Printable}
- Baby’s Feeding Schedule With Solid Foods
- Feeding Times for Solids
- How to Align Baby’s Meal Times with Family’s Meal Times
- How To Organize Meal Time
- Managing Dinner Prep Time
- Newborn Evening Feeding Schedule
- Nursing Schedule with Older Child(ren)
- Prioritizing Family Meals
- Reasons for Feeding Sooner than 2.5 Hours
- Solids: Aligning Meals with the Family
- Solids: What’s the Schedule
Self-Feeding:
Sippy Cups:
- Baby Whisperer: Introducing a Sippy Cup
- Introducing a Sippy Cup
- Juice vs. Water
- Pre-Toddler Milk Intake
Solid Foods:
- 5 Stages of Solid Foods
- Baby Meal Planner {Free Printable}
- Eating Solids: A New Skill
- Feeding Times for Solids
- How to Introduce Solid Foods to Your Baby
- Solids: Aligning Meals with the Family
- Solid Food and Babies
- Solids: How to Start?
- Solids: What do they eat at each meal?
- Solids: When Do They Master the Spoon?
- Solids: When Do You Stop Babyfood and Move to “Real” Food?
- Solids: When to Start
- Solids: Introducing “Randomly”
Snacks:
Toddlers:
- Adding Milk/Dairy to the Diet
- Feeding Your Pre-Toddler
- Food Amounts for Toddlers
- Pre-Toddler Mealtime Milestones
- Pre-Toddler Milk Intake
- Toddlers and Spoons
Weaning:
Have you ever experienced a baby that just refuses to eat? My baby is 4.5 months old and was on a fairly consistent 3 hour schedule drinking 4 oz each time. But more and more when it was time to eat he wasn’t interested so i moved him to 4 hours and he’s still not interested! I struggle to get him to drink 4oz and I know that’s not nearly enough. I do feed him once in the middle of the night but just feeling so hopeless. Why does he refuse his bottle all of the sudden and introducing baby food has been hit or miss as well because he thrusts it right back out.
My 7.5 month old is still taking three naps (3rd is cat nap) but About half the time she wakes Early from her first nap. She was sleeping two hours and sometimes only sleeps 1:20. But she isn’t very hungry at her wake time anymore. Whether she sleeps the 1:20 or 2 hours, she is very lazy about feeding and not very interested.
2 questions:
Is it ok for her to be awake for some time, maybe an hour, before feeding her? Possibly she’ll be more interested in eating after a little more time. This is just contrary to all I’ve been doing since I’ve always fed my babies right when they wake.
Also, if she’s not sleeping the full two hours, does this mean I should actually be dropping her third nap?😬
It can be okay to have some waketime before feeding–even up to 30 minutes. But I would experiment and try dropping that third nap and see if it solves things. You also might (or instead might) need a little longer waketime length in the morning.