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
- Reader Nursing Questions
- Sometimes Breastfeeding Hurts
Breastfeeding Polls
- Poll Discussion: Breastfeeding
- Poll Discussion Results: Breastfeeding
- Poll Results: IF YOU BREASTFED, DID YOU FOLLOW THE.BW rule to wake every 5 hours at night until 5 weeks old?
- Poll Results: What age did baby start to stay awake for feedings on own (you didn’t have to work to keep baby awake to eat)?
- Poll Results: Nursing Strikes
- Poll Results: Weaning from Breast
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:
- Baby Led Weaning
- Finger Foods
- Finger Foods Basics
- Poll Results: What age did you start giving baby finger foods? (simple things like rice puffs, Cheerios, peas, etc)
Food Amounts
Growth Spurts:
Making Babyfood:
- Book Recommendation: Super Baby Food
- Book Review: Super Baby Food
- Easy Homemade Yogurt
- In Action: Making Babyfood
- Making Babyfood
- Making Baby Food II
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?
- Poll Results: Picky Eaters
- 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
- Poll Results: What age did you introduce solids?
- 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:
