my schedule- HELP

I think I need to alter this schedule before I go nuts but have no idea where to even start:

7 wake/bottle
8 nap
9 solids
10 nap
11 bottle
12 nap
1 or 2 solids
2 nap
3 bottle (nap somewhere btwn 3 and 5)
5 solids
6-630 bottle then bed by 7

I don't know if I should pair the bottle with the solids but I read that you should give the solids about an hour or so after the bottle..I'm afraid to give the solids before the solids b/c they might not take the full bottle and don't know if they will eat the solids after their bottle (espcially Noah)
They barely take a nap longer than 45 minutes usually..Once in a while they will sleep longer.. I put them down for a nap an hour before every bottle it seems b/c I tried feeding them and they don't seem to want it..it does seem as though they are tired.
I don't even know where to start. They take either 7 or 8 oz in each bottle.

 

Holy cow, that is a whole lotta eatin and nappin!! I have already forgotten how crazy it was when they were just a bit younger!!

Have you checked out our Schedule Sticky at the top of the forum?

Here was our schedule at 7 months....

8am bottle
8:15 solids
9:30 nap
11 bottle
11:15 solids
12:30 nap
2 bottle
3 snack...puffs, teething biscuit, or something in the mesh feeder
3:30 nap
5 bottle
5:15 solids and bath
7:15 bottle and bed

Their naps are usually about an hour, sometimes longer, sometimes shorter! In between, they are on the floor playing a lot, or in jumpers, the exersaucer, or walker.

 

I checked out the sticky but everyone's schedule is so different I had trouble figuring out what to try first....putting solids right after the bottle or trying to keep them up longer so maybe their nap would last longer etc..

 

Our schedule at 6 months

7.00 am wake up
8.00 am solids
9.00 am nap (until 10.30 am)
bottle
12.30 pm solids
1.00 pm nap (until 2.30 / 3.00 pm)
bottle
5.00 pm solids
5.30 pm bottle
5.00 / 6.00 am bottle (and then back down until 7 am)

 

If I were you I would try and drop down to 2 naps a day, and see how it goes. I would wait a bit longer to put them down for the morning nap. Maybe try a bottle right when they wake up. Solids at 8am when you usually put them down. And then put them down for their nap at 8:30 or 9am. I think they will probably sleep longer that way. This is what we were doing at that age.
7:00 wake up
7:30 bottle
8:00 Breakfast (I didn't at oatmeal at breakfast until about 8 or 9 months)
9:00am NAP
11am Bottle
12pm Solids
1:30-2ish NAP
4pm Bottle
5:00pm Solids
6:00pm bedtime

 

Mattsgal ... we have such a similar schedule!!!

Are you not giving a bottle anymore at bed time ... probably just a cup at dinner or so?

 

Going through that schedule makes me remember when they were little! Mine were on a similar schedule. Sounds right to me.

I did bottles before as well. They seemed to take their formula better that way.

 

i was worried about them not drinking a bottle after solids too, but we tried it and they sucked it right down! i have no idea where they put it all!!!! they are eating solids 2x/day- 1030 and 6ish. they BF a full session or take a full 7-8 oz. bottel when at the sitter for the am feeding, and we do an abbreviated BF session after the dinner hour, since it is so close to bedtime bottle. i think at this age, they should be getting around 32 oz., so as long as you still hit that, you should be ok. doing the bottle and solids together really does save time.
oh, and they take 2 naps- am, early pm, and usually a catnap around 4:30-5ish.