By the time your baby reaches 12 months to 18 months of age, you hopefully will find that he or she has fallen into a more consistent schedule. Hopefully he or she is sleeping throughout the night and eating solids on a regular basis.   Very often this is NOT the case, so don’t worry if your daily life doesn’t look like this.  The idea behind this schedule or guideline is to develop a routine so that you ensure your baby is eating and sleeping enough.

• 7 a.m. – milk feeding after baby wakes up
• 7:30 a.m. – solids breakfast after milk feeding – wait 20 minutes if your baby isn’t hungry for solids after the milk feeding
• 9:30-11 a.m. – morning nap
• 11 a.m. – milk feeding after baby wakes up
• 11:30 a.m. – solids lunch
• 2 p.m. – afternoon nap
• 3:30 p.m. – milk feeding
• 5 p.m. – solids dinner — try not to give them milk first and save that for last so that your baby has this nice “night time milk” from breast or bottle
• 6:30 p.m. – final milk feeding
• 7 p.m. – bedtime

So there you have it!  Hope this schedule is helpful to you!