If you’re looking sample daily routines and schedules for starting solids and baby-led weaning, you’re in the right place!

It is important to remember that milk is the primary source of nutrition for babies 0-12 months. Solids are considered a necessary complement 6+ months. By 12 months, the story flips - solids become the primary nutrition and milk/formula is either weaned or breastfeeding continues.

Our top tip is to offer solids to baby 1 hour after their milk feed from 6-9 months, and then after 9 months you can start to offer solids first.

We followed one baby from 6-12 months to develop these real-life schedules for naps, wake windows and mealtimes. This baby was formula-fed bottles throughout the day and continued to have night-wakings with milk feeds until age one. Your baby may be on a different schedule, and that’s OK!

These are meant to guide your journey, not say what your exact schedule needs to be. If you are not a parent who follows strict schedules, this page is not for you.

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Note: Please find the daily routine that works for YOU & YOUR BABY, and try to stick with the recommended number of meals by age. Your baby’s wake windows may be different, and that’s okay! Also, snacks are

Number of Meals by age:

6 months - 1 meal per day

7 months - Move to 2 meals per day

8-9 months - Move to 3 meals per day

10-12 months: Add in one snack per day, for 3 meals + 1 snack

12-18+ months: 3 meals a day plus 2-3 snacks (serve bedtime snack if dinner is more than 2 hours before bedtime, toddlers need to eat solids every 2-3 hours)