Schedule: Feeding and Sleeping for Babies at 9 months-12 months | CloudMom

At this stage your baby is (hopefully) doing a really long stint at night, and some babies are probably even sleeping the entire night without waking up—LOVE THAT! Your baby has probably made the transition from three naps to two naps, so your day is likely structured around two naps now.

Now that your baby is a little older, when exactly should these naps be happening?
Babies at 9 months-12 months should generally be waking up at 7 a.m. and going back down around 9:30 a.m. for their morning nap. Some babies go down at 9 a.m. (or earlier) if your baby is an early riser, so say that a baby who wakes up early may nap from 8-10 a.m. instead of 9-11 a.m. So once they're awake from their morning nap, they will go back down at around 2 p.m. and sleep until 3:30 p.m. (for normal wakers) or go down at 12 p.m. and sleep until 2 p.m. (for early risers). If you find yourself struggling with early risers, you can watch another video I made on how to get your baby to adjust to a more normal waking hour.

My doctor suggested that it was healthiest for babies not to sleep past 3 p.m. in the afternoon or four hours prior to their bedtime. I found these kind of sleep tips for babies very helpful because, in my own experience, when my babies slept past three I had a very hard time getting them to bed.

So now that we've covered sleeping, what does the feeding schedule for 9-12 month olds look like? At this point, your baby needs milk about four times per day, as you can see here:

-7 a.m. after they wake up
-11 a.m. after their nap (10 a.m. for early risers)
-3:30 p.m. after their afternoon nap (2 p.m. for early risers)
-7 p.m. at bedtime

Also, we can't forget about solids! Hopefully your baby is eating solids three times a day at this age. This is based on my own doctor's recommendation, but as always, check with yours to see what they say! Milk is still the most important source of nutrition in this stage, so I would still stick with giving milk first and then solids after, like this:

-Solids breakfast at 7:30 a.m. after milk
-Solids lunch after nap at around 11:30 a.m. (10:30 a.m. for early risers)
-Solids dinner at 6 p.m. For this, I would give food first so that your baby has milk as a final feeding before bedtime.

If your baby is too full after milk for solids, try waiting for 20 minutes and then try again—but first, check with your doctor to make sure that this is OK. I've put together the full schedule for you, so hopefully it makes plenty of sense once you see the day as a whole!

We've covered all of the bases for this age group so now I want to hear from you! Parents, what experience do you have with getting your 9-12 month old to stay on a consistent feeding and sleeping schedule? Do you have a tried and true method that worked for you? Share your thoughts by leaving a comment below!

Stay tuned for more how-to video guides for parents, from one mom to you!
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[RedScareClair]

This is our exact sleep/wake schedule... On paper anyway 🤣 my baby is NOT sleeping all night unless she is laying on me or her dad so sometimes we sleep until 8am. But on good nights she pops up at 7am and that really is the perfect schedule, I've found.

[NeneBoo]

As a first time mom to a 9 month old, I totally been feeding my baby wrong and no one ever corrected me. I just give my baby solids and 8oz bottle every 3 hrs and he takes one nap that is 1 nap that is 10 mins long and up majority of the day. Then goes to bed at 11pm.

[LiLi]

You're the best, I followed all ur routines with my first and now he's 2 years, and now I am following them again with my baby girl and from my experience they worked pretty well with both of them. Thank you 😘❤️❤️

[jenno]

Thank you so much Melissa! You have been a mentor for me.So far I have followed a lot of your advices since I was pregnant and everything is going smoothly with my baby girl
( 8Month Old)!! Thank you, God Bless you!

[allisontatola]

thank you so much. I have a 9 month old and have been struggling to get him on a sleeping/feeding schedule.you gave some great tips and advise. THANK YOU!

[YTLawnGnome]

So this definitely helped! My daughter just turned 10 months old and she has become extremely fussy when it comes to feeding her for the last 2 weeks. I think our missing link is to extend the period between feedings because it definitely seems that 3-4 hours is too short of a time frame. It seems 4 to 5 hours in between meals seems better.

[Eashton]

This is pretty much exactly our schedule! Thanks for the reassurance ! :):)

[PaliPrincess]

This is really helpful for my 11 month old. Thank you.

[gunjansharmaz]

Hi Melissa,
my baby is almost 9 months and I am struggling to get a good night sleep

Baby is still on breastfeed and solids
doesn't take formula or even ebm in bottle

Our day starts somewhere around 5:30am with a feed and followed by short 45 min nap
I then give her breakfast between 7:30-8:00
sleep by 9:00
but she will not sleep without milk 20min
then she gets up in 1 hr
till next feed around 11:30 it is play time
then lunch between 12:00 -1:00
she would again get tired and doesn't go to sleep without feed which is around 2:00 to 2:30pm

I have tried not giving feed and she will keep waking in 20 min to have feed

then next I give dinner between 4:30 - 5:00

then feed around 6:30

then night routine of massage and warm bath and last feed if she wants 5-10 min and she sleeps by 7:15

then the worst part starts

in a good night she would wake atmost by 10:00pm then which is always with crying
I check nappy there is bit of wee not much
I apply Bongela
then tried putting to sleep without feed
but she wakes in 15 min if I don't feed
11:30 - 12:30-no feed required
then 1:30-2:00 takes feed 20min
then 3:30 4:00 takes feed 7-10min and is playful and awake
then 5:00- 5:30 feed 15-20 min nappy change which is full wet no pooh
then its a 40 min or 45 min nap and she is up after that

I don't expect you to go through the whole thing. ..but any help is appreciated

Warm regards
Gunjam Sharma

[CuteLola]

my 10 month old wakes up at 8am and nap time is normally 11:30am 12pm, he wakes up at 3pm then bed is 8pm. He isn't allowed anything but baby food as he gags when he eats. and he's not allowed milk. He is on a feeding tube so he gets formula through that 21 hours a day. Also only eats one to two meals a day.

[rohiniramsaran]

How much milk would you recommend before giving baby the soilds

[peaceandlove]

Baby goes to bed 10.30PM
Wakes up 8.30AM
Morning Nap 11 AM
Noon Nap 1300PM

She is 10 months n doesnt like solid food i m trying everday to give solid like mashed veges fruits etc she is not interested . She loves milk and Milk with cereal

[ciripmd]

This is exactly what we do except we do solids before milk for lunch and dinner. I’ve found that not giving water with solids will help with leaving room for the breast milk (since breast milk is made of lots of water anyway).

[Diana-pclm]

if it wasn't for you I would have been absolutely terrified to bathe my now 9 month old newborn when i first had him..I have been watching your videos since i was pregnant you are so awesome thank you for being a great mom and making the videos you make !!!

[hlianakaragiorgi]

CloudMom what can we give for dinner? biscuits and fruits or something heavier? you're great and really helpful... :)

[manahilkadhim]

I love you so much you saved my schedule!! May God bless you. Wish you a happy new year!

[rebekahselby]

My goodness I'm trying this out today!! I've not slept in weeks my twins have been teething. I'm thinking from your advice I've been letting them sleep too much during the day!!! And too late!

[deidresteenkamp]

I really liked this video I wrote everything down thank you so much for helping. So now I could really get some sleep myself I'm a super tired mom.

[evee]

My baby was seen by doctor and he’s not sick but for about a month now my baby fights his bottles and his baby food. Gags and sticks his tongue out. Was a good sleeper through the night and now wakes up hungry and wants the bottle

[noella]

Thank god my baby sleeps in ! But he will sense I’m not sleeping and get up no matter what I do ! I don’t make a sound take 20 mins to walk down the steps so I don’t make a sound . Nothing works