does this sound right for an infant??

[jenboo]

DCG just turned 8 months old. She is small... 0-3 month clothing, occasionally 3-6 months and she is in size 2 diapers. She is starting to get a little chub on her but not too much. She is gaining weight fine, she is just little.

Here is her feeding schedule:
Wake up and eat approx 8 oz, not sure if formula or breast milk.
9am: screams until I give her puffs and 4oz of formula
11am: 8 oz of formula and about 1/2 cup of homemade baby food (fruit/veggie) and rice cereal.
12pm: screams until I give her puffs and 4 oz of formula
3pm: 8oz formula and about 1/2 cup of the food
Evening: another 8oz of formula or breast milk and food.

That's about 40oz a day plus 3 meals of food. It seems like a lot of food! I believe she is around 15lbs.

Is this normal? I just added in the two 4 oz bottles this week

[Crazy8]

DCG just turned 8 months old. She is small... 0-3 month clothing, occasionally 3-6 months and she is in size 2 diapers. She is starting to get a little chub on her but not too much. She is gaining weight fine, she is just little.

Here is her feeding schedule:
Wake up and eat approx 8 oz, not sure if formula or breast milk.
9am: screams until I give her puffs and 4oz of formula
11am: 8 oz of formula and about 1/2 cup of homemade baby food (fruit/veggie) and rice cereal.
12pm: screams until I give her puffs and 4 oz of formula
3pm: 8oz formula and about 1/2 cup of the food
Evening: another 8oz of formula or breast milk and food.

That's about 40oz a day plus 3 meals of food. It seems like a lot of food! I believe she is around 15lbs.

Is this normal? I just added in the two 4 oz bottles this week

Every baby is different I know, but I don't see taking a 4oz bottle an hour after an 8 oz. bottle as being normal.
What time is her wake up feeding??? If its breast milk, is it from a bottle where mom is sure she's getting 8 oz.?? What is her sleep schedule like? The crying an hour later could be a silent reflux or gas issue or even teething (I know, teething gets blamed for everything but the puffs and milk could relieve teething pain)? Does she spit up a lot? Is this a new thing or has it been going on a while? Could be a growth spurt if its just recent.

Generally at 8 months old I have babies eating every 4 hours or so (give or take depending on naps, etc.). So usually a bottle at home in the AM (6-8am), then bottle here about 4 hrs after their last one (10am-12pm), then cereal if they are on it - most of my families start cereal at about 6-8 months old but I have them start with an evening feeding before adding in the lunch one here. Then another bottle usually about 3-4pm before they go home.

[BrooklynM]

My daughter was 15 pounds from 9 months to 1 year, she didn't gain any weight and she ate like a teenage boy! . She had a food absorption issue. It went away at about the 14 month mark, but she was never a chubby baby.

[Leigh]

DCG just turned 8 months old. She is small... 0-3 month clothing, occasionally 3-6 months and she is in size 2 diapers. She is starting to get a little chub on her but not too much. She is gaining weight fine, she is just little.

Here is her feeding schedule:
Wake up and eat approx 8 oz, not sure if formula or breast milk.
9am: screams until I give her puffs and 4oz of formula
11am: 8 oz of formula and about 1/2 cup of homemade baby food (fruit/veggie) and rice cereal.
12pm: screams until I give her puffs and 4 oz of formula
3pm: 8oz formula and about 1/2 cup of the food
Evening: another 8oz of formula or breast milk and food.

That's about 40oz a day plus 3 meals of food. It seems like a lot of food! I believe she is around 15lbs.

Is this normal? I just added in the two 4 oz bottles this week

I don't think 40 oz. per day is out of line for an 8 month old. They usually have 4-5 bottles a day at this age (6-8 oz per bottle). It may be a little much, but 32 oz. per day is recommended at this age, I believe. As long as the baby is doing well, let her hunger/thirst be the cue for what she needs. It does seem like a lot for a child who is eating that much "solids" with it, but as long as there is no problem, I'd just let it be.

[drseuss]

One of my current kiddos was much like that. His parents worried a bit, particularly because his older sister wasn't a tiny little thing. Eventually he just started to grow and put on weight and is no longer that tiny little peanut that he was a few months ago. I would not worry about your little one, especially because she *is* eating so well.