i'm still confused but here's what we're doing...

8:30am- 6oz bottle
12pm- 3 Tablespoons oatmeal with 1/2 thing of fruit or veg followed by a 6oz bottle
4pm- 6oz bottle
6pm- 3 tablespoons oatmeal with 1/2 fruit or veg
7:30pm- 6oz bottle

i'm going to start giving him oatmeal in the morning soon and then switching to 1/2 fruit & 1/2 veg for lunch and oatmeal and veg for dinner. i'm just winging it.

i also didn't wait to start him on fruits, i started them the same time as veg and he doesn't really care for fruits that much. he *loves* sweet potatoes and carrots and *hated* green beans.

i think it would be ok to give her something you know agrees with her for lunch while testing new foods for dinner.

We do (roughly):
6:30/7: 6 oz bottle
2-3 hour nap
10/10:30: oatmeal & 6 oz. bottle
2-3 hour nap
2/2:30: 6 oz. bottle
1-2 hour nap
5/5:30: new veggie and 6 oz. bottle
1 hour nap
8/8:30: 8 oz. bottle
bedtime by 9:30
She's been waking up again for whatever reason, but it only takes a few ounces or a walk around the room to put her back to sleep.
I just thought I'd add those naps.
She's still sleeping alot, she doesn't want to be up more than 1 1/2 to 2 hours max.
She weighs 18 lb 4 oz.
We went to the dr. today to recheck her ear, it's fine. However, when I was changing her while over there she had a glob of green mucus on her privates. He's checking her for a UTI. We'll find out the results in about 3 days. She's been forcing and whining when she pees. A couple of times when she came back from my mom's house and I changed her, there was a little poo in her privates. My mom doesn't clean her good enough I guess. I wonder if that would have caused it. Sorry, got a little off track from the food.
I think I may move the oatmeal to the first morning bottle, then do "old" veggies at 10:30, then new food at 5:30.
I can't wait until she eats what we eat. She's getting so big and more independent. It's getting much easier! I wish she wouldn't nap so much. It seems like by now she'd cut out at least one nap. She needs her beauty sleep.

Oh, and I might add that when my mom watches her, she only takes about 3 one hour naps and is a big crab when I get home. She naps for about 3 hours when I get home. She's pooped. I've told her 24872038539 times to make sure she sleeps a little more, but it goes through one ear and out the other.

wow, she does sleep a lot! finn sleeps from 7:30pm-8am and then he'll take a short morning nap (1/2 hour-1 hour) and then about a 2 hour afternoon nap. he's exhausted by 6 but we entertain him and keep him up until we start his bedtime routine at 7.

i hope she doesn't have a uti!

aww, my daughter got a uti when she was younger....it was pure hell. Did they have to catheterize her to get a urine sample? That's what they did for .adriana. But I guess it's very easy for a baby girl to get uti's, especially since they are in diapers. But my doctor also told me not to let .adriana sit in the tub for any longer than needed. Which sucks, because she loves her baths. I guess a bath can cause uti's too. So never put any bubbles or anything in her bath. I always wash .adriana, then drain the tub and make sure I get all the soap residue out, then we fill it up again and let her play for a bit....and we haven't had anymore problems.
And as far as sleeping a lot....my daughter slept a lot when she was that age too. it wasn't until she was about 7 or 8 months until she went down to 2 naps, and now she's 1 and naps just once a day boy do I miss the days when she was a sleepy baby! She might be doing most of her growing now too.
And we had better success with oatmeal, than rice. Rice constipated my daughter....so she normally had to have prunes mixed in her rice. But as long as you mush up your food really good....I don't see why she can't have your food. It's better for her than baby food, much fresher as well.

She's growing a lot right now. She completely skipped 3-6 month clothes it seems like. She was only in them for about a month now she wears 9 month. She's very crabby if she's up more than 90 minutes. It's like clockwork. Rice gave her bad gas, she's doing okay with oatmeal. she takes quick baths laying down with dove soap. I don't think it's the baths.

Yeah, if she's getting sponge baths I don't think it was that. It's just super easy for girls to get them.
I'm almost positive it was the bath in our situation, just because I was unaware I wasn't supposed to let her "soak".

Adriana grew tons in the first 9 mos. She basically skipped 12 mos clothes. She wore them literally for about a week. Then she went into 18 months, and that's where she's still at. There are some 18 mos that are too small, and others fit, and some are big (don't you love how they have one standard size? ) and then she can wear a few of her 24 mos/2t clothes. So, lil .ava sounds a whole lot like .adriana, just about everything you described is how .adriana was. Weird.