We have a sitter!

I am constantly amazed at how much Charlotte has changed in five short months.  Just this week, she has started to be able to sit up on her own, unsupported, for a couple of minutes at a time. She has not quite grasped the concept of righting herself if she starts to topple, but she's getting there!  It's only a matter of time.

Also, we started her on oatmeal at 4 months and have recently added in applesauce and peaches because the girl LOVES to eat.  She will whine for more between bites faster than I can scoop up another spoonful for her.  Unfortunately, she has also decided that she is not really fond of drinking from the bottle. The only times she will really drink the whole thing are when she is really sleepy, right before bed, or her first bottle of the morning. Otherwise, we fix her 6 ounces and she drinks 2.  I know she is supposed to be getting her main nutrition from milk, so this is stressing me out a bit.  We have started feeding her breakfast, lunch, and dinner to try and supplement so she is eating enough.  Has anybody else had this problem? I don't think she can do a cup yet, so I'm not sure what to do.  She's not having any problems sleeping through the night, so she must not be too hungry, but she gets fussy at times and when she eats, she gobbles it down like she's starving.

Currently, her feeding looks something like this:
Wake anywhere frm 4:30-6ish: Drinks 5-6 oz. of formula
8:00- oatmeal with a little applesauce
11:00- fruit- the whole container (She eats these two so close together because of daycare's schedule)
After fruit, she will drink about 2 oz.
2:00- She drinks about 2 oz.
5:00- Again, about 2 oz.
6:30- Fruit (She eats the whole little container)
8:00- 6 oz. bottle
11:00- 6 oz. bottle

So she's getting about 24 oz. of formula, but sometimes a little less.  Is that enough with 3 other meals at 5 months?  We just started having to send her food for lunch to daycare because she refused the bottle, so she's only had fruit because that's what I had on hand.  I want to make her veggies myself, so I didn't want to buy veggies, and I have been super busy this week with work.  This weekend I hope to make veggies and try her out on those.

Any mamas that read my blog, have you had a similar experience?

My mother said that I ate food at an early age and also started refusing the bottle.  At 8 months, I wouldn't drink from it at all anymore, and they gave me a cup.  I would continuously throw the bottle on the hardwood floor, and that was during the days of glass bottles, so after a few big messes, she gave up.

I just want to make sure my child isn't hungry!  And I really hope I haven't spoiled her for veggies by giving her fruit first, but if she's like me, she'll like it all!

Happy Friday!