Or if you are mixing powdered formula with too much water, she may be drinking more of it in order to get the calories she needs. It might be helpful to determine whether she is really hungry all those times she is eating. Feeds should take about 20 minutes with lots of hugging and snuggling with Mom or Dad. This helps satisfy both her nutritional and nurturing needs. When you do start solid foods, start gradually, allowing your baby's GI tract to adjust to each new food before starting another.
Rice cereal mixed with breast milk or formula is generally baby's first solid food.
Then wait a few days and try something else, such as a green vegetable. After a few more days, you can introduce another cereal such as oatmeal, or another vegetable or a fruit. This way, if your baby has a reaction to anything, you will know right away what it is. While which foods you start first is not terribly important, the usual progression is cereals, vegetables, fruits, and then meats. Foods considered potentially allergenic, such as cow's milk, eggs, wheat, and fish, should not be started until the baby is closer to a year old.