DS is 8 months now, a big, strapping, active boy. He's been crawling since 6 months, supported his own weight on his legs at 2 months and is easily pulling himself up on furniture etc. We weaned him at about 5 months (he was EBF until about 2 months, then mix fed with a bottle at bedtime) and now he eats really well. Possibly too well? He seems to eat (and poo!) a LOT.
He has a 7oz bottle at bedtime (about 7.30pm), an 8oz bottle at about 11pm and then another bottle of about 6oz at about 5.30am. I thought that he might just be using the bottle as a sleep cue and we've been gradually reducing his early morning bottle but most of the time he really does seem to wake up hungry.
Last time he was weighed (about a month ago) he was 20 pounds or so and on the 91st centile. The HV didn't comment on his weight, just mentioned 'he was doing really well'. Perhaps he's just a big, hungry baby? Apart from waking up for feeds, he sleeps well and a very happy, jolly baby during the day. It's just that all the literature says that by about 6 months, babies' stomachs are big enough to hold food enough to last through the night...