Hey, from my experience (of my 2 DDs and of friends) it is REALLY common for babies to wake more from around 6mths onwards as there is such a lot of brain development going on. It's tough but it will get easier. When she's ready she'll drop waking at that time of night.
Oh, and food - porridge is a fantastic supper/night food. Slow releasing energy and high in Vitamin B6 which can help induce sleep. Banana is too so perhaps give her some porridge with mashed banana? My girls have porridge 20 mins before they go to bed & I think it helps them.
The other thing is really don't worry about getting her to eat lots of lumpy food. Yes, it's great if she's interested but I found that at that early stage, a mixture of lumpy food and mush was best to fill up with DD2. As Georgia is breastfed, i wouldn't worry about the amount of solids at the moment - my MCHN kept saying to me 'food is fun until they're one' - especially if breastfeeding as breastmilk continually changes to keep up with your little ones needs.
With DD1 she didn't actually eat more than a teaspoon of mush per meal until she was 11 months old but then suddenly she took to eating and within 3 months was eating a t-bone steak like it was going to be taken away from her (I have the photo!!). The advice i was given that infants should be eating firmer food by 12 months not just for the foods sake but the chewing aids speech development skills.
Hi thanks Roya that was a really good post thank you for going to the trouble I really appreciate it.
Thanks also to everyone else. I guess I will do what I have always done and go with the flow. See where this new journey ends up
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