Do you know ANY adults who eat a massive amount and yet seem to burn it off through normal activities and never gain much weight? Or some who actually never seem to be eating at all but are rather padded? Babies, like people, are so indvidual in their calorific and nutritional needs.

But it's totally ok to trust her like she trusts you hun, it's totally ok to relax and trust that she will only feed when she needs to. Humans are manipulative and children absolutely learn to manipulate situations, but not in the middle of the night, not at 7 months and not over the issue of food. I definitely find it easier to trust DD in meeting the stated needs than trying to guess and second-guess every request. You're a really good mumma, and Jaz is a very lucky girl, and maybe you need to get a t-shirt to remind you of that when you're squinting with exhaustion in the mirror in the morning!

Bx