hi & glad to see you're posting - it's addictive though so watch out!!!

the only concern with a number of days between dirty nappies is the explosion when it does arrive my DS used to go up to 7 or 8 days between dirty nappies & i've heard of other BF babies going for even longer!

i found that the watching food stage started a good 1-2 months before my DS was really ready to try solids. i think because it happens in conjunction, as you said, with them becoming more & more aware of & interested in what's going on around them that's it's easy to take it as a sign that they are actually ready to eat. we also did baby led solids for the most part.

it sounds like she's getting the right amount of milk...she sounds bright, alert & with a good number of wet & dirty nappies