I started to wean my 7mo DD about a month ago, other than that she is ebf and will not take a bottle or a cup (she has gradually come round to taking about 3oz from a cup but will want a breastfeed too). She is fine taking water from a cup as obviously she doesn't need such a large volume of liquid.
I have been trying her on a variety of finger foods and purees (some bought, some homemade) and she is OK with trying the finger foods although not much gets swallowed, but she is quite anti the purees - I believe because they come on a spoon which she is not in control of. Having said this I give her vitamins on a spoon and because she knows what they are and likes the taste she opens her mouth for them. If I give her a spoon to hold herself with a bit of puree on she will put it in her mouth quite happily although not to eat the food, more to chew on the spoon.
At the same time she has never slept through the night and is still waking every two hours - most of the time for a feed although she often just wants a cuddle. This is confusing the issue for me as I feel on the one hand as if I should be making sure she gets adequate milk during the day and I can rule out the fact that she could be hungry at night, and on the other hand maybe she is ready for something more substantial in her tummy and is getting hungry quicker. Sleep deprivation is not helping me to unravel the puzzle.
DD1 was very quick to get the hang of a bottle and solids and so I am confused as to whether it is a personality thing and will just take a bit longer with DD2, a normal step in weaning and we got lucky first time round or something I am doing wrong.
For various reasons I don't want to go down the BLW route and I do realise that milk should still be her main source of calories but I wondered if anyone else had had the same problems and what can I try to 1) get her to take more solids and 2) sleep better at night (possibly another thread entirely?