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It sounds like she is genuinely hungry, but I feel like she can be getting more calories in during the day. At 9 months, you can do solids 3 times a day, maybe make them more calorie dense in the evening, and see if that helps?

Sounds like she is hungry. I know we both have babies that are smaller in size, so I would just feed her. If mine wakes up, we do a small bottle and she passes back out usually as soon as we put her back in the crib. I figure the calories don't hurt and it takes 10 mins top.

@IRunForFun: Yes, that's even harder. I literally put fat in everything for my son, so I would totally do coconut oil! It tastes so good/neutral with all fruits. Peanut butter is awesome! We make a lot of Asian style congee/rice porridge type meals that are more savory for the kids and they always taste better with a hefty dose of toasted sesame seed oil. Can she have eggs? One dish the kids love is rice porridge made from just simmering cooked rice in water with some finely minced veggies until soft, adding in 1-2 beaten eggs and furiously beating it into the hot mixture so it becomes custardy, then seasoning with salt and lots of sesame oil. If you don't have cooked rice, cream of rice cereal works or grits will work just as well.

French fries worked well for my kids as a finger food. We also did sweet potato fries tossed in a TON of coconut oil (the flavors just meld really well) sprinkled with cinnamon.

I also did this thing that was sorta like mashed sushi rolls - warm rice mushed up with lots of avocado, a little lemon juice and salt or soy sauce, a pinch of sugar, canned salmon or tuna fish, and sesame seeds. You can add a little hot water to loosen it up if needed.

We also did lots of Thai coconut curry using coconut CREAM instead of coconut milk. We'd make mild green or red curry - this is our favorite, but we used coconut cream and a bag of frozen stirfry veggies, cooked until the veggies were very soft. I'd just take a portion aside for the kids and add the spices later for the adults and then blitz them in a little food chopper with basmati rice for a fatty protein rich meal:

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@IRunForFun: I know its so hard - my 3 year old had a lot of feeding issues because of reflux so did not find any joy in milk or food so it was SO HARD to keep his weight up. Once he was on solids and I pushed a lot of fat, he was at 50th percentile at his 1 year (or was it 18 month?) and my doctor told me I could relax. That said, my kid just had his 3 year check and grew so tall recently, he's technically considered underweight again and I'm back to bulking him up!

Personally I'd just feed her. I would try it out and as long as she stuck to one wake up then reevaluate in a couple months. I am not opposed to sleep training but I also found that once we were down to 1 quick wake up that I could deal with that for a long time.

My LO also did not really eat solids until after she was 12 months and even then it took a while before I felt it really got her any calories so I wouldn't really count on solids much if your LO isn't too into them.

I so far agree to A) beefing up day time eating and maybe giving a bigger bottle before bed to see if it helps, or B) have a bottle pretty much ready and just get it over with quickly

DD1 night weaned herself around 6-7 months, so her wake-ups after that were never about hunger. This DD is a boob monster so she's up a few times. I tolerate it b/c I kind of need her demand to keep my supply up...

I'd feed! My booger is on solids 3x a day and seems starving in the MOTN and morning. I actually still do a "dream feed" right before I go to bed so that she'll let me sleep 11 until 6ish.

@IRunForFun: my kiddo needed food around that age. He was growing so much that he was starving.

He was also MSPI. Almond milk yogurt was super fatty and calorie dense. I also added oil to veggies to fatten them up. I also had him on solids three times a day at that point. I'd try and add more calorie heavy foods before bed.

@Irunforfun: I think you should just feed her right away and she can go back to sleep and you can as well. My daughter will be 9 months next week and she still has 1 motn feed at 3:30 or 4 am. She goes to sleep at 6:30-7 and wakes up around 7:30am. She nurses about 7-8x's/day and has solids twice a day for lunch and dinner. I don't mind the motn feed, it's quick and I'll keep doing it until she stops. I plan to wean from nursing after she turns 1, so we'll see how things go. Oh and she's in the 90th percentile for weight and height and she still nurses like she needs the motn feed.

I'd just get up and feed her. My DS is 8 months and still gets up at least two times to nurse during the night. It's killing me but I'm a firm believer in following his cues. I know lots of people say to sleep train and to cut out the night feeds but I'm not going to . He's in the 20th percentile for weight so I'm fine getting him some extra calories. He eats 3 puree meals a day and some other stuff (puffs/fruit) he can feed himself.

I'm sure that at some point he'll just grow out of the night feedings.

ETA: my ped said it was ok to nurse during the night for my DS but I have a friend who's baby is same age (2 day diff) and the same ped told her to cut it out BUT her son is 4 LBS bigger than DS and is in the 90th percentile.... so I assume the different recommendations have to do with that.

@irunforfun: maybe just a fluke!

My 10m LO3 is very similar. He was/is sensitive to dairy, so I don't do a ton of cheese/yogurt/milk products. He is only 5th percentile, but has been since 4m. He STTN from about 6w-4m, but since then he wakes up every 3-5h to eat all night long. It's annoying, but he otherwise puts himself to sleep (naps and night) and will holler for at least an hour if I try to wait to see if he will settle himself. He eats well during the day (3+ meals or snacks of some amount of solids + 4-5 nursing sessions) but is just super-active. The ped said he probably just has a high metabolism. I would love for him to drop the feeds himself, and occasionally he will give us a night with a 6-7h stretch, but like you, I'm not going to be up all night because he is hollering that I'm not filling his hungry belly We also have 2 other kids, though, so we have whack-a-mole going most nights.

I say to just go with whatever you're more comfortable with. If the wake-ups bother you more than the temporary sleep-training/not feeding/potential guilt would, then just feed her and go back to sleep. But if you're really struggling with the current schedule, then give it a shot.

I would also just feed her if it was just the one wake up at that point. I would also try giving solids 3x a day. My son is 11 months and just started sleeping through the night within the last few weeks. At 9 months he was still doing the early morning wake up. Like yours, he settled right back down after feeding so I just went with it. I bet your DD is close to STTN. Just stick it out a little while longer