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WOW! Your LO is such a great eater. My 9 month old only takes a few bites to an ounce of solids depending on her mood. -.-
I give her solids 3x a day. She takes mostly breastmilk though.
I read that breastmilk has all the nutrients a baby needs for his/her first year so I'm not too concerned.
Your LO might be going through a growth spurt?

@Mrs. Yoyo: So my LO woke up every 2 hours last night to eat too. I thought my life had rewinded (rewound?) back 8 months. I think she's going through a growth spurt too because she ate more solids today than she ever has. The first year of life is so much fun

At 6 months I was only offering one serving of solids per day. Around 7 months I upped it to two meals of solids per day plus teething biscuits and mum mums as snacks. At 9 months I upped it to 3 meals of solids per day (on the advice of my pedi) plus snacks like puffs, cheerios, etc. I also started offering some table foods like a muffin for breakfast, sweet potato fries, green beans, etc (non pureed, just cut up small). My son still drinks the same amount of formula (was EBF until 8 months, supplemented for one month and then entirely formula at 9 months) and we offer him a sippy of water throughout the day to keep up his fluids.

I'd suggest offering 2 meals of solids a day and see if that seems to satisfy him. My son started getting teeth at 6.5-7 months so good sleep became few and far between during teething bouts. Perhaps that is the culprit of such frequent night wakings.

I have no experience yet with solids so I'm just putting this out there. If you feed bananas at night, do you think the sugars in it is what is waking your LO up at night? My LO is 5 months so will be starting solids next month so this is a great thread for me!

some babies just looooove solids more than milk. maybe he's waking up for more solids?

My LO loves her solids, we offer them a few times a day (she's just about 6 months)-in the morning and then again in the afternoon/evening. I started with just once per day and learned that it really wasn't enough for her. There are definitely times when she is only interested in her bottle though. She has also been waking up more often in the middle of the night looking for a few ounces and then goes right back to sleep, so I think we are in a growth spurt.