I thought I would just add a couple of comments - my Lea is 8.5 months now, so many of your experiences are familiar to me.
- Lea sleeps on her front and always has done. From what I read, after 6 months the risk of SIDS is very low, especially if they are strong enough to roll over in the first place.
- Lea really eats a very small amount of solids, but she still breastfeeds 5 times a day. I have experimented with different gaps between breastfeeding and solids, and I think you really have to find your own pattern. I don't think that there is a set or best way to do. For example, she often eats more solids shortly after breastfeeding, which seems really counter intuitive to me. I think the important thing is that your baby is still getting the breastmilk.
- Breastfeeding every 4 hours was one of the best things we introduced, and that has suited Lea since she was 4 months. If she feeds more regularly, she gets confused, so it might be worth your while trying to get to a clearer 4 hour EASY.
- I have used PU/PD and it has really worked for us. But I have also found that that shusshing is still helpful. If I talk to Lea when I am trying to get her to sleep she wakes up. So I make shushing or humming noises. If she is crying really loudly in the cot, I rub her back and make a loud humming noise to try and drown out her cries (I sound like a meditating monk!!). that works for us. The important thing for me has been to try and make the BW techniques work for my baby. At one point when Lea was much smaller the pat/shush stopped working, and then a week later it worked again!
- A bedtime of 7pm works well for us, with bath at 6.30
- We haven't really cracked naps. When we think we have, Lea changes, and its her naps that go haywire. So whatever you are struggling with now, babies change, some problems go away, and new ones come along!
good luck and I hope you manage to get more rest
Paola
