I agree about the waves, we went through a "wasting food is a terrible sin" to "if Mummy doesn't want it, it goes on the floor!" I don't think there is much going in anymore and we are definately nursing more. I was out one day and Tink was getting food down her, I tried to wipe it off, irritating her in the process (scowls). I suddenly thought 'What am I telling her? That her clothes are more important than her food?' I really don't want her growing up with that message, now I strip her off when I feed her and just let her get as messy as she wants, and I have got to say, that is when she is happiest eating. I think in general she is a lot less messy than other babies her age, she chooses to make a mess when she is in a playful mood, but when she is just eating she is quite tidy.