Good day. I have two questions: 1. Please advise on dishes suitable fo…

Good day. I have two questions: 1. Please advise on dishes suitable for 9 months old babies that he could eat with his hands, eats everything in general, but rejects cottage cheese. We don't want to eat from a spoon, only by hand, cooked vegetables eat very little, but eats, it needs variety so as not to lose interest in food, and my ideas have run out already. 2. The daughter has a whole year of bad habit of sleep, she rubs her hand at whoever puts her to bed, if she wakes up, she also rubs, it hurts, there is no nerves left. She self-soothing like children on breasts. Maybe someone has ideas on how to get away from this?