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We're not there yet obviously but I plan on avocados & sweet potato to be one of her first foods. Following closely will be peaches because I've got a ton puréed!
Good idea on asking dr for a list. I'll have to remember for M's visit next week.

Every doctor is different. Liv had Greek yogurt at 7 months old and has been eating strawberries, eggs, and wheat since she was anywhere from 6-7 months old. He had us avoid milk (yuuuuck) and nuts/nut butters, shellfish, and honey until later. We did baby led weaning, so from 6.5 months when we started solids she had just about anything we did.

My doctor gave me a sheet of paper that said the no nos which included wheat, then at her 9 month apt asked if I gave her cheerios. They're so confusing! Then she said wheat was fine.

They said no strawberries, eggs, honey, nuts, shellfish, cows milk. Anything else is fine, we could start feeding her what we eat, 3 meals a day. No need to start with baby cereal. But I still did start with brown rice cereal, one meal a day, and added homemade pureed veggies and fruits.

We did avocado for DS's very first food. Early on he had a lot of the safe options...apples, bananas, pears, sweet potatoes, peas, carrots, etc. After that, we just kind of chose things that we were comfortable with and weren't on the major don't have lists. We used wholesome baby food and our baby bullet cook book but just as guidelines.

DS, now 11.5 months, has been eating yogurt since he was 7 or 8 months old. He's also had cheese and eggs. I remember reading that the no dairy rule is to prevent parents from over indulging their LOs on milk instead of formula/breastmilk. I'll have to see if I can remember where I read it though. Like I said, we've done yogurt & cheese for a while. Just like anything else, we used the 3 day rule to rule out any allergies. We do avoid strawberries, honey, chocolate, shellfish, & nuts.

Our doc also gave us a general guideline, but LO had dairy (except for milk), wheat and citrus by 10 months. The rest of the things on your list we gave at 12 months. This might be kind of gross, but if you don't puree, you will be able to see pieces in the poop, and you can tell what isn't being digested.

Hmm... that sounds like a crazy list. We're planning on doing at least some baby led weaning, and a lot of those ingredients are in the BLW cookbook. The only things I was really planning on staying away from before 1 year were cow's milk (for drinking) and honey. We'll see what our new doctor thinks of that idea...

@Mrsdaredevil: We gave blueberries around 7 or 8 months.

@Mrsdaredevil: Yum! I would definitely use them. I have heard that some babies get a diaper rash if they've eaten too much of them, so I would probably look out for that. Otherwise, I don't think it's a problem. I tried blueberries for the first time using a store bought baby food. I didn't want to make a huge batch if LO had a tolerance issue. I have noticed that blueberries are usually mixed with apples or bananas. I'm assuming they probably come out pretty thin as a puree.

We just had our 6 month appt yesterday and the doc said no honey, egg whites, nuts or cow's milk before one year. Everything else can be introduced gradually.

My LO turned 6 months last Saturday. We started solids very slowly at 5 months and to-date he has had: avocado, butternut squash, sweet potato, carrots, green beans, pears, applesauce, bananas, yogurt, mangoes, and a garden greens mix from a pouch. We started giving each food individually and then just mixed them up if we knew he really liked something and was having a hard time with a new taste.

With the wait time between new foods we took things slow. We tried to start with avocado but she didn't like it (and still doesn't) so we ended up with rice cereal.

Around 6 months we started adding a new fruit/veggie each week. We did a lot of squash and carrots.

By 9 months we started on some other things like meat, cheese, yogurt, etc.

Yeah, it can be so confusing! I've always known to start with rice cereal and then slowly introduce one new food at a time and for 3-4 days to watch for allergies. If not, then move on to the next one. Anabel Karmel has a great first foods book that I used with my first son and it was great. I plan on using it for my second in a couple of months. And if I have any concerns I always ask my sons' pediatrician.

My LO is 8.5 months old and we've been BLW since she was 6 months. I've been avoiding anything acidic (like citrus), peanuts, and honey. Otherwise everything is fair game. We'll hold off on straight cow's milk until after a year, but she's had cheese and yogurt (plain, full fat). We have no history of allergies on either side, so I'm not really doing the 3 day wait.

My pediatrician has no idea what BLW is, so he's not really that helpful. We're kind of winging it, with a lot of help from the Rapley BLW book and http://wholesomebabyfood.momtastic.com/.