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LO is 3 days shy of 4 months. Right now we are doing breast milk only. In 6 weeks we will do table food/blw starting with sweet potato, avocado, bananas, and homemade oat bars.

LO has MSPI + egg allergies + probable gluten issues (I have celiac, so am unwilling to do a trial), so we are going slowly with food and only doing unprocessed foods for as long as possible.

We did purees from 6-9 months, then added in chunky purees after that. Around 10-11 months we started giving him small bites of whatever was on our plates, he was not interested in feeding himself until then. By 12 months he was eating whatever we were eating.

My LO is 9 months w/ 0 teeth... she is eating purees 3x a day & practicing with some finger foods but not really eating them well.. Allergies are a big deal in our family and it has been important for us to do early exposure with all of the top allergic foods and make sure they are actually eaten and digested. And likewise - it is important that some foods not get too messy so we don't expose my son to them. She also gets impatient if she can't get her food in her mouth. So purees have worked best for us for now.

We combo BLW and purees at 10 months. Lots of broccoli and sweet potato. Avocado, banana, Apple, cheese, beans (cut up and refried), eggs sometimes, he loves pancakes, bites of whatever I'm eating.

He loves squeezy pouches so we keep them on hand if he's being fussy and won't eat the finger food we've given him.

Combo of everything I guess. She does not like purees but is now starting to let me feed her some at 7 months. Some food I rip or cut into small chunks and some food I give her big like cucumber sticks and flatbreads. It is trial and error for both of us with some gagging which is scary/uncomfortable for both of us, but I guess part of the process. Cheerios and peas helped her get better fine motor control. And as long as things aren't a major allergen, like eggs or peanuts, I threw caution to the wind and just give her stuff with mixed herbs and combinations of multiple foods.

@bluestriped bee: Purees and no BLW yet. I just don't think he is ready. He is 6.5 months this Monday but has no teeth and still wobbles a little sitting up!

We are making our own purees from recipes in this book called Cookbook for Wearers: http://www.amazon.com/Cookbook-Weaners-Wean-Green/dp/1481940708?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0.

So far so good!

9.5 months. We do a bit of everything. Purees, oatmeal, finger foods (bite sized), teething wafers, etc. He's a great eater though so it's easy. He's really good at feeding himself pretty much anything bite sized. He loves cheerios, puffs, small cubes of any fruits or veggies, cheese, bread, etc. And he loves purees too. And formula!

He is 10 months and he eats a combination of purees and soft finger foods.

That's kind of a wide age range when it comes to solids... What DD ate at 6 months is different from what she's eating now at 11 months.

@wrkbrk: How on earth is your baby 6.5 months already?! I'm sure it was only last week that we were talking about your brand new newborn spitting his dummy (paci) out every 15mins!