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We waited until 6 months per the pedi's recommendation. But I really don't think 3 weeks is going to make a huge difference one way or the other. You could always do cereals now (we were recommended to do those first, not necessarily for nutrition, but to check for allergies in each one) and then start actual purees at 6 months. We actually did the cereal thing at 6 months and then didn't really start purees til closer to 7, but I'm pretty sure we were on the late end of things, and my daughter was a-ok with just her bottles up until then.

My baby is 5 m, almost 6. I just started solids this week, because he is 24 weeks and I figured might as well. I waited the longest out of everyone in my moms group, it seems like actually waiting till 6 m is the exception not the rule! He was definitely meeting all the milestones, he's basically sitting up with very minimal support, he eyes and grabs for my food, made chewing motions. And he is not really a fan at all of purees. The first day I did a homemade sweet potato fry/wedge because I wanted to start of on baby led weaning but it freaked me out too much. I did so much research too! For now I am gonna do purees and see how it goes. He actually preferred playing with the wedge, purees he is meh about so far. His favorite thing was the rice cereal bowl and trying to drink it while holding it himself! Crazy boy.

We are starting tomorrow at 24 weeks. Ped. suggested to start around 5 months because she was initially ready however we ended up having to wait until her reflux was under control again.

We did green beans around 4 and a half months. Although she broke our into a bad diaper rash so we waited about two weeks before trying anything else.

We did at 5 months because he was still hungry at daycare and I was maxed out on pumped milk! I started sending one purée a day at exactly 5 months. He loved them right away. We skipped cereal and puréed veggies and fruits. We started more BLW around 7 months.

We started purees at 5 months. He had been eating oatmeal cereal for about 2 weeks before we started giving him purees. His pediatrician said we could start, and he was really interested in food, so it was a hit!

My LO is the same age and I think we are going to start soon. We started my oldest at 5.5 months and she did great. My LO had a fit at dinner tonight (sitting on my lap) because my tortellini went into my mouth and bypassed hers. It was a little funny.

She's your baby, you know best. I personally wanted to wait until 6 mo but DD would literally SCREAM if we didn't share before 4 mo. I decided if she was "ready" she should do it herself and we went the strict Baby Led Weaning route : only finger food, and she had to feed herself (picking up and bringing it to her mouth on her own)

I'm happy with my decision cause I really think it's easy to fill kids up on purées and end up displacing their milk intake.