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@CatchAFallingStar: My pediatrician is a fan of offering around 5 months and see how it goes. My first had zero interest until closer to 7 months and wanted nothing to do with purees. Our newest little one was ready at 5 months and is all about the purees.

We started a week or two after 4 months. The pediatrician said she based it on a baby's head control, and our baby's been holding his head up since he was born (pretty much) so she said we could start whenever, and just follow his cues.

We started with oatmeal, then have added a new puree on a weekly basis. He has oatmeal at school, then a little bit at home for "dinner" with about an ounce of fruit or veggies. He still takes 3-4 7 ounce bottles at daycare, but started cutting back on nighttime eating once he was eating regularly (there's probably 4-5 ounces of formula in all of his cereal combined, so he's basically "eating" the equivalent of a bottle in formula)

Some research is saying the rise in allergies could be due to people avoiding them for too long in recent years, so we're trying to introduce the biggies by 6 months. So far he's had wheat and egg. We're working on peanuts and milk next.