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Most common fruits and veggies except citrus (she has reflux). Chicken, turkey and chicken sausage. Black beans, hummus, eggs, French toast, baby banana bread, wheat pasta, and a whole host of "kid food" ie puffs and melts and whatnot. She's 9.5 mo

My DD is 5.5 months, and we've only tried rice cereal, and just tried bananas this morning. She looked the bananas.

For vegetables, do you just boil, and then puree?

Most fruits and vegetables. Zucchini sautéed in olive oil, cooked carrots, peaches, pears, bananas, and watermelon are his favorites. He love YoBaby yogurts and shredded cheese. Cottage cheese and cream cheese weren't such a hit. He loves puffs and this week we tried some other baby snacks and Cheerios. He's also had pasta, bread, cake (at a friends Bday party), and various meats. We do soft foods cut into little pieces. No BLW style because he has had some feeding issues. He will eat pretty much anything I put on his tray at 10.5 months and prefers to feed himself. At 6 months we mostly did fruit and veggies in the mesh feeder so he could be independent and explore tastes.

At 12 months, so had tried pretty much everything we eat. No spicy foods yet, but a big selection of fruits, veggies, nuts (in butter or cream form), seeds, beans, crackers, bread, etc.

We also started with avocado and squash.

Frozen fruit in the teether was awesome. We also did blueberries in the feeder quite often.

To tag onto this - how do you all decide what order of foods you go into? And when to do things like grains, meat, nuts, etc beyond the veggies/fruits? Any good resources?

@MenagerieMama: the website that @regberadaisy: mentioned above is the one recommended by our pediatrician's office. They have printable charts for age groups and I started with the foods recommended for 4-6 months first and then branched out from there.
http://wholesomebabyfood.momtastic.com/index.htm#.VPz4U0b3bCR

DS is 6 months. He's tried all the stage 1 fruits and veggies, turkey and chicken baby food with veggies, oats, barley, rice, salmon, egg yolk, and whole milk yogurt. We do mostly puréed foods with some soft finger foods like steamed apples and banana. He doesn't have teeth yet so he gums at it. So far he eats pretty much everything.

@Pumpkin Pie: Depended on the vegetable, but I steamed or roasted or boiled and then mashed. I couldn't have lived without this!
http://www.amazon.com/NUK-Mash-and-Serve-Bowl/dp/B006Z6E8AG

@regberadaisy: He showed signs of readiness at 4 months and our doctor signed off (he had reflux so she thought some cereal might help). He just took a few spoonfuls of cereal or puree once a day during the first month, then twice a day for 2 weeks. The last 2 weeks he's been eating 3 times a day. He still takes small portions - like an ounce each time, but he likes almost everything. Last week or so he's really been wanting to gumming things so he's been eating some soft table foods.

DS has just turned 6 months and I love seeing his reactions to different foods! He has just started, so he's only had a handful of things: mashed banana, porridge with banana & cinnamon, plain yoghurt, mashed avocado with lemon, pear (he insisted on gnawing on one I was eating!), baked potato with cheese, scrambled egg, broccoli florets and sliced mango. It was really fun (& a little nerve-racking...) to watch him completely devour a mango slice, lleaving the skin behind. Wow!