We strted just before 6 months. Plenty of mums in my mums group started at 4 - 5 months, and I'm sure plenty on BB also did the same. At 7 months, my daughter is still not all that keen on solids. The first food we gave her was rice cereal. We just got some Farex but she is rather unimpressed by it. We're now giving her stuff like pumpkin, apple, pear, banana.