At 8 months my DS was sitting unaided, but only if he was put into a sitting position, and starting to commando crawl. He HATED solid food, so I was offering food but without a great deal of success. My staples were the Rafferty's garden rice cereals, often mixed with stewed apple, vegemite sandwiches, avocado sandwiches, cheese, and pureed vegies/meat for dinner. 4 months on, DS still isn't great with food compared to some, but he does eat chunky mixes of vegies, is handy with sandwiches, and is starting to want to control the spoon action. I agree with MBear - don't listen too much to what you "should" be doing - 1/2 an hour on BB will tell you that there's a huge variation in what & when kids reach milestones. It sounds like you're doing a great job anyway.
Claire started sitting up on her own, crawling and cruising at 7 months.
She was not particularly interested in any food other than breastmilk, so solids were not yet much of a success.
DS will be 8 months tomorrow. He is able to stay sitting (if I put him in that position). He moves around by a combination of rolling & commando crawling (but as yet, he can only go backwards or around in circles! ). He says "da da da da" & "ba ba ba ba" - but doesn't really have any words.
In terms of food, he has mashed/pureed stuff for breakfast (weetbix, yoghurt, apple) & lunch (meat & vegies - I use mince so it's quite lumpy). For dinner, I let him feed himself with finger foods (avocado, steamed vegies, etc). If you steam the vegies quite soft, they really are ok - I was frightened about the choking thing too - so I watched him like a hawk at first - now I just glance over every minute or two while I'm doing things in the kitchen.
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). He says "da da da da" & "ba ba ba ba" - but doesn't really have any words. 
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