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.