Nae, E was showing signs that she was ready earlier than 6 months but i wanted to hold off and avoid the "mush" aspect - i wanted to BLS so really wanted to exclusively BF til 6 months before starting her on normal food. at 5 ish months, i started giving her a spoon to play with while we ate meals. it allowed her to learn some hand eye coordination without introducing food til she seemed more ready. at 6 months i started giving her steamed carrot, brocolli etc, and she's never looked back. she never had farex as she is getting the iron she needs from BM still. don't think she'd have taken it anyway - she detests bland food!

i woudl guess the flavour hit was part of the reason Shae's eyes lit up - who wouldn't when given chocolate!

are you planning on going through BLS or spoon feeding? if you want to do BLS maybe start with the spoon being empty, then after a few days, add a bit of farex (if you want to feed her that) and let her guide it herself....

E has never been spoon fed anything - she eats almost anything, provided it isn't bland (mash has to have pepper and onion for her to eat it - plain gets spat!)