I take the baby led weaning approach, which is that each baby is different and will eat when they're ready. The research cannot tell you what your particular babies gut readiness is, and if starting solids at any particular time will be beneficial.

What you can do though is let your baby decide. When she grabs food and starts to eat, let her have it. If she's not interested, she's not ready. What I wouldn't do is spoon in pureed foods just because mchn says to. Your DD will swallow if you put something like that in her mouth because she doesn't want to choke and it's a reflex, but it's not necessarily a sign of readiness.

I'd leave it to her to decide when to eat and what