that's how we started with solids - at a bit over 5 months DS just grabbed something from my plate eating & starting eating it.

definitely pop over to the BLS chatter thread...if you're cutting food up though, don't make it too small - make it a size that your baby can hold. i was given the example of an old film cannister as a guide. that way they can hold it themselves (because early on a bit of the food will be inside their fist) and can suck/bite off what they can manage.

as long as you let him feed himself, he should only take in what he can manage. lot of people start with vegies & then fruit. my DS had bread as his first food