Thanks Ladies. I can't see DD being ready at 6 months as she's not showing much interest in our food. But when she shows signs I'll just start to offer then. I'm thinking we will avoid anything egg, dairy or wheat based for some time as DH was dairy intolerant when was a baby/child and I have intolerance to wheat.
I think I was just getting a bit anxious because a girl I worked with has been pestering me and bragging how her son is on solids at 5months. I think she thinks he is advanced because of this. I'm not normally aggitated by these people, but she just got to me. DD will do it when she is ready be it 6 months or 8 months Thanks again. I'll look into the ABA book.
Ellee, your DD will let you know when she is ready. We are doing BLS here. I offered DS some steamed vegies at 6 months. He really just played with it, put it in his mouth, spat it out and squished it around a bit. He did this for a couple of days and then lost all interest - didn't even want to play with it, so I left it for a few days and didn't offer anything. I just figured he wasn't ready. By 7 months he was sitting with me for 3 meals per day, sometimes eating, sometimes not. I just let him lead. These days at almost 9 months, he eats everything in sight!
I found it easiest to start with vegies, and then we moved on to meat pretty quickly. Steak, chicken, mince.
As has been suggested already, I found the ABA booklet on introducing solids really helpful in the early days.
It's hard sometimes to listen to people go on and on and compare babies and what stages they are at. Her baby is on solids at 5 months, because she chose to offer it to him. Doesn't necessarily mean that he was ready for it, or that he's 'advanced'. I wish people could see that it's not a race or competition!!
Pop over to the Baby Led Solids chatter thread. There a few people in there just starting out and some lovely members with great advice and experience.
Thanks again. I'll look into the ABA book.
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