Thanks everyone so much for your replies I appreciate it very much :-) I will wait till 6 months, it is only about another 3 weeks or so and hopefully she'll be sitting more by then...well kind of! Will think of something to tell the Mchn why I haven't started haha! OceanPrincess you remind me of my DP! With DD1 he would say 'have you tried it, it tastes crap!' I did think to myself well if she's hungry why isn't she just wanting more and more boobie?? So starting solids felt weird cause she'd be on boobie all day if she was starving! After your replies think I'll give rice cereal a miss totally and start with a chunk of a veggie. One other question popped into my thoughts....if broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage cause gas/reflux with bf what about if you offer it when doing solids, ie, a soft chunk of broccoli....does it have the same effect?? Thanks again ladies :-)