Trina I'm with you they're growing up too fast. As a new mum I was so keen for them to move to the next thing but now I don't coz I know it means my baby is growing up. Paddy has dragged me into baby led solids. He is normally a very placid bub but DH was eating noddles for lunch the other day and Paddy basically demanded that he have something too. I just baked a potato in the microwave and just broke it up with a fork (took the skin off). I fed him some with the spoon and left some for him to pick up. Got a great spoon that goes pink if the food is too hot. I'm not going to bother with pureed food because he seems to 'chew' well.