We tried banana for first food last night - ds2 had fun chasing it around the high chair's table; eventually got it up to his mouth and some in; had a bit of a gag afterwards but not too bad. Next time we do banana I'll leave a strip of skin on for handling purposes as it got a bit slippery for ds. We do baby led solids (bls) as I don't have the patience for puréed foods. We did bls with ds1 too and he's a good eater and I didn't get too much food mess on the floor so we're going that route again.

We're coming off a couple bad colds for ds2 (and 2 bouts of tonsillitis for me) where he'd have to sleep on his tummy to drain the snot so he didn't chuck phlegm so much or cough. Still likes sleeping on his tummy now. He's also rolling over fairly quickly if you put him down the wrong way for how he wants to be likes to try sitting up too and loves his rocker car that he can sit up and play with the activity stuff on the top. He's also getting frustrated that he can't move yet - hadn't worked out he needs to lift tummy to crawl