Hi Aitch, Thanks for the warm welcome! I gave Mira a couple of piece of peeled organic apple yesterday and she had a ball. I put them on a plastic plate, and she switched between sucking on the apple and the plate itself! At one stage I realised she had sucked a small piece off the apple, and had a slight panic oh-my-god-is-she-going-to-gag attack, but she managed to swirl it around her mouth for a bit and eventually swallow it. Should I look for it in her diaper this morning? :-) I'd still like to know what month Baby Bear was born in- is it January? I'm going to try steamed carrot tonight...