We waited till 6 months plus a bit so I could go and do my Baby First Aid course (highly recommended!) then we got the video camera out and presented the Weeble with a peeled and sliced ripe pear. Which of course was far too slippery for him, and the bits he could grab, he rubbed in his hair! So in the first few weeks, we started off with pear, sweet potato, broccoli "trees" (TM), parsnips etc. All gently steamed. Then we moved onto toast, cheese, bits of chicken ... by ten months he was eating pretty much what we do (with pauses during teethng and colds where he reverted to milk only. Oh and bananas, of course. A meal is not complete for the Weeble without a banana). Poos were, er, interesting. They got firmer very quickly; some days they are like rabbit droppings (yeuk), sometimes a bit sloppier, but they were always STINKY! Golly, that took some getting used to. Oh and the farting.... how can a baby produce something so loud and so revolting! And you'll never forget your first sight of unchanged carrot pieces showing up bright orange in your child's nappy! He did quite a bit of the gagging thing - still does sometimes (he's almost one now) - but I remained calm (and pinned my mum to the kitchen counter when she lunged for him). He always spits something out after gagging, so I guess he was clearing his throat. I bought an all in one painting suit for £4 from HippyChick, and it is FANTASTIC, he gets as messy as he likes but doesn't ruin his clothes. He loves pasta with tomato sauce (and has finally stopped sucking the sauce off and spitting the pasta out), especially with meatballs; I dump it onto the tray and he goes for it. He looks like he's been tangoed afterwards though! All in all, it's been a great experience for us, he is pretty fearless with food, eats well, and is so easy to take to restaurants and other peoples' houses. And Aitch and this blog have been a godsend!