I remember being very excited when 6m came around...I couldn't wait for lunch time! I lovingly positioned Angelcake on my lap, scraped a banana with a teaspoon, and offered it to her. Nothing. She clamped her mouth shut. Panic stations! I didn't expect that, and didn't know what to do next. So I checked Mumsnet and found this blog, which was a godsend. The biggest help was reading various accounts of Mums whose babies and toddlers were just not that bothered about food, but were perfectly healthy. Angelcake enjoys mealtimes, especially when we all sit together, and has been known to patiently graze her way through ridiculously long birthday dinners in restaurants, but she has never been a big eater and has been through long periods of only eating a few things she likes best, causing much consternation about her nutritional intake and whether in fact she will still be breastfeeding 7 times a day when she is 16!! It is immensely reassuring to know that she is actually a normal, healthy one year old, and enjoying normal meals. When she first started with baby led weaning, my worries were... * if she doesn't like something, should I try something else or just leave it for next time? * will my husband ever trust me again if she does choke?! (he panicked a lot about meat in particular) * why is everything still coming through undigested? (it went on for a few months) * I worried too because how could I show people that what i was doing was a good idea if the baby blatantly refused everything in front of them? The key to all those things is to have the courage of your convictions and quietly get on with it, by trial and error. Not all babies are ready to start at bang-on 6 months...and that's fine. They won't be taught to play with food, or to have bad table manners, as some people suggest - they will learn that food is good, fun and social, and to make their own decisions about how much to eat. And which things would be best secreted in the creases of their highchair or applied as a hair conditioner. :o)