If "weaned" equates to "competance with food", then I'd agree with the 9 month marker. Small now handles pretty much anything - any concessions are driven by lack of teeth rather than any other factor - i.e., whole raw apples are still unmanagable but a whole pear goes down a treat.... She eats three good meals a day, doesn't take much longer than about 20 mins to despatch the greater part of the meal and can deal with a wide range of different textures, tastes and consistencies. Thinking about it, the "weaning process" has taken us about 14 weeks from the first carrot baton to going to a restaraunt and sharing a full meal. I also think that 9 months was when I stopped thinking about every mouthful she ate and just started giving her food - if that makes sense. I went from planning everything (what has she had before, what is new, will she cope with it..) to just getting food on the table as I would for us. Weaning has been a transition process for us both. We still breastfeed morning & night but are on bottles for mid-morning and mid-afternoon at her instigation. The only reason I keep those is to ensure her milk intake is where it should be for her age. Maybe there is a "weaning stage 2" when they finally go to the morning & night feeds / cows milk?