this is the right place, by the way, we don't have a forum so this is the next best thing... babybear did take to eating quickly but i wouldn't necessarily say she was packing it away for a good few months. I've heard people on the Yahoo group (link below on the right) and Mumsnet saying that their children took until up to a year before they really took off with eating. Have a look on the left under Polls. there's a yahoo faq on there that says that loads of kids didn't really start eating until the year mark. Actually, I'll start a poll for you, shall i? hang on, it'll appear on the left shortly.