first solids suggestions?

I think bananas or squash are good starter foods. They mash up well and are fairly sweet like your milk.

I'd skipped the cereals, or at least delayed them. I typically have used the cereal to thicken some of the premade foods since ds prefers the thicker stuff.

My ds never would eat baby cereals or babyfood fruits, so I ended up starting with vegetables - green beans, peas, carrots. I found that sweet potatos bound him up, but I've never heard of anyone else having that problem, so it was probably specific to my kid.

At 2, he is an oatmeal fanatic and won't touch vegetables unless they're covered in gravy, sigh...

I agree with the others...avacado is great! My daughter is crazy about that and yellow squash.

I delay cereals as well. They really don't NEED it. I like to use carrots, prunes and sweet potatoes first. Followed by squash, bananas, and apples.

Avocado will be our first here!

We never gave DD the cereal, and we started with bananas. She also really liked sweet potato, pears, avocado, and carrots.

We did banana, mashed w/ bm, then avocado. However, we quickly realized dd did not care for pureed foods, so we offered whole pieces. With something like avocado, we give her a canoe-shaped piece so she can grasp it easily and gnaw on the end. Works great even w/ no teeth. We also gave dd brown rice - she loved picking up those little pieces - and green beans and peaches as time went on. Now, at 8 mo., she just gets bites from our plates, no special prep needed.

When we are not home for dinner, she just gets whatever is appropriate from my plate. At her age, it's more for exposure to tastes/textures so I don't worry if there is not much for her. There is always plenty of bm!

ellacy