Although I know that there isn't some kind of magical clock inside her that goes "ding!" at six months and makes her miraculously ready to wean, but I decided to wait until more or less exactly six months anyway, despite the fact that she was clearly ready to eat. For the past month or so I have been reading up on Baby Led Weaning and after a lengthy email from a friend extolling the virtues of this method, I was convinced it sounded right for us.
For those not in the know {and I had no idea until recently} baby led weaning is where you skip the whole puréeing and spoon feeding stage and just jump straight in to giving your child proper food {i.e. not puréed}. The idea is that you give them finger food for them to explore {read: smush} and discover {read: throw}. It sounds messy and it sounds fun and it appeals to the inner hippy/earth mum in me. It might not work - my own mum is convinced Ava will be a "choker" as I was - but I'm going to give it a try.
I'll keep you posted on our progress.
Wish us {messy} luck!
