We waited the full 6 months, though she was interested earlier.  And we’ve been taking the conservative route, starting with rice cereal.  But that brought on vicious constipation, so I added in apples before I was planning too.  She’s doing great, and I can’t wait to ditch the cereals and do all whole foods instead.  I was worried about iron, but plan to make sure we include iron rich foods, rather than continuing with the baby food. I’m the tiniest bit worried about a patch of dry skin that might be eczema, but otherwise things are going great.  Here’s what she’s had:

• rice cereal with milk
• rice cereal with milk and grated apple
• sweet potato
• oatmeal
• a tiny bite of a crust of bread (I felt sorry for her)
• some blackberry jam (I looked away for half a second!)

Up next: avacado, peas, pears, and more grains, like quinoa and amarinth.  First though I think I’ll be adding blackstrpa molasses to her oatmeal (and mine).