How much is enough??

Let your baby lead! Both of mine took only tastes for the first several weeks but like you said, some babies catch on right away. As long as they're eating meals by 1, most doctors won't care how fast they reached that point.

I’m prob doing the same, starting small one puree/food option for one week to watch for allergies. And starting off with beef/chicken. I really want to make the meat stock for baby. Heard a lot of good stuff. But my babe is only 4m, pedi approved solids but I want to wait until 6m. Dad already let him taste hummus and suck on a beef stick 😅🙄 but we waiting till 6m for full on eating

I think that’s an amazing start! Also I love that you’re prioritizing allergen foods!

I was reading a book back when I was pregnant and newly pp. and it was talking about 3 meals a day so I was going all crazy on planning 3 meals in my head when baby approached 5m.

And when we had the doctors appointment to get the all clear on her being ready cause all the signs, she said 3 meals is way to many and to stick to one meal a day. So we did dinner as we all eat together and baby learns by the way you eat

Trying new foods, allergens, staying away from honey before 1, trying sips of water (I used a syringe when we were starting water, just a squirt here and there during meals)

I started off with veggies and bm purees but 2 weeks into that she no longer wanted purees when we were all eating. So we just took what we would make as a meal and cut food appropriately for her age

Seems like a great start, puree and finger food. Baby will eat as much or as little as they want.

Beef, bm, and avocado will give good fats. But you could also do sour cream/greek yogurt for dairy and fat/vitamins, tomato for acid? Lettuce either cooked and in the puree or just a centre rib cut piece? (Mostly for oral motor skills not necessarily for eating, but it does contain fiber)

Just come to say, he’s bloody gorgeous 🥹🩵

I was told only one new food per day. My daughter barely ate one baby spoonful her first time trying puree!

I started my baby on solids at 3m. She was ravenous to taste my food & met all the standards to begin. I don’t feed her solids daily & i do not puree. I just mash & leave small but easily consumed chunks. But she only eats fruit mainly

You’ll see when Bub is full or wants more just watch for cues. Reaching out or leaning in after second spoon - offer more. Leaning back or moving away,closing mouth- probably had enough. My babies all reacted differently to different foods. Like others have said most of their needs still from BM so have fun with it & let bub lead.

Beautiful

They will know how much they need and will gradually increase on their own. You don’t have to worry about giving too much. We started with pear purée. I think a fruit or vegetable purée is a good choice to start with.

Let him lead. He'll show you what he can handle. "Food before 1 is just for fun" is a good mantra to keep in mind. They're capable of eating, but they're only doing it initially to practice and get used to all the new sensations. They'll either get bored or they'll absolutely love food from the start. Either way, don't stress about it and they'll have a good healthy relationship with it