Baby can join in too!

I should let you all know that I am not only interested in getting the bigger kids to eat but the babies too, getting onto the right track from day one is very important. Don't get me wrong don't fuss or stress over it otherwise this will stress the baby out and you will get over anxious about how much you are getting into baby, it is important to get the right balance, you want baby to eat the right things but you also want them to do it in their own time.
Making your own food is cheaper and you also know what is going into it. I know not everybody has time to do this so don't feel I am excluding those who can't ( I used pots from time to time!!!) but you can freeze if you cook up a ulk and put it into to small pots ( I used silicone cake moulds to freeze mine in just the right portion size).

They can eat pretty much what we eat, but do be careful if allergies run in the family. I started off by really mushing down the meals for mine. Little by little they took handfuls of what was on mmy plate and I didn't bother anymore.

Your baby will "tell" you when they are ready to start, all of mine were early Aby was 3 months, James 2 1/2 months and Alex just 2 months. Do not let anybody dictate to you when they are ready to start with "food" you will know, Alex was taking 180mls sleeping ONE hour then taking another 180mls he was never full so I started him with some pureed apple and he was happy. I had someone tell me it was too soon it was because of the milk (a well known brand that many people use) that it was nutritional!!! I know my son he was hungry and he was happy eating and it didn't harm him. If he had been happy with just milk I would have kept him to just that until he was ready but I am not going to starve him!

I hope you have found this slightly useful either that or I have waffled on about nothing, isn't that what us mums are good at???