Not had time yet again to catch up, sorry!!
Just wanted to share the irony I suppose...
After all the weaning discussion & the opting for 1 camp or another stuff, or not, well, you never can tell.
DS is SO ready for food. He almost launched himself off my DM's lap to grab her biscuit, gets grumpy when we're eating, tries to grab your spoon, can almost sit unsupported etc. So I've been doing the food tastes thing with cooked carrot sticks & pear slices, but nothing major.
I bought some baby porridge suitable for before 6mths, which is what I did with DD too, but until now, decided to do BLW as much as poss.
However you can't predict what your baby will be like can you?! DS is really struggling with whole food because of his over-sensitive gag reflex as a result of his tongue tie. He LOVES it though. He takes a loaded spoon and puts it in his mouth by himself, like a pro so can guide the banana to his mouth. He just can't manipulate the big lumps.
So, I have decided to 'amend' BLW 
I'm going to give him mashed food on a spoon for him to direct into his mouth himself, then in a few wks I'll introduce less "wet" foods, like toast & breadsticks & let him do the BLW thing with those, so he can learn to move his tongue properly on something a bit more substantial.
I'm sharing this, well, because I thought it might help others to know that sometimes you just can't predict what's going to happen & that no 2 babies are the same- what works for one doesn't always work for another. Oh and, there're no hard & fast rules in this baby raising lark. Oh, another one; never say never 