What next?

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DS is 6.5-months-old. We started weaning at six months, and currently he has one puree meal mid-afternoons. He feeds himself really well; I just pre-load the spoon.

Thus far we've only done single ingredient fruit and vegetable purees, introducing a new ingredient every three or four days. So, when do I:

Increase him to two meals per day?
Introduce grains and meats?
Introduce things of a lumpier texture/finger foods?

I have a nut allergy and colitis, and both my husband and I are lactose-intolerant, so we want to take it a bit slower, but not to the point of ridiculousness.

you can do all of them whenever you want as pretty much anything goes from 6 months apart from whole nuts, honey, soft eggs, highly salted foods, etc.

You could give finger foods of fruit and veg too: cucumber, pear and carrot are really good. Tomato and broccoli are good too but need a but more co-ordination as they are more difficult shapes to manipulate. Especially if you overcook the broccoli (oops!). Once he is eating these it is much easier to take him out to restaurants to eat - you don't have to worry if they will heat up a puree for you. Once he is having finger foods, you could try mashed veg rather than pureed and see if he copes with it.

I would give breakfast next, as cereal has lots of vitamins in, and bread as it will again make your life easier - many more options for what he can eat. Then fish and meat. I think that is the order we did things. But that is just my opinion, I don't think there is a wrong answer, especially as you are worried about allergies.