i've had in mind for ages that i want to do blw..well... got an invitation to a weaning party run by community nursery nurse and health visitor, dd just turned 4 months. so yesterday i turned up thinking yee gods i bet they have bowls of mush at the ready. well actually no! they told us all about baby led weaning and how that's the best way to go. they had lots of research etc to explain it. skip the mush, skip the baby rice, wait til 6 months, baby basically eats what you eat. well i was very impressed. having said that though, the other 6 mums that were there, all with 4 month old babies had all already started down the baby rice and pureed banana route.