I had been carefully skinning pears and chopping into more manageable bits as I thought he would never manage to hold and eat a whole pear without dropping or throwing it onto the floor, and never be able to eat something like that where you have to skin along it with your teeth... Although i'd seen pictures of 6 month olds eating pears, I thought "no way". Today I was just about to start the usual rigmarole when I thought i'd try it, and low and behold he has just eaten a whole pear like an adult! (well, like a messy adult ) I totally underestimated him... I am really proud!