DS is 6.5 months and been on solids for a little over a month. We are doing a mix of BLW and purees. I would have gone for all BLW, but he's nearly 22lbs already and I couldn't keep up with just bfing him. He still feeds about 9 times a day as it is.
He loves his food and has been hoovering it up since the day we started. The only thing he hasn't liked so far was asparagus, and that's forgivable I think. DS is great at grabbing his spoon to feed himself, and picks up his finger food to get it as well
The only problem is the damn mess... After every meal my kitchen looks like a disaster area.. NO combination of bibs and covers seems to stop everything that he and I are wearing from getting covered, and several of his vests and tops are now totally ruined. He's going through 3-4 outfits a day, as am I. And cleaning up the partly chewed spat out food from the highchair is making me heave everytime I go near it. This is not helped by having a M&Ps Prima Pappa.. thank fully it was a secnd hand gift because if I had spent the money on it I would be v unhappy. It's impossible to clean the thing and I have to scrub everytime or flies start to get at the bits of food that I can't reach. (MN recommended ikea antilop on it's way)
I not a very domestic person at the best of time (I programme computers but I don't really cook and I loathe the necessity of cleaning) and I find myself dreading mealtimes coming around because it'll just start all over with having to deal with bits of sticky nasty stuff everywhere.
I have no problem with the foulest of nappies, but scraping premasticated rusk off my jeans, my walls, my floor, DS's hair, eyes, ears and esp the narrow gaps in the highchair, just turns my stomach over.
Sorry for the long winge... I just wish DS would like to get the food into mouth and stay there thing going sooner over later... but from what I am told this stage lasts some time.