Hello everybody and welcome to our blog! Our little bean is now more than 5 months old (ok so only a couple of days more but nonetheless) and she's ready to start feeding herself.

As advised by health authorities, we were planning to wait until 6 months before starting her on solids. In anticipation though we've all been sitting at the table together and she's had a plastic spoon and cup to play with. In the last week or so, however, we'd both separately been thinking that perhaps she is telling us that she is ready for food now. So we've checked the guidelines and ticked it all off and, yep, she's showing all the signs.

We're off to the shops tomorrow for heavy duty bibs and a splash mat so we can begin in earnest!