I wanted to wait until after the holidays before starting solids...one less thing to do...but Alanna was ready for it now! After many nursing sessions ending with her sucking like there's no tomorrow, I decided that she could probably use a little more food in her tummy. I will have to say that she is a great eater! Waiting until she was 5 months old makes it a lot easier to feed her...as opposed to when I started Caleb--3 1/2 months.