Tips on how to start weaning your baby to solids

Andrea Mara got over her initial fears of choking to embrace baby-led weaning, and hasn’t looked back since, especially as it meant the end of peeling and puréeing.

PEELING, chopping, and puréeing — as my third baby approached six months, I geared myself up to start weaning him to solids.

Memories of ice cube trays and puréed carrots loomed large and uninviting.