Starting Solids: The Canadian Guide to First Foods

Starting solids looks adorable from a distance — tiny spoon, tiny bowl, tiny bib with a cheerful duck. Then reality arrives wearing mashed sweet potato on its forehead. Your aunt says rice cereal; Instagram says baby-led or doom; the parent group says never puree, or never finger food. This is the calm version: when to start, what readiness matters, why iron comes first, how to handle textures and allergens, how to lower choking risk — and how to keep mealtimes from becoming a tiny courtroom with banana evidence.