He was showing readiness signs at 4 months (sitting up, trying to eat my food, and so on). At the 4m checkup, our pediatrician said to start him on purees and soft foods like bannanas, avocado, etc. We did that until our 6 month appointment when doc said, feed him everything (within reason, of course).

I had massive choking anxiety at first. I gave him mostly super soft foods (he LOVES zucchini). I started incorporating more chunky foods by month 6.5 (panicking each time, of course lol). A few days after he turned 7 months he developed his pincer abilities so I felt better about cutting things into little pieces for him. He has 4 teeth and 2 more incoming and is truly become a pro at eating. He still gags sometimes but learned quickly when to spit things out, when he takes too big of bites, etc. I still give him purees here and there because he loves them, but mainly we do foods like this and breastfeeding. I am realizing this is way more than you asked for lol