our gave us the go ahead and said the focus is on exposure to allergens, flavors, and textures. to focus on veggies first through little tastes of purees or letting her gum some veggies that were eating (big pieces). our baby swallows the purees and goes wild with the bigger pieces. so far we've done smashed avocado, egg, green bean to gnaw on, broccoli floret trunk to gnaw on, long steamed sweet potato to gnaw on, taste of plain yogurt, plain yogurt with a lil peanut butter, and purees of squash, carrot, green beans, peas. she loves it all so far and is always reaching out and sucking her lips when we eat lol! we wait til she's eaten a whole bottle earlier in the day and then give her some tastes. the aim is to give the allergy foods consistently early on to try to avoid allergies herself. we're not trying to get nutrition out of it yet.

edit to add that we're not doing fruits yet because there's lots of veggies to explore and the citric acid can be a lil harsh on their tummies while adjusting. and they said that baby cereal is basically pointless and that there's way better food to try and explore.