>These early solids should not be for nutrition, just socializing and >exploring. Thanks to hand-me-downs, we had a trayless high chair, which meant the baby sat right at the table with us, from sitting-up age on. I remember well the beaming, *enormously* proud expression of our first, the first time he was pushed up to join the two of us. He looked as if he felt he'd just been appointed CEO. (We tied the chair to the table; otherwise, the baby could have pushed on the table edge and sent himself over backwards.) Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC, LLLL Ithaca, NY USA