My thought about the five month old eating a croissant being ready for solids hinged on the description of the child *crawling* across the floor. No floppy-headed baby who can't sit up is crawling, that I have ever seen :) My precocious son sat early, had no tongue thrust, grabbed for food, had several teeth, and loved his early solids - just shortly after turning four months old. Never used a high chair. Young, I know, but he had other ideas. BTW he walked at 8 months and out-eats his three year old sister every day of the week. Lisa Jones, LLLL Wellington FL [log in to unmask]