Can I check , my friend's LO is the same age as my LO.. Both are 9 months old now. When LO was 6 months old then I start him on solid food, whereas my friend started her LO at 4 months .. She has no restrictions on what kind of food she gives to her LO whereas I'm more prudent in what I give cos I worry certain high allergic food if give too early might do more harm than good.. But she said that I'm overly paranoid .. She said should just give anything .. Am I really too paranoid ??

You shouldn't worry over your what she said. Ultimately you have to go by your gut feeling, yes? I love love love planning meals for my little one at 9 months now. Bread and oatrice cereal stuff for breakfast, purees for lunch and then baby-led weaning for whatever leftover from puree-making stuff I can steam in my ricecooker layer for dinner. And you don't have to worry if your LO is bored of the same food for 3 meals! Personally I will start the "high-chance" allergic foods when she turns one, mainly because I believe her immune system will be stronger then and this thought is also different from mothers who think early exposure will do better for babies. To each her own! Don't stress, your LO will feel your stress too