When starting out solids at 6 months, don’t have to dive straight into 3 meals a day. Baby is learning to eat, not to feel full from solids. Start 1 meal a day first then gradually to 3x/day. Personally, the entire 6th month I only fed 1 meal a day. Then 7th month was 2x/day then at the end of the month was 3x/day. Homemade food has to be in a thermos to keep warm. Packed purées are totally okay to give. Personally, sometimes I pack scoops of rice cereal into a container (just add warm water and serve!).
If I prep food on my own then thermos. Otherwise will be ready to eat food (most of the time you can find anywhere like Kiddy Palace, NTUC, Cold Storage). Since their main is still milk. Then, morning will be milk, before going out will be food, then before afternoon nap, milk, snacks in between, dinner then milk before bedtime. You dont have to do 3 strict meals but more of a breakfast/dinner or lunch/dinner then anywhere in between milk and snacks.
i m a lazy mommy so prefer packed baby food 😅