Starting solid Hi I am starting solid for my baby in two months' time. I heard from various online sources that rice cereal is not good. Can you advise? Can I give rice cereal or other solids first?

From personal experience, I had the same concerns as you, so we tried giving my daughter steamed veggies first, but she didn't like it. So we made homemade rice cereal by grinding then pounding uncooked brown rice, then when it was powder-like in consistency, cooked it in breastmilk. This, she liked. After 3-5 days of this, we did a white rice version, which she also liked. After that, we moved to steamed veggies, and this was acceptable to her already. We figured, it's okay to give rice cereal, since we don't want her to be allergic to it in the future and she'll be eating it later on anyway. We just made sure to go the homemade route so we know what goes in it! :)