What are the pros and cons of baby led weaning?

For me, the pro is that it definitely got my baby interested in food! She's a tactile learner so she loves learning about things by touching them. She can sit with us at the dinner table (on a booster seat, of course) throughout the whole meal! At parties we host at home, sometimes she's first at the table and last to leave! Con is that it's REALLY MESSY. Food on the floor, flood on my dining chairs, food in her hair, on her clothes, etc etc. Another con is that she prefers using her hands to utensils so this can get quite embarrassing at restaurants or parties (like when she dunks her hand into the water glass to touch it)