First Foods?

We've passed the four month mark and that six month starting line for trying real food is fast approaching. For a while now I've been holding whatever I'm eating or handling (ginger root, lemon peel, etc.) up to Mateo's nose for him to smell - and so far he's never shown one hint of thinking, "Hey, this could go in my mouth" (probably because it's ginger root and lemon peel).  Everything else goes in the mouth, but not food.

Until yesterday. I noticed over the weekend that he was much more interested in watching me eat, watching food go from plate to fork to my mouth, than he'd ever been before. I've always said that we would wait until he showed interest to introduce him to food, no matter if that was before or after six months....but I reallllyyy hoped it wouldn't be until at least six months (when they say exclusively breastfed babies can be introduced to solids). I'm not looking forward to those poopy diapers. Last night, while Justin and I were eating a GIANT pummelo from the farmer's market, Justin held out a few...beads (? Globules? What are the little juicy pieces that make up citrus fruits called?) ...of pummelo on his fingers for Mateo to smell. I don't know if Mateo was actually going for the fruit, or just Justin's fingers (those he DOES recognize as food and want in his mouth - hello, teething!), but all of a sudden he had four pummelo beads in his mouth and I was yelling, "No! No fruit! He'll only want the sugar! And I've NEVER heard of citrus being a first food!" (Hahaha. Everything I've heard says to give them veggies first, fruits later, otherwise they'll only want the sweet fruit. I don't know how true this is, but it makes sense.)

Needless to say I dug the globules out of his mouth.

He may be ready to try some solids...I just don't know if I am.