The best time to wean your baby onto solid food is at about age 6 months. This is because your baby's mouth will start to change around that time to help her cope with transition. Another guide is to start when baby doubles in weight.

Before then your baby's digestive system and kidneys are able to cope only with breastmilk and formula. But don't leave it too late as baby may find it difficult to adapt to swallowing food, and she will need a balanced varied diet.

What You Will Need

• Bibs - and plenty of them! At first she will spit out more than she swallows and feeding will be very messy.
• Unbreakable bowls and spoons.
• Lidded containers for storing food.
• A food processor. You could manage with a fork and a sieve, but one thing you won't have plenty of is time, so a blender will make life easier.

You don't need a high chair, not at this stage anyway. Baby won't be able to hold her head up until about age 12 months, so feed her while she is in your lap or in a seat that supports her head.

Foods To Try And Some To Avoid

• Baby rice is usually first solid for babies, it has a low protein content and is unlikely to cause an allergic reaction. Mix with milk (expressed breast milk or formula) to make rice easier to swallow. Rice also has advantage that it can be mixed with both vegetables and fruit, so after a few days, mix in a little puréed potato, vegetable or fruit. You may wish to start with vegetables to ensure she establishes a taste for savoury foods as well as sweeter fruits.
• Foods to try include: potato, carrot, swede, parsnip, sweet potato; and apple, banana and pear. Cook where appropriate and purée. If result is too dry or lumpy, add milk (breast milk or formula).
• Avoid cow's milk until she is about 12 months old. Other dairy products like cheese and yoghurt can be introduced after a month or so.
• Avoid soft-boiled eggs; nuts; blue-veined cheese; salt; sugar or sweeteners, including those found in fruit drinks and squashes; bread and pasta; and rusks.

There is one occupation that can be found in every city and town in US large enough to have a bank. You may not notice them, but they are there. I'm talking about Couriers.

Many businesses have shipments such as paperwork, checks, etc. that need to get from one place to another quickly. A good example of this is cancelled checks. Most banks need their bank work picked up after business hours and other work returned before they open next day. UPS and FEDEX can't handle this.

This is where courier companies come in. They provide routes that pickup and deliver 24 hours a day. Some have employees for their routes but most use contract drivers. Contract drivers provide vehicle and driver to run a scheduled route and cost company less than employee drivers. A contract driver is also responsible for all gas, maintenance and repairs of their vehicle.