Beef, its whats for dinner

I buy Remy's baby food. Partly because it is easy and partly because I have been scared to make my own food for him. I am deathly afraid of food poisoning and the thought of POSSIBLY giving my own child food poisoning scares me to death.
I have known that by 9 months most babies can eat table food. Remy is 10 months and I have still not given him table food, while other than crackers which he can no longer have since he bites them off and swallows without chewing. I have just been too worried that the food will be too spicy, too rich or too full of dairy for his little body.
I decided tonight was the night to start feeding him table food. Maybe not much, but enough to get him started and to make me feel a little more comfortable feeding him table food.

We were having beef stroganoff and peas for supper. My thought process went something like this "Beef stroganoff, its rich, what if its too rich, it has dairy in it. What if it upsets his little tummy? Good grief Rachel, he's 10 months!! Are you going to keep feeding him jarred baby food until he is 10 YEARS old?!".

So I got out his little ducky plate and food grinder my sister had given me. I set him up to the table and gave him a couple spoonfuls of stroganoff/noodle puree which he gobbled right down. I set down his spoon for a minute and went in the kitchen to get myself some food. While I was walking away I noticed he picked up his spoon.


All of the sudden I hear Nic laughing and telling Remy "good job!!". Remy had picked up the spoon, scooped up some stroganoff and PUT IT IN HIS MOUTH!

Remy has never even attempted to put a spoon in his food and then in his mouth, despite ample opportunity. Evidently he just needed the right incentive.

He continued spooning stroganoff in his mouth like he had been doing it for weeks. So far no spit up and no upset tummy so I am guessing its sitting alright with him.