Aidan’s doc said there’s no real reason you have to start with cereal if there’s no severe history of food allergies…she told me to start Aidan on whatever as long as it was a stage one. (he had the same “cereal’s in my bottle, what’s the difference” issue.)
I found Natalia did better when I just stuck with one baby food item for a while. Once she got used to that then we were able to add in more. She didnt like anything at first. She sure loves it now, you got to keep shoveling it in as fast as you can lol