Our First Month of Baby Led Weaning

One of my favorite things about being a mother of 3 is how confident I feel this time around. Truman is definitely experiencing babyhood differently than his siblings.  I am not nearly as panicky about SIDS, I know the myths about breastfeeding and have been able to relax and know my body is doing it's job instead of constantly panicking about my supply, and most importantly I don't back down and do things other than how I envisioned just because someone I perceived as more experienced told me to. And in that note, we skipped purees this time around and started baby led weaning with table food the night Truman turned 6 months old.
If any one has questions about the why or the how of baby led weaning, I would be happy to answer any questions regarding that. But, as there is already tons of information regarding that available via a simple Google search, I'll skip that and skip straight to how fun it has been for us.
Watching Truman eat is so fun! Seeing his progress makes me so proud, as he learns to chew (despite no teeth), learns how much he can swallow and masters his pincer grasp. He prefers to eat with silverware if we have silverware, but he's not great at getting the silverware where he wants it to go.  (Obviously age appropriate.) He doesn't enjoy eating alone, always wants someone eating with him. And you better be eating the same thing! And it's so fun to see which things he finds just tolerable versus the things that truly excite him!! I'd say his top 5 foods are: Bacon, Quesadillas, Pizza, Sugar Cookies and Oreos. (Don't let his top 5 fool you, he's eaten lots of fruits and veggies: carrots, asparagus,  broccoli,  peppers, strawberries, raspberries, bananas, pomegranate and more.)
And can we talk about how much food he has already tried? Because I can't eat without him wanting some, he's had almost everything I've had in this month. I kept track of how many foods he's tried, just for fun, with a goal of getting to 100 by his first birthday. Well, I now feel pretty good about the variety of food my family eats because he exceeded 100 foods before he turned 7 months.
Lucille and Lennon are pretty picky eaters. I am hoping that baby led weaning will help Truman to not be such a picky eater.  In a perfect world he'll rub off on his siblings and we'll have a family full of adventurous eaters.... I'm not saying I expect this outcome but a girl can dream, right?