The first (semi-)solid food that lands in a baby’s stomach is typically something like a soft carrot puree or porridge. You don’t have to transition your baby from breast milk or formula by spoon-feeding them purees, though. Instead, you could let them feed themselves finger food from the start, a practice called baby-led weaning. Here are answers to some basic questions about this somewhat controversial approach to weaning. What is baby-led weaning? The basic idea is to let babies follow their curiosity, pick up the finger food they’ve been offered – say, a broccoli floret that’s been steamed…