At 8mnt old, are babys more hungry?Stage 3 baby gerber food? When should I start?

I started my son on the stage 3 at 6 months. He started solids when he was 3 months because he was always hungry and milk wasn't enough for him. My dr totally supported my decision on this. She told me to start him on finger foods at 6 months too. I started with cheerios also Gerber has these finger foods that are in the shape of a star and they melt in their mouths really easy if you don't think she is ready for cheerios, in fact gerber has a lot of foods that can help her start out with finger foods, they are even coming out with generic brands of these foods so you don't have to pay the name brand price all the time. Anything that is easy for them to smash to death with their gums will be okay. Stay away from foods that are harder until she has more teeth. I would just try something and watch him closely. If he seemed to handle it fine without gagging I let him have it. Just make sure you are watching closely until she has the eating thing down. Different babies are different so it's hard to give you an exact age. My son was very eager to eat more and more things and he handled it just fine so I gave him more and more things. My girlfriends daughter is two months older than my son and she had a difficult time and she didn't eat any solids until way late. Even at 6 months she was having a hard time with stage 1 baby food. Babies just develope at different rates so my point is go with what your baby can handle. I hope that helps, if you have more questions feel free to email me. God bless.