Self-Feeding meal ideas for 8-9 month old babies. My baby has been self-feeding since he was about 6 months old. We started with baby-led weaning (BLW) when he was 6 months and he hasn’t looked back––he LOVES food! Even if you followed traditional weaning, you don’t know what type of weaning you are doing, or if you baby is older and doesn’t really like food yet, these baby self-feeding food ideas could be great for you too.