Starting solids can feel like a big deal. One minute you’ve got a milk-only baby, and the next you’re being told to mash avocados and brace for banana eyebrows. So if you’re standing in the baby aisle wondering if you need a PhD to feed your kid, let me make this easy for you: you don’t. You just need a few basic tips, a bib (or 10), and maybe a sense of humor.