My son started at 6 months with stage 2 and till this day still doesn't sit by himself all the way there isn't much of a difference just a little bit thicker my son hated stage 1 it's to runny just make sure she is in a high chair or bumbo chair she should be fine

My son is 6 months and I feed him stage two. I make most of his baby food at home but I buy the meats and some of the cool combos that they have(:

I don't see why you can't try it. Stage two isn't chunky, just a little thicker than stage 1. My boy always liked thicker purees anyway, so I never really fed him much of the stage 1.