Those with great eaters - pls help!!

It seems like it depends a lot on the baby but I'm curious if there's a pattern at all. Did you start with purees? Blw? Which foods did you start with and how soon after milk? Any secrets?? I'm planning on starting solids with my 5 month old soon and I don't want to go through what happened with my first. We did a mix of puree and blw with her and she absolutely hated everything and is almost 3 and still hates eating and is so picky.. I feel like I almost have PTSD from our experience with her 🥲 I'm so afraid my son will be the same.