I agree... let her eat! We never used the stage 1 foods because my son (at 4 months) would eat 2 jars of them, so we went right to stage 2 and by 6 months he was eating the stage 3, and what ever I was pureeing at home. The difference in puree level is almost unnoticable, and the stage 3 stuff is still way more pureed that I can do at home with a blender, so buy the bigger jars and save your money-- sounds like you are going to need it, grin! ;-)
Oh, the organic applesause from giant eagle (in the regular section, not baby food) is much cheaper than the baby food stuff. Just FYI.