Leckert - DS loved all roast vegies so we used to make a batch of them. Sweet potato and pumpkin were his favourites. He also didn't and still doesn't like broccoli!!
Sterla and Heaven - Re: gravity and not encouraging, we also had the same thing. Still do every now and again. Ignoring is really the best thing but of course it does get a bit repetitive and annoying. We finally managed to come up with a solution that continues to work really well for us. As it was always done at the end of the meal when he had had enough (except for picking randomly) we figured it was part of his sign that he'd had enough. So on this cue we do the Auslan sign for 'finished' which is the thumbs up sign and you rotate your wrist side to side (you could google Auslan and Finished to get a demo) and then we take the plate and any bits and pieces away. Very quickly he caught on, and actually started handing the plate to us followed by picking the pieces up one by one and putting them back on the plate for us to take away. Even though he initiates it now, we still make the sign and say 'finished'. He still doesn't make the sign but recently we noticed him holding his hand up and rotating his hand in what looks like a random fashion but have come to realise that this is him making the sign as best as he can. The key to this idea is consistency. When you say finished you take the plate away. We know if he isn't ready to finish because he quickly starts eating properly again. But if he hands us the plate we take it away. We don't ask him to finish anything or eat anything else on the plate. You also have to get anyone else who might supervise their eating to do it too.
People see us do this in public and are just amazed, not only at how well he eats, but also that he cleans up after himself
CAH - It is certainly a good sign that she is picking them up and then tasting and sucking them. She is certainly on the right track. I can only suggest to move more and more to finger foods and at the very least more lumps. Because she was 1 month prem you might find that her development is not at a stage yet to process the eating of chunkier foods, but she won't learn to if she keeps getting smooth puree and that is her preference. But of course that is your call, but I think you might need to be a bit more patient with waiting for her to eat finger foods. Don't lose faith - remember that BLS is about them leading the way and they will only move as far forward as they are physically, emotionally or mentally able with everything in their lives. They all develop at different rates.
She always insists on trying to spoon feed Maya.
Sometimes she will still drop food on the ground of course, but when I take her bowl away and start cleaning up, she'll stop dropping food and help me clean up. 
and that makes me sound like some sort of neat freak which i most def am not 
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