I checked out the national standards and they just state that food should be "appropriate to the developmental needs of the child". I guess its open to interpretation to what is developmentally appropriate.

My FD carer is a friend (our husbands work together) and DD loves her. She has only started doing FDC this week and DD is her first and currently only child in care. She was happy to go with BLS but happened to have a visit from FDC yesterday and was told not to give DD anything that could put her at risk of choking. Since my friend is only just starting out I don't want her to feel she has to "buck the system". I'm happy to provide pureed/mashed food for now. I was just wondering what other people's experiences were/are.