oh BG you are so very lucky that Miss E enjoys food. As Lyla goes to childcare during the day, I have no idea how the carer go about in feeding her. From what I gathered the carer tries very hard to make sure Lyla eats at least 2/3 of what I prepared her even though I stress that I am not concern if she doesn't eat as long as she gets to experience the food.

I am currently very torn between giving her full on non-mushed food vs semi-mushed food. Non-mushed means she would have to feed herself but I don't think the carer would cope very well with this as it is very messy and time consuming which the carer does not have time to clean as well as monitor her eating.

Oh, how do you increase the "chunkiness" of the food. I waited for Lyla to show me signs that she prefers chunkier food and so far she likes avocado mashed or whole. I gave her whole pieces of fruits, paw paw, mango, peach, figs( fresh and she doesn't like cos it has seeds) and she would bite and chew but most of the food would be spilling out of her mouth. Does that mean she is not ready for chunky food?

Kelly, Lyla's poo were runny prior to solid but once she went on solid she swings the other way - got constipated. Just so if Tara is the same, give her plenty of peach and pear (this means introduce these food early) as they do relieve constipation. I now give Lyla prune juice and she is doing well in the poo department. I feel rather guilty as I have no idea how to make prune juice so bought it pre-made in the shops. Do you think that's o.k.? I diluted it as well.