Hi Dana - Alex eats what we eat - just chopped really small, not mashed. At the start, I used the stick mixer and then a fork and now just chopped. He also has cruskits and sometimes milk arrowroot bikkies - he bites bits off them and chews or just mulches them in and around his mouth. I sometimes mix some tomato sauce or some canned food into his chopped up stuff to make it a bit mushy, not so dry - which my cooking tends to be :-/

Try not to freak out too much about the health nurse. You know your baby better than they do. They don't all do the same thing at the same time.

Love the photos - look at him walking - he looks at least 14 months old !