Hi Dana,

I will get some pics to you as soon as I can, thanks very much!!

Here is a bit of my experience with solids for Sara. Sara is very funny with textures and it takes up to 5 attemps to introduce something that is different. For example she would not eat a sandwhich (tiny one of course) at 11 months and 2 weeks later she loves them!!!

ok: when I wanted to make Sara's food chunckier (but not too chuncky) I started with small star pasta (from Aldi), rice, or cous cous in mashed veg/meat. I then started doing stews with mince and veg (chop veg up into tiny cubes) and if it was too chunky I stick blended it a bit. Recipe: Fine mince (beef or pork), mushrooms, carrot, zuchinni, squash, pumpkin, potato or sweet potato, water and bit of stock boil and maybe thicken with flour to make gravey. later you can add peas and corn.

Try a piece of cheese for him to play with at lunch. The first day he may only mash it in his hands, but if you put a tiny piece in his mouth he'll get it soon. Cruskits are good too (Sara took 5 attempts to accept these). Baby fruit bars encourage chewing too.

Hope this helps.