well, it's not like there are rules, exactly... and if she likes it she likes it so my opinion would be 'who cares?' I'm not overly familiar with Oatibix, but if you wanted to stop spoonfeeding her you could just give her the bitesized ones softened in a bit of milk, couldn't you? I'm not Gill Rapley, obviously, but in my opinion the idea of BLW is designed to help mothers to wean their babies onto solids, and help the baby to build a good relationship with eating and food (which are kinda two different things). So as far as I'm concerned you should do what works for you both, and just try and stick to the principle of not chasing after the baby with the spoon. To be honest I've got nothing against purees or anything done in a non-pushy manner, it's just that I personally can't be bothered with the faff. Leave some of the spoons lying around, though, as I'm sure she'll get the picture soon. She sounds like she's doing brilliantly for a seven-and-a-half month old with a stinking cold. Babybear loves using spoons for yoghurt, although she's very hit (the walls) and miss (the yoghurt pot) when it comes to loading them up herself.