According to an NHS weaning booklet I was given (so feel free to take notice or ignore according to your view of the NHS) vitamin drops should be given from 1 year up to 5 years which maybe implies that up to 1 year milk provides the essentials, and vitamins from food are a bonus? Which kind of fits with the 'until they're one it's just.....' idea. I was also interested to read that finger foods should be provided from the beginning of weaning and that babies should be 'allowed to feed themselves using their fingers as soon as they show an interest'. It sounds a bit like BLW in all but name. Unfortunately they then ruin it all by going on about suitable first purees. I'm starting to feel a bit sorry for HVs because if the official guidelines sound confused, what chance do HVs have of interpreting them wisely?