Coming to this very late, but thank you very much Lansgrim. I've just blw-ed L in France and lied shamelessly to everyone except the childminder (because I couldn't really pretend L was having purees at the same time as asking childminder to give her the same meals as the older children). I think the childminder thought it was yet another eccentric British custom and she was fine with it. But if I'd had this printed out I would have been braver with puericultrices and the like. Will start evangelising to my French friends now - bravo. PS where in France are you?