We are only two and a half weeks in to blw and having ups and downs. Some days I wonder if I'm doing the right thing. Lots of pressure from the HV to be giving him a certain number of "teaspoons" of food at each meal (she knows we're doing finger food but still wants to know how many teaspoons!). He's not getting what she wants him too so I start to worry. He has weetabix off a spoon for breakfast, so we are cheating a bit there, loves fruit, I guess cos it's sweet, ok on the veggies, but we have real trouble getting any sort of meat into him. Have tried sausages, turkey burgers, roast chicken and some cooked chicken pieces out of our pasta. He gets really upset any time he has tried meat and gags a lot when he tries it (had a close call with a piece of roast chicken on the weekend). We had the chicken pasta tonight and he sucked on it for a while which he seemed to enjoy but then when he managed to bite a bit off it was too hard for him to chew, got stuck on the roof of his mouth and he got very upset, starting crying and mealtime was over. I am wary of him needing more iron in his diet as he is getting less in my milk now, but not sure how to tackle it if the meat is going to be such an issue - plus we don't eat very much red meat. Does anyone have any suggestions for how to cook the meat in a way that he may prefer, or will make it a little softer and easier for him to chew, or any suggestions for meat alternatives that will still give him the iron boost he needs? I really want to keep going with the blw so I'm hoping we can get this sorted, because at the moment, to be honest, I'm finding it all a little stressful, probably mostly because of my fear of him choking, even though I have read all of your posts saying they gag, get over it!! Hopefully I can!