Hi MC You say you don't eat much red meat, which I understand, but have you tried him with roast beef? I found that pretty successful with my first son - he had a chip-shaped piece when he was 9mo and sucked and chewed at it till it was grey - I tried to take it off him absentmindedly when I realised he'd had it a good while and he growled at me and clung onto it...! But my second son didn't eat much meat till he was about 16 months old (he's 19mo now) and even now, he'd prefer a piece of fruit or some carrots. Do you have any particular concerns about your son being anaemic, because I have to say, I just sort of went "oh, it'll be OK, I'm sure". Not sure if that's advisable or just me being lax, but it seems to have worked! It sounds like if your HV wasn't on at you about how many spoons of food he's gettting, you might not be worrying? There's iron in other food though - will he eat dark green leafy veg things? How many times does he feed? Has he reduced his intake significantly since he started weaning?