Baby led weaning

[elliej83]

My little boy is 6.5 months old. I've had to go back to work so he's at nursery two days a week, with my mum one and me the other four.
We have been baby led weaning for 3 weeks now. He is still just very much playing and exploring food and not particularly eating.
The nursery called yesterday as they are concerned he isn't eating at nursery and he should be eating by now. They wanted to know if I wanted them to start him on purée. I had a bit of a wobble about my decision to do baby led.
When did most people see their babies start to eat more? Has anyone else had experience with nurseries. I'm feeling rubbish about going back to work at the moment so I think it culminated in me feeling like a bad mum!
(Sorry for the essay!)

Why are you so worried about him having puree? What's wrong with blw at home and purees at nursery?
That said, so what if he's not eating solids at that age?

We did a mix of purée and finger food. I personally preferred the finger food and DS seemed to as well, but sometimes it was easier to just give him some purée if we were out and there was nothing really suitable or if other people were feeding him and were nervous about choking etc (babysitter, pils). Also things like yoghurt and porridge were spoon fed. I eat them with a spoon and so does he!

FFS (to the nursery!) - he's only a few weeks in. Stand by your decision to BLW. He'll eat more when he's ready. Mine were about 7.5 months before they were having enough solid food to constitue a 'meal'. Before that it was just snacks at meal times alongside usual milk.
My guess is that the Nursery aren't clued up on BLW. Make sure they're offering enough milk (as this should still be his main source of energy) and maybe offer them some reading material?