BLW quest for evidence

[MuffinBuilder]

We are doing the full BLW thing with our DD and all three of us think it is great and we definately don't want to do any spoon feeding. We have just posed the question to the nursery we have booked for April about supporting BLW and they have said they simply won't do it because of the choking risk.
I want to take this up with the owner and would like to be armed with loads of evidence about why this is just a silly position. Could anyone point me in the direction of anything that might be useful please

How old will your LO be when she starts at the nursery? I assume it's evidence about chocking hazards? Do they not allow finger foods? According to the NHS start4life, they are supposed to have soft finger foods by 8mo and firm ones around 10mo. See start4life. It's probably in your birth to 5 too. So if they will allow finger foods, then why can't she self feed say from 8/10mo, iyswim.

Fwiw, my DD self feeds at nursery from 7mo. I didn't bring up the BLW word. But she's a spoon refuser so I told them at settling in and that she feeds herself. They did try with a spoon but she won't take it either. So they are forced to accept it . But DD is very good at it from the start and have never gagged or choked.

NHS Birth to Five supports finger foods from the off

"Babies often like to start by holding foods such as vegetables cut into sticks or fruit.

Babies can help themselves to mashed foods."

Also

"Around six months of age, babies can eat finger foods ? this means food that is big enough to be held in their hand and stick out the top of their fist. Food cut into pieces that are adult finger sized usually works well. Try:

• sticks of cooked parsnip, potato, yam, sweet potato or carrot (or mash them to begin with)
• banana, avocado, cooked apple, peach, melon or pear
• pieces of raw apple (large enough for your baby to gnaw on)
• rice (mashed, puréed or baby rice to begin with) and rice cakes
• fingers of toast, pitta bread or chapatti
• cooked pasta twists and other shapes."

Perfectly possible to provide meals from the above . Will you be supplying your baby's food?

I would turn it around ask them to provide evidence that allowing a child to self-feed from the start is risky, especially as this is what the NHS advocates .

Utter bollox! I'm sure it's the opposite way around as with spoon feeding, they suck it to the back of their throats.

Could you lend them the BLW book by Gill Rapley? When I get 5min I'll have a look if it refers to hard evidence.