When can DC eat chopped food instead of pureed?

[nomorechoc]

DC is 12 months; good eater but most stuff still pureed / jars / mashed. when can he eat things just chopped up (has only 2 teeth) and can he chew things like chicken ok yet?

Yes, I would definately introduce properly solid food now. Gums are perfectly hard enough to chew with and he will need to learn to deal with real food. Give him things he can hold and chew (carrot sticks, bread sticks, toast) and for dinner start to phase out mashing etc and work to smaller portions of what you eat.

They can have it from 6 months.

By 12 months he should not be eating purees.

They don't need teeth - their gums are hard enough to chew with.

Not that I listen to them very often, but, my health visitor told me to only give them pureed foods for a couple of weeks at the beginning of weaning.

Some people like to, missmama, but it's not necessary - I never gave DS purees and he is fine