Hiya hun,
health visitors can be so rude can't they? Don't worry, I'm sure you're feeding your baby all the right stuff. The jars these days are made to be nutritionally balanced.
My baby is just 8 months old now. He's been on solids since 6 months and is now on 3 full meals a day with dessert.
I do cook my own food for him, but then I've had the time. Sounds like you've had quite a time of it in your personal life so you can't be superwoman.
I don't really give him finger food as it just ends up anywhere but in his mouth, and I'd prefer that he actually ate the food I give him, so I usually spoonfeed him. Sometimes if he's eaten all his breakfast and still hungry, I'll do him a piece of brown toast and spread some no salt butter on it and give that as finger foods, but that's about it.
As for the meat issue, Ash has now had, Tuna, Chicken, Cod, Haddock, and Beef. He's been fine with all of them, although I' suspect he's not that keen on the red meat, but loves the chicken and fish.
He will drink water although only a few sips at each meal. I offer it to him from a sippy cup after each meal while he's still in his highchair.
He still has a breastfeed morning and evening, and one bottle of formula mid afternoon.
I think it's only important to give the correct ratio of formula to water when you're actually using it as a milk drink. If it's just to get your LO to drink water, then less formula is ok. He still has milk feeds doesn't he? It is dangerous to give too much powder to water, but that's not what's been suggested to you. However, I've never heard of giving weak formula to get babyies to drink water. I've usually heard to give diluted friut jiuce.
K.xx
health visitors can be so rude can't they? Don't worry, I'm sure you're feeding your baby all the right stuff. The jars these days are made to be nutritionally balanced.
My baby is just 8 months old now. He's been on solids since 6 months and is now on 3 full meals a day with dessert.
I do cook my own food for him, but then I've had the time. Sounds like you've had quite a time of it in your personal life so you can't be superwoman.
I don't really give him finger food as it just ends up anywhere but in his mouth, and I'd prefer that he actually ate the food I give him, so I usually spoonfeed him. Sometimes if he's eaten all his breakfast and still hungry, I'll do him a piece of brown toast and spread some no salt butter on it and give that as finger foods, but that's about it.
As for the meat issue, Ash has now had, Tuna, Chicken, Cod, Haddock, and Beef. He's been fine with all of them, although I' suspect he's not that keen on the red meat, but loves the chicken and fish.
He will drink water although only a few sips at each meal. I offer it to him from a sippy cup after each meal while he's still in his highchair.
He still has a breastfeed morning and evening, and one bottle of formula mid afternoon.
I think it's only important to give the correct ratio of formula to water when you're actually using it as a milk drink. If it's just to get your LO to drink water, then less formula is ok. He still has milk feeds doesn't he? It is dangerous to give too much powder to water, but that's not what's been suggested to you. However, I've never heard of giving weak formula to get babyies to drink water. I've usually heard to give diluted friut jiuce.
K.xx
I cook for Maddison as I have the time to do it but she gets jars too (Hipp). I cook her beef or chicken with sweet potatoes and veg. Havent tried fish as yet, keep meaning to though. For finger foods Maddison has toast, mini rusks, chicken breast and ham 
You take weaning at her pace, and yours, and introduce a nice balanced and healthy diet as you see fit for your DD 
some babies just don't from an early age.
