My ds was very similar when he was around 8-12 months. Finally, after he turned one year, we gave up on spoon feeding him, and let him feed himself finger foods. At first, I was worried he wouldn't get enough, but it turns out, that's what he wanted all along. No mush! Nowadays, he'll let us feed him a few spoonfuls from time to time, but most of the time, he feeds himself. He eats well, and will put a fork into his mouth if we give him food on a fork (hasn't mastered getting the food on himself yet
. He won't eat much soup or soft mushy type foods (like mashed potatoes), I guess that's too much like baby food.
Have you guys tried letting your lo's feed themselves? My niece, who's a few months younger than ds, never had pureed baby food - she wouldn't eat it. She would only eat finger foods.