i was so shocked i didnt question her on anything, which i now regret.
Happy, you should be able to phone the HV office and speak with another HV for further information (write a list of your questions before ringing). I did that occasionally, they don't seem to mind at all. Although having said that I trusted very little of what the HVs told me, like that DS didn't have silent reflux - yeah right
She might well have got some of the information mixed up if she had only just been to the seminar and honestly in my experience people in any job can get things wrong. I check all prescriptions from the doctor too as I have more than once been told the incorrect (and dangerous) dose
They are only people after all.
I can well imagine changes in the advice and the lean towards offering meat several times per week and a move away from rice cereals in favour of other fortified cereals although I personally wouldn't be offering wheatabix because of the sugar content.
However, if you are interested in cereals:
Ready brek is fortified and so long as you get the original (not flavoured) it is sugar free.
http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=254853914Cow and Gate make a fabulous fortified baby muesli, the guidance is from 10 months but I started using it much younger with DS because the guidance is based on texture and we did BLW so I made this up with little milk and rolled into balls as finger food. He still has this muesli now either as balls or as slop eaten with a spoon (texture of porridge).
Cow and Gate also make a cereal very similar to wheatabix but for babies, I am pretty sure it is also fortified and sugar free.
Shredded wheat (which I doubt most LOs that age would manage to eat it is sooo dry, but maybe) is sugar free but not fortified.
I'm having trouble with my internet connection (it's raining again! uh!) so can't link the cow and gate cereals. FX this posts.