On the second day of the inquest, giving evidence, Oliver’s key worker Loetta Collins said she had not received training from the nursery about what size the food served to him should be.
Ms Collins, who chopped the penne pasta Bolognese Oliver was served on 23 September 2021, the day he passed away, said she was ‘content’ that the pieces were small enough.
Another member of staff was feeding Oliver and three other children, the inquest heard.
She was also asked about a risk assessment produced by the setting, which stated that all food for babies was to be blended to a consistency which is ‘fluid-like rather than solid.’
She recalled there being a blender in the nursery, but did not remember it being used.
Yesterday the inquest heard how Oliver had only been eating pureed and finger foods at home and that his parents, Zoe and Lewis Steeper, had been assured by the nursery that meals would be blended before being fed to him.
The nine-month-old only had two bottom teeth coming through and was unable to chew, according to his parents.
Days earlier on 16 September, Zoe said Oliver has been violently sick and his vomit contained chunks of pineapple. On the nursery's app it had said Oliver had been given fruit salad to eat.
