2 year old (23 weeker born) still on purées

Hi all, I wanted to ask if any other mums have been on a similar journey as me and what they’ve done to combat this. My 23 weeker born child is turning 2 next month, he’s always been bottle aversive since 6 months old and I always fed him purees. He has reflux issues, and hence can only take purees, I just feel quite down sometimes if he’ll ever have solid foods but SALT have just advised to thicken his purees. Is there any other mums who have gone through something similar and know how to combat this, I sometimes don’t really know what milestones they have to achieve for their development and what isn’t