gagging while learning to eat "solids"???

tmastert · February 2011

I recently started my son on solid veggies the day he turned 6 months, starting 3 weeks before I started him on stage 1 rice cereal and oatmeal, and he was doing great! one meal a day, and he was eating well, swallowing well, and as soon as I started him on veggies, he gags and spits out everything! I have been at it for about 4-5 days and have tried squash and broccoli so far, all pureed to yogurty testure and ive added a touch of formula to thin it out. Well that doesnt help either, its like hes already forgotten how to swollow?

Has anyone else had this problem / solved this issue with there LO's??

itsmybirthday22 · February 2011

DS was the same way. Rice cereal and oatmeal were no problem, but the first time he had veggies (carrots) it wasn't pretty. He gagged and spit most of it out. I think maybe it's because of the flavor since everything else he had before was so bland. We kept giving him a little the next few days and before the end of the week he could eat the whole jar. Pracitce makes perfect I guess. GL!