Finger foods

deliae

Hello, I am new to posting on this board. I just followed since I first found out I was pregnant. But I have to ask a question to people who won't think I'm crazy!! Anyway, my daughter is 8 months and I am scared to death to give her finger foods. She doesn't have any teeth yet but I don't think that makes a difference. I don't really know what to give her and I'm so scared that she is going to choke. Can anyone please give me some advise on how to start this process. Thanks so much!!

tnd81

Teeth doesn't matter since they gum everything. Start with puffs or those yogurt melts things. I've been giving those for a while to my 8 mo old and tonight I finally offered diced avacado. I can see that he's using his gums to mash. I'll probably do very

deliae

Thanks for everyone's advice. I just have to bite the bullet and do it!!

deliae

This is great. Thanks so much. I tried giving her some small cooked peices of string bean tonight and she kind of gagged on it but then she swallowed it. I wanted to die!! She really wasn't interested in it after that. So it's normal for them to gag a lit