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Moms: Intro'ing Chunkier Foods After Purees - help!

LucyPevensieLucyPevensie member
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So I move glacially slow when it comes to solids (in part due to a month long diaper rash battle brought on by food reactions) - but Jack is a great little eater - loves his cereal(s), fruits, and both orange and green veggie purees.  We do some homemade but mostly feed organic jarred. 

How did you introduce chunkier foods?  I gave him an Earth's Best Lentil "dinner" the other night (consisting of apple/carrot/lentil) and it was a chunky puree - he gagged a few times and then finally gagged and barfed a bunch up on his bib.  He was not gagging due to the taste - he liked it - it was the chunkier texture.  I have read the gagging is normal - but my poor husband was so freaked out (luckily he had left the room before my little guy actually yakked it up.) 

Anyway - tips?  And how do I get over my choking fears?  I am not a fast mover on solids and I'm OK with this but do want to keep moving along at our slow pace.  Thanks!! 

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Re: Moms: Intro'ing Chunkier Foods After Purees - help!

  • dundasgirldundasgirl

    How old is Jack?  I think I started giving Reed mum mums to feed himself soon after the baby cereal.  Then when he became comfortable eating those, I gave him bananas in small chunks.  They pretty much dissolved in his mouth and he loved the independence of feeding himself.  I really found he didn't like the baby foods with chunks for a looonngg time.  He actually transitioned to "finger foods" before adapting to chunky prepared baby foods.

    And the choking is freaky, especially for Dads and MILs.

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  • TakYelgifTakYelgif

    The Earths Best Lentil Dinner was one of Fentons Favorites! 

    We had similar issues with Fenton when starting chunky foods.  Puffs worked wonders with Fen they melt in the mouth the reason they helped was because it gave Fenton the opportunity to get the hang of how foods feel differently in the mouth

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  • BestThingsComeBestThingsCome
    We had the same problem - gagging...and yakking. So I made 99% of his food. I just started adding less and less water. He loves avacados so I stopped blening them and just mashed that (and banana) with a fork to start with. Also, I offered Cheerios, soaked with formula, juice, BM, whatever, just to soften them (that, and I cut them in half). I, too had the HORRIBLE fear of him choking and I thought I'd never get past purees once he puked the first (of many) times. It's tough. He just needs to work through it - and so do you! It will get better with time for both of you. Hang in there and just keep trying at a slow pace. GL! 
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  • EverAfterinMiEverAfterinMi

    When I was just doing the second foods, I started with the puffs, mum mums, and cheerios. there is always some gagging for the first few times and it is disturbing, but they really do catch on and get the hang of it after a few times. I asked my pedi about it and she was like.. totally normal. They are just getting used to it.

    I use the Gerber and Beech Nut 3rd foods and they can be pretty chunky. It worried me at first but they LOVE them now. And i am slowly adding more things like cut up cheese, fruite, pancakes, waffles, and real crackers.

    Just try something new every couple days. Definitely do the puffs and mum mums!

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  • sarahkellysarahkelly
    Sadie has never liked the chunky baby food. For the most part she eats normal every day food and just wouldn't ever eat the chunky-yet-still- soft-half-pureed foods, if that makes sense. So basically she went right from purees to normal table food. What we do is feed her normal food 1st and let her eat as much as she wants (which isn't much) and then we would feed her her pureed food afterward just to be sure she was getting enough nutrients and calories. It may not be conventional but it worked for us.
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