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Having a down moment
I'm concerned about Scarlett and solid foods. We're feeding her mostly Gerber 2nd foods with some 3rd foods as well since the 3rd foods aren't as abundant in flavors. We're also giving her Baby Mum Mums and Gerber Yogurt Melts. However, I feel like she should be into some table foods (fruit at least) but she's having problems gagging, and I'm so fearful of her choking. As such, I feel like I'm holding her back from the foods she should be eating at this stage since she'll be 11 months old tomorrow and now has her two front teeth coming in right now. Of course, all this is making feel like a bad mommy for possibly holding her back. I emailed her pedi (out of the office until Wednesday) for advice on what to do as well.
Any advice? Words of encouragement?
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Re: Having a down moment
Have you considered getting an immersion blender and just serving her what you're eating?
I also made carrot teething biscuits for Baz at that age and he went to town on those bad boys. it's similar to making biscotti...wonder if I can dig up the recipe for you...
Have you tried steamed veggies like fry shaped sweet potatoes, or even asparagus? that way she can hold it and gnaw on it instead of giving her little bites of stuff?
We are just starting solids, but I'm trying to get over my choking fear (which is extra high considering she did choke a few months ah on her vomit, and it's scary), but I kind of figure she won't learn unless she practices. She doesn't get a lot of solids, and right now and it's mostly purees, but we started out with chunky purees, like sweet potato which I don't blend but just add a little breast milk to smooth it out, but it's still chunky. Same with squashes. We give her zucchini spears for her to gnaw on and sometimes she gets a chunk off...if she doesn't chew it up, I sweep it out of her mouth. She also gets banana chunks. I also give her large apple slices that she couldn't get the whole piece in her mouth and she's just able to gnaw small bits off.
Hang in ere mama.
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I agree with kelly...
also, have you taken infant cpr? they always cover choking. one thing the instructor told us over and over and over again is that our kids will choke. Ellie has had a few instances of gagging/choking. Usually, she over stuffs her mouth or gets too excited.
And the one time that was really scary, she choked on a piece of paper she was playing with..... so its not just food, unfortunately.
Have you tried a mesh feeder? Banana, or steamed sweet potato or carrots in a mesh feeder and she can practice chewing and get the flavors but no small pieces.
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something I was reminded of - in babies, the gag reflex is well forward on their tongue so they gag more easily, which helps prevent choking.
that being said, Baz did more than his fair share of gagging/choking. I just let him explore and was probably over-zealous with the finger swiping.
Take a cpr course if you haven't - if nothing else, you'll gain some peace of mind.
Do you eat meals with her at the table? If so, she'll show you what she wants if she wants more than you are offering her.
DS rarely ate alone at that age and it helped both of us. He literally showed us what he wanted by grabbing for our food. He was not a fan of purees (and still refuses to eat anything that texture). He wanted food he could pick up and eat himself. It was crazy messy but he actually learned quickly and once he could feed himself, mealtimes were sort of fun.
Like many others, he was an overstuffer and he gagged and vomited so often that I honestly stopped caring about catching puke in my hands. He only actually choked twice I think and while scary, we did what needed to be done, food came out, he was fine. He got into a habit of overstuffing and gagging and vomiting daily at one point and it coincided with his delayed communication/speech and we had him evaluated by an OT among others. She was great and explained to me that his strong gag reflex was actually protecting him from choking, whereas I thought it meant he was going to choke. So gagging is good.
I took a CPR class for adults, children and babies back in September and DH did one a couple of weeks ago.
We started feeding her bites of banana (cut up), some mandarin oranges (cut up the sections), and I let her gnaw on some crusty bread last night at her baby playgroup. We haven't been having her eat with us which I know is a mistake. We had dinner with her at the table with us last night, so we're trying to get into the habit of having her there.