Babies: 6 - 9 Months
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I see a lot of mommies giving their babies table foods. My DD is only eating purees. I tried to give her half a dissolving yogurt drop the other day, and she started to choke. Gave her half a puff, and she did ok with that. She's got no teeth yet, and has no real signs of teething yet (doc isn't concerned). Should I be introducing more table foods??
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My dd doesn't have any teeth either and we give her table foods.(BLW)
It helps her learn how to chew and motor skills. I cut things into big pieces, think steak fry size. The big size is easy for her to pick up and helps keep her from choking.
Also, a baby's gag reflex is in the middle of the mouth so what you might have thought was choking might just have been gagging.
My guy has never had a puree. He eats what we eat and always has. We've been doing this about 7 weeks, and he is eating a ton, all on his own.
He has never choked. Gagging is totally normal and how they learn not to put too much into their mouths at one time. It's especially hard for a baby who has had purees to learn about this b/c they expect to be able to slurp chunky foods past their gag reflex the same way as purees, so just watch her carefully and try not to react too much if she is only gagging. If you can hear her, she is coughing or making ANY noise, it's not choking. Choking restricts her airway so she couldn't make noise or breath. Gagging comes with coughing and open mouth, sometimes a little puke, in an attempt to get the food they're not quite ready to swallow out from the back of their throats and back to the front of (or out of) their mouths.
Choking is very rare. Whenever I see people say their LO choked on something, I have to be honest...I never believe it (that's in no way a dig on you...just an explanation that so few people understand the normalcy of gagging).
Good luck!