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Swallowing Issues?

holdn5holdn5
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My DS still can't seem to eat soft solids. I've tried puffs, yogurt melts, soft fruit and green beans and each time he chokes and gags on them. I'm worried about his swallow reflex. Anyone else still not able to take solids? He does just fine with oatmeal and purees but anything bigger, not so much.

I will obviously ask at his 9 mo appt, but just curious if we're the only one?

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  • ebd08ebd08 member

    How long have you been trying to offer him the soft solids?  Maybe try making his purees gradually thicker / chunkier?

    It took my DS a bit to figure it out too.  He wasn't wild about any soft things I offered him until one day I mashed up a blueberry and fed it to him - he LOVED it.  My baby mantra these days seems to be just keep offering new and different things until something clicks!

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  • wychetswychets member
    imageebd08:

    How long have you been trying to offer him the soft solids?  Maybe try making his purees gradually thicker / chunkier?

    It took my DS a bit to figure it out too.  He wasn't wild about any soft things I offered him until one day I mashed up a blueberry and fed it to him - he LOVED it.  My baby mantra these days seems to be just keep offering new and different things until something clicks!

    I agree with all of this. DD doesn't do well with the stage 2 baby foods. But I brought stage 2 1/2 one time by mistake and its a bit thicker and she loves it. GL!

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  • Carrie3102Carrie3102 member

    Not to just echo the other two, but Josephine still has issues from time to time. 

    I never wanted to give her "baby food" for that reason.  Sometimes when I give her something I ground up that is chunky she acts like she's choking, full on tongue out and everything, scared me the first couple times.  Then I noticed nothing was back there, when I asked the Dr.  he said she didn't like the texture, and to just keep trying.

    Now she'll eat string cheese, green beans, soft soft carrots, chicken salad, spaghetti, mac & cheese.  anything she can pick up with her fingers.  But if I grind it and put it on a spoon, she gags, she only likes her baby food (purees, yogurt, cereal) on a spoon she prefers to pick everything else up. 

    Just keep trying, first thing I got her to like (other than puffs and yogurt bites) was green beans cooked very soft.

    She really just wants to eat what we're eating, but only if it looks like what we're eating.

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  • holdn5holdn5
    Thanks ladies, I will keep trying to offer them and will make his oatmeal thicker to see if he has any reaction to it. He really wants to eat it, will make an attempt to grab off of our plate, but once he gets it in his mouth, he'll gag.
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  • tessajdtessajd member
    My daughter is nine months old and having the exact same issue.  I just posted on the 9-12 month board about it before I saw your post.  I tried a Cheerio this morning and she gagged immediately when she felt the texture.  She did the same with avocado, and it was even mashed with a fork. 
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