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Baby gags on solids

Meery82Meery82 member
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My son will be 9 months on the 11th and he eats baby cereal and purees great, but he gags on anything solid, like puffs, tiny banana pieces, even sometimes his teething tablets. I'm assuming its something psychological because he gags the second it hits his tongue; it never makes it to the back of his throat. Anyone else have a LO Iike this? I'm wondering when it will stop.
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  • kristinarkkristinark member
    My daughter did this when we first started solids. Eventually she over came this. We just kept offering stuff to her.
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  • KatFCoKatFCo member

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    My daughter did this when we first started solids. Eventually she over came this. We just kept offering stuff to her.

    This, It takes time. Gagging is normal, as long as they're not actually choking. For DS, we started by offering stage 3 purees, but he didn't like them. Finally, one day I offered him a piece of toast to gum. He did wonderfully. It was large enough he could just knaw on it and he learned how to maneuver the pieces in his mouth. If something looked too big, I took it out, but I stopped that after a few days.

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  • HollyBee013HollyBee013 member
    my LO was a late bloomer when it came to eating (started getting the hang of solids about a month ago), but once she got over the gagging, she couldnt get enough of anything we would offer!  She also hasnt touched purees since then.  She hasnt liked any of the gerber toddler foods, so we stick to just giving her what we are eating, she does fine! 
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  • angelfire02angelfire02 member
    I just posted the same thing.... we can't even do chunkier purees without gagging until they puke.  
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  • mnb311mnb311 member
    totally going through this right now.  Every time I try puffs or even a puree that's just a little bit thicker, he gags and sometimes throws up.  My friend told me about these mesh pouches that they sell at Target and you can put soft foods like banana or avocado in it and they can chew and suck on it and only little pieces come out so I guess it teaches them how to chew, I am going to try this thing next.
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  • LallymomLallymom member
    My LO is 10 months now and we started out with the same problem.  He gagged so hard a few times he threw up, poor thing.  We just kept trying, now a month or two later he is eating everything!  Just keep trying.  And try different things.  
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