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purees to more solid foods

Smh619Smh619 member
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I've been reading alot of posts and it seems like everyone's baby is eating chunkier foods. My LO is almost 10 months old & is still eating pureed food. I'll mash up bananas, avocados, sweet potatoes with a fork sometimes. The other day I gave him small chunks of pasta and he gagged. He was breathing fine but it freaked me out!!  I'm PETRIFIED of him choking so I threw out the pasta & gave him pureed stuff. Any advice on moving him into more "chunky" food without stressing myself out???

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  • oliversmommy32912oliversmommy32912 member

    Gagging is a normal part of development. It's how he learns what size bites he can swallow and what he can't. Gagging on food is his way of pushing it back to the front of his mouth to re-chew. As long as you're cutting everything up small enough then

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  • Mrs.SMillerMrs.SMiller
    I'm with everyone else on this.  I freaked out in the beginning too every time he gagged but the more he practiced the better he handled it and for the last couple of weeks he's had no purees and doing great!
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  • stemms8810stemms8810 member
    I am nervous too about chunkier food but LO seems to be handling it fine.  My LO goes back and forth between wanting to feed himself finger foods and eating purees from a spoon.  I think it depends on his mood. I think the key to the transition
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  • zbeesma86zbeesma86 member

    I am having the same issue-- terrified of her choking and will change it up at times- she's been eating eggs for breakfast and she loves to feed herself!

    Today we tried a waffle- soft and cut up. She gagged on one piece and upchucked all her bott

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