I've been giving ds finger foods (puffs, shredded cheese, cheerios, toast, and steamed fruit). I'm still giving him pretty small pieces. The pieces of toast and fruit are probably a little smaller than a cheerio. Are you giving bigger pieces? I'm wondering if I should, but sometimes he doesn't chew the food all that well so I'm nervous to. I saw an 11 month old this weekend who was taking bites off a slice of deli meat her parents offered. I don't see that happening with ds any time soon and I'm wondering if should be working on it more.
Re: Question about finger foods
Good question. I'd like to know myself.
I've been giving really tiny pieces, such has a smushed half of a pea. Guess I'm just paranoid.
DD doesn't like to take finger foods. She likes to play with them instead. And she give me "the look" when I try to put it to her lips.
Today DD tried American Cheese from the deli counter for the first time. I broke off about a 1/5 of it and let her try to feed herself. She loved it. We also gave her a saltine for the first time yesterday when we were at the diner for brunch. She did well with that too. I started giving DD bigger things slowly. She now eats larger pieces of banana. I've also given her those biter biscuit cookies & half of bage, which I think she likes because she can just hold it and gnaw at it on her pace. I keep offering her different stuff. Sometimes she eats, other times -like last week when I tried steamed peas- she just opened her mouth and let the food drop out. My assumption is eventually she'll like the texture and eat it.
I guess it depends on the food too. We tried smushed peas last week and he choked on them.