BLW and gagging
My baby has been having mashed food at the moment 3 times a day and he loves it. I wanted to introduce some finger food such as carrot and potato sticks. My baby understood what he was supposed to do and put directly in his mouth and took some pieces out but then he gagged and spit out everything it was a bit scary and now we are back on mashed foods. Is that normal??
Also he is eating so much of the mashed food and I feel he is gaining a lot of fat quickly which I am also worried about .... !!! He is still waking up once at night for a bottle.
Any advice ? Or words of compassion?
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My little boy hates purees, loves trying finger foods but will still spit them out after he's had a good chew on them every after a month and a half of weaning! The only thing he actually eats is yoghurt 😂
I’m only doing 1 meal a day still so he’s still having all his bottles
Gagging and then spitting it out shows he knows what to do and will be a helpful skill :) keep offering, just make sure it’s cooked soft to mash between his teeth / gums. My boy loves cucumber and it’s a great tether too :)
We started on Ella’s Kitchen melty puffs to begin with to get him used to having something other than puree in his mouth that would melt so he didn’t panic x
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Gagging is definitely normal! Babies need time to learn how to move everything around in their mouth and how to swallow things that aren't basically liquid!