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My first son would not touch solids until he was 1 yr old. We offered starting at 9 months when he seemed ready, but he was not. My daughter started trying to grab our food at 8 months and was an instant expert at solid food - she will eat anything set in front of her at this point.
You can pick up a mesh bag, I got it at Ralphs in the baby section. It has a mesh bag with a locking top, almost looks like a pacifier. This way you can stick real food in it, but they don't get the chunks just the flavor. I worked well for my grandson, this way he can try things and we didn't have to worry about him gaging or chocking on anything.
Thanks, I will check that out later. My computer doesn't seem to want to open it right now.
My first son would not touch solids until he was 1 yr old. We offered starting at 9 months when he seemed ready, but he was not. My daughter started trying to grab our food at 8 months and was an instant expert at solid food - she will eat anything set in front of her at this poinHe's nearly 10 1/2 months now and loves the taste of everything, but we just can't get him to not choke. He will eat tiny pieces of cake or muffin if I put it in his mouth and he loves mashed potatoes and yogurt.[/b]
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Originally Posted by MagicTouch
You can pick up a mesh bag, I got it at Ralphs in the baby section. It has a mesh bag with a locking top, almost looks like a pacifier. This way you can stick real food in it, but they don't get the chunks just the flavor. I worked well for my grandson, this way he can try things and we didn't have to worry about him gaging or chocking on anything.
I have one of these and have so far tried a crushed cube of juice to try to help with his tooth pain, worked slightly. I also tried a banana, which he just looked at it VERY unpleased. We will just keep trying
Thanks, I will check that out later. My computer doesn't seem to want to open it right now.
My first son would not touch solids until he was 1 yr old. We offered starting at 9 months when he seemed ready, but he was not. My daughter started trying to grab our food at 8 months and was an instant expert at solid food - she will eat anything set in front of her at this point.
He's nearly 10 1/2 months now and loves the taste of everything, but we just can't get him to not choke. He will eat tiny pieces of cake or muffin if I put it in his mouth and he loves mashed potatoes and yogurt.
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Originally Posted by MagicTouch
You can pick up a mesh bag, I got it at Ralphs in the baby section. It has a mesh bag with a locking top, almost looks like a pacifier. This way you can stick real food in it, but they don't get the chunks just the flavor. I worked well for my grandson, this way he can try things and we didn't have to worry about him gaging or chocking on anything.
I have one of these and have so far tried a crushed cube of juice to try to help with his tooth pain, worked slightly. I also tried a banana, which he just looked at it VERY unpleased. We will just keep trying
Hi, I know I'm posting late, but I was searching on google for parenting forums about getting your kids to eat solid foods, and came upon this. I am having the same problem with my son, and guess what--he's 18 months old! He will eat the fruit puffs, juice snacks, 3rd foods and stuff like that, but I'm really tired of having to buy baby food. I am just so ready for him to eat real food! One thing that has been working for me is giving him real food, like chicken nuggets or porkchops that I've cut up into tiny little bites, and letting him feed himself with his fingers. He eats better when he does the independent thing, so I just let him go at it. But he still does not chew his food very well, so I always have to watch him very closely, and he still does a lot of the gagging thing too. It's almost seems like he just doesn't want to bother with chewing, he just wants it in his belly right then, so he just crams food, and then gags...crams, gags, crams.....you get the point. I know it can be frustrating, I've been at that point for awhile now. You really do just have to come to terms with the fact that he'll decide when he's good and ready to try it. I'm seeing progress each day in my little one, so we'll get there............eventually?
I think part of our problem is the lack of teeth to chew with. He's now 10 1/2 months and is now getting his 3rd and 4th tooth. He has been showing a lot of interest in my food recently, so I let him try a small piece and he seems to do ok.
He's now eating small bits of egg without a problem, but I still can't actually say he's chewing it. Actually, the last couple of weeks, he's getting VERY picky with WHAT he wants to eat, even as far as baby food goes. It's very hard work to get him to eat most veggies now (even squash which he used to love) and forget getting him to eat any of the dinners with meat in them.
We let my daughter self-feed things like puffs and cheerios at that age. Also pieces of cereal bars. As she got older we gave her different kinds of things, but we always break it up and put it on her tray and let her pick it up and put it in her own mouth when learning. We just give her a few pieces at a time otherwise she would stuff it all in her mouth and not swallow it! She is 16 months now and still only has 4 teeth, so we don't give her things that she really has to chew yet. She's gotten good at things like pasta though. She gags sometimes, but she gets it all up and then goes back for more like she is totally unphased by it.
Remember that gagging and choking are not the same thing. Gagging is just part of learning to eat solids, so it makes sense that your LO would gag while learning. I would just keep trying different things and he will eventually get it. Don't worry yet though, at 10 months his nutritional needs should still be mostly from breastmilk or formula. Solids are still just for practice at this point, and it sounds like that's what he's doing!
I know a lot of people give little ones cheerios before they are eating solids, but why don't kids choke on those?
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We will just keep trying
He will eat the fruit puffs, juice snacks, 3rd foods and stuff like that, but I'm really tired of having to buy baby food. I am just so ready for him to eat real food! One thing that has been working for me is giving him real food, like chicken nuggets or porkchops that I've cut up into tiny little bites, and letting him feed himself with his fingers. He eats better when he does the independent thing, so I just let him go at it. But he still does not chew his food very well, so I always have to watch him very closely, and he still does a lot of the gagging thing too. It's almost seems like he just doesn't want to bother with chewing, he just wants it in his belly right then, so he just crams food, and then gags...crams, gags, crams.....you get the point. I know it can be frustrating, I've been at that point for awhile now. You really do just have to come to terms with the fact that he'll decide when he's good and ready to try it. I'm seeing progress each day in my little one, so we'll get there............eventually?
