Food problems :(

Jessica
Chase is 7 months on Thursday and I am struggling to feed him solids. He does like the food but his hands are my enemy! Every time I get the spoon close to his face he swats it away and it's now becoming impossible to feed him even though when I do manage to get some in his mouth he loves it. Then there's the issue of his massive tongue sounds strange I know haha but his tongue is so big most of the time it hangs out of his mouth when he tries to eat or he ends up chewing his tongue lol. Does anyone have any advice on what I can do to help food times :)