Table food?

Question

I’m a FTM & my LO just turned 7 months on the 28th. I have questions about starting solid food. I'm pretty sure she's ready to start introducing solids. The reason, it's a struggle to spoon feed her, she barely opens her mouth to spoon feed and when she does open her mouth, takes a while to feed her. (Even with her favorites) When I put what I'm eating in front of her she'll open her mouth. I'm just a little apprehensive because I'm scared of her chocking. I'm just looking for advice on what to do here. Any insight would be helpful. Also, what are some things I could start introducing to her?

Answer

I would start off just making chunkier purees and keep making them chunkier until they are a solid. I always try to keep to softer foods but I'm doing baby led weaning with my son and he picked up on chewing quickly. I let him feed himself even though most contents end up on the floor. Gagging happens ALOT but that's just them learning that they need to chew a little more, choking is usually silent so you just make sure to keep an eye on them when they are eating. I have just been giving him things we have with our meals but less seasonings or what have you so like last night we had tacos so I gave him unseasoned ground beef, tomatoes, shredded cheese,beans and rice.

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Following. Feel the same

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Read baby lead weaning by tracy murkett and gil rapley, there are plenty of explanations and examples there :)

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It is a bit worrisome, but definitely look into baby led weaning. They usually tell you appropriate size and texture for foods, as well as the difference between gagging and choking.

Table food?

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