Anyone else scared of weaning?

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I’m so scared to give my little girl chopped up foods like avocado and egg etc in a few months. She’s eating porridge and fruit/veg purée at the minute but I’m scared of choking!! 😕
How do you know when she’s ready for the chopped up foods? What signs shall I look out for? Sorry if it’s a dumb question, I’m a FTM x

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I think I'm going to buy something called the Life Vac. I'm not confident that in a high stress situation I'd be able to do cpr or the heimlich on my baby properly. It's been tested and seems to be a pretty legit thing, although the hope would obviously be never to use it!  But I'm such a paranoid person too lol a bunch of my mom friends have one.

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I read that baby’s gag reflex is farther up than grown ups. Meaning that it’s farther away from their actually throat opening to help prevent choking while they’re learning to food. They say if they make gagging noises don’t smack their back because it may just make it harder for them to work past it. 
I don’t remember the exact wording and I’d recommend looking it up, but learning that definitely made me feel better about my little ones trying solids.

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Highly recommend taking a infant cpr class! I did mine for 75$ at Gwinnett Medical Center, and I feel much more confident. 
But signs are : 
sitting up well assisted ( or unassisted ) 
interested in your food
opens mouth when a spoon comes near 
Tongue trust reflex gone or almost gone (itll go away when they get the hang of solids) 
Signs of gagging - coughing , vomit , still breathing , loud , baby can turn red briefly. This is a good, healthy reflex and you WILL see it with solids .
Signs of choking - silent, no coughing or vomit , face quickly turns red and stays red. This is bad and you need to put baby on your lab facing away from you . Lean them forward and give them up to 5 hard smacks on the upper back. You can also try fishing out the object in their throat with your finger but it’s not always advised because it could possibly make it work. If this doesn’t work , have someone call an ambulance or do it yourself, and start cpr .

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From what I read, you're not supposed to chop them up into small pieces.. I've gave my little girl slices of avocado that pretty much turn to mush when it gets into her mouth.

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I think it's okay to offer finger foods from 6 months. I'm terrified of choking!!

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Lap* not lab 
And worse* not work

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https://resources.beststart.org/product/d12e-feeding-your-baby-booklet/
I actually found this quite helpful

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I have baby some ground beef the other day. And tiny pieces of chicken the day beforr . I gave a tiny bit as a time and she did actually "chew" it then got more spit in her mouth and I heard her swallow it . I'm not sure about avacado cause i don't eat it so it's never in my house 🤣 but I let her take her time and explore the texture . I've got some bananas ripening up right now I wanna try to give her when they're ready. Plan on mushing with a fork and that's about it . 
I just started small and see what she did with it!   Only time she coughed is when she yawned while eating the ground beef with food in her mouth 😖

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Follow feeding littles on Instagram, they have a lot of good info and a course you can take if you're interested in BLW

Anyone else scared of weaning?

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