Finger food for a toothless baby?

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I'd love to start giving my daughter small bites of fruits and veggies for her to feed herself, but I'm hesitant bc she still has no teeth. She loves puffs, and will mash them with her gums, and shows interest in whatever the rest of the family is eating. Should I hold off until some teeth come in or give it a go?

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They don't need teeth to eat you'd be surprised at what they can eat with just their gums. Just stream veggies that extra bit more to make sure they are super soft.

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Look up Baby Led Weaning method. That's what we've been doing since 6 months (when he only had 2 teeth) and its been awesome and very convenient!

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My 7mo old has 2 teeth and still gags on puffs sometimes. Anything that doesn't just melt in her mouth, she won't eat. Is this normal? She will get it on the back of her tongue and can't figure out how to swallow.

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My daughter always eats table food and no teeth. Shes a good little eater😃

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My daughter is the same. We just give her table food at home and she loves it. I just make sure to watch her closely when she is eating and make sure her food is super soft. We have given her a little bit of meat but mainly veggies.

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My son has no teeth and is mashing food with his gums. Loves the puffs and bananas, cheese, pasta. Havnt tried meat yet just to nervous 🙊

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My son only has two bottom teeth and he eats like a champ. Broccoli, green beans, carrots, squash, sweet potatoes and all kinds of fruits. If something is too hard he spits it out so I let him try whatever we're having.

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I've been wondering this also!! My son has his two bottom teeth but nothing else yet. I've tried to give him puffs and the chunky baby food but he gags! Anyone know why he does that?! Does he just not like the texture?!

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We've pretty much let our daughter try whatever we're eating and she has half of a front tooth. She loves to rub her gums on apples, she's eaten banana bits, and sweet potato is a good start also. She has gotten the whole chewing concept down even without teeth, but it took us about a month and a half to get to this point. I would just see what your baby is interested in and go from there. A lot of the time they are very intrigued with what we eat and want to try it too 😁

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Maybe I'll try little bites of banana today. I've tried the Lil Bits baby food and she hates it, she spits out the chunks lol. But my oldest didn't care for that either, preferring to eat what we ate. Maybe she'll be the same way.

Finger food for a toothless baby?

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