What is your baby eating?

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Ok moms ... I'm having an issue. My LO is little. She weighs 16lbs 12 oz. She is 9 months old. She LOVES puréed peas, green beans and chicken. She is still drinking about 24 ounces of breast milk a day. I am TERRIFIED to introduce solid food. The reason- I'm scared she will choke!! What solids do you feed your little ones? I know she should be eating some soft solids but I'm just so scared of her choking.

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Avocado, boiled slightly mushy sweet potatoes, soft peas, baked cinnamon apple slices, scrambled eggs, flaky fish (mine loves salmon), Cheerios, kiwi, really soft steamed baby carrots, crab/lobster meat, oatmeal, mashed banana with peanut butter, squash, ground meat.

Basically everything we eat except for honey. We just make sure it's slightly mushy and in teeny tiny bite size pieces.

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I started with puffs cause they melt pretty quickly. The yogurt melts are good too but I think they're huge so I cut them up for him. Now that he's getting teeth and used to chewing I've been giving him more and more cut up table food. As long as it's small enough to swallow and you only give one at a time it should be okay. The only time mine really chokes is when he wants to shove all the puffs in his mouth so I just limit him so he knows to wait

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I feed my 9 month old everything. As long as it's soft and appropriately sized. She basically eats a mushed version of what we eat. Seafood, meat, veggies, toast, scrambled eggs. She annihilates whole nectarines lol. Just use common sense and never leave them eating unattended

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My 9 month old has no teeth yet so is still on purees too!! Although I've started giving him toast cut into strips and he gums them right up. Its hard because he's so interested in our food when we eat but I'm also scared to give him any because of the choking! I'd say stick with what you're comfortable with for now, if you're concerned about the weight talk to her doctor for reassurance :)

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I also worry about that so I cut up banana, lunch meat, pasta super small. I even broke up the Gerbers puffs into very tiny pieces until I was certain she was ok having whole ones.

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Sorry one more thing....my 8 month old had small pieces of chicken yesterday and LOVED IT! I made sure the meat was moist and small enough to be swallowed whole. If she does begin to choke, give her a good pat on the back; works every time. Or get some Gerber Puffs and start there. They learn how to eat and chew. Don't let your fears hinder her development mama. You can do this! :) just jump into it and take precautions! As long as you are supervising her she will be ok. Your her mom! :D

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Buy some veggies like peas carrots and green beans or whatever your baby likes and boil it so it's soft. Put it on a plate and smash it with a fork so it's small chunks. Start with feeding that until you are past your fear. She might "choke or cough" but not the way you think. They usually give it a good cough and it goes down fine. As long as the foods are soft and slippery that should ease your mind, knowing it will slip right down her throat no problem.

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Me tooo. Im scared to death my boy is 9 months and i havent really gave him any real food yet

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I felt the same way a week ago but have tried so many things in the last week and my girl is a great eater!! Just small mushy bites of whatever we're eating! And she's been eating puffs for awhile, I think those really helped her learn.

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Thank you ladies! I feel much better. ❤️️

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