Gagging & Regurge with sweet potatoes

Devin
Curious if anyone else has had this problem. LO is just under 6 months (by days) and we just started BLW. Cantaloupe went fine and she actually did eat a little bit if it rather than just sucking all of the juice out. Yesterday I steamed some sweet potato wedges for her to try. I'm not sure if maybe they were too soft or if I should have left the skin on but while she was eating she was gagging on large pieces that had broken off and regurgitating a decent portion of the breast milk she had eaten 30 minutes before. I know gagging during baby led weaning is fine and normal, but was curious if anybody else had had issues with sweet potatoes being too soft at first.