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Gagging on lumps and being sick
Sometimes Sam is completely fine with lumpy purees, finger food etc, but sometimes he gags, and then pukes up everything he's just eaten. Not fun for either of us. I think he has a sensitive gag reflex. He is 9 months old. If your LO was the same, how long did this phase last?
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I would be interested to know if any other babies were like this? xx
Its also really asy to rush to them pat them on the back and panic - but the way babies sort their food out to start is to chew - gag they bring it back round to the front of their mouth and either spit it out or start chewing and the process begins again hopefully with them swallowing it at the end. I had my heart in my mouth but have never fished food out of tobys mouth and what the book says is true.
In this months prima apart from be and toby being in it!!! There is also a mini BLW book that is not far from the original - might be worth a look x Hows his cough btw - do you think it could be an allergy? x
No advice, but your not alone!
HaHa! Confirms Heidi is a piggy! She did the choke and puke thing with finger foods as she shoved it all in her mouth! Oh well - just need to have towels on standby from now on!
We perservered, and stopped making a fuss, and now they eat large lumps such as peas and sweetcorn without being mashed. Theyre just over 8 months.
Also, thought i'd mention that my stepmum hates the gagging and will stop feeding if it happens (I have had to force her to, otherwise the boys starve!)My brother was still eating stage 1 jars well into his 1st year as she wouldnt have him eat anything that would make him gag. Hes fine now, just fussy, but worth a thought! lol!
Hope she gets the hang of it soon!
Ty is the same although he's good with lumps of banana and sweet things, I think its a ploy by my little man to get out of eating things which are good for him. He tried chicken korma with rice yesterday (jar) and was so funny as he just kept pushing the lumps out, so by then end he had rice and lumps of pepper down him but he liked the juice !!!
I'm going to try and persevere, although the temptation to fish something out when they are choking is overwhelming.
Sarah