Introducing Chunkier Foods...

• 12-04-2008 1:15 PM

  Amy071377 Joined on 12-04-2008 Posts 1

  Introducing Chunkier Foods... Reply Contact I have been getting lectured by friends who are moms of older babies telling me that my son (who will 11 mos old in 2 weeks) should be putting his own food in his mouth, and that he should be eating much chunkier foods like bread, hot dogs, pasta, things like that. I currently only give him stage 3 breakfasts (because they are smooth enough for him to swallow easily) and then stage 2 dinners because the stage 3 foods are still too chunky for him and he gags and then ultimately vomits up whatever is in his belly. He has only once to my knowledge actually taken a yogurt melt out of my hand into his and put it in his mouth. Any other time he just throws it on the floor or just drops it. He doesn't use his thumb and forefinger to pick things up. He still rakes food off his tray. He is crawling belly up and goes really fast too!!! But I just feel like he'll be ready when he's ready. Not when others say he's ready. Am I spoiling him by continuing to feed him by spoon and not leaving it up to him? I really need more advice on this!!!

  Filed under: Introduction to, Solid Foods, 11 months old

• 12-04-2008 2:03 PM

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  Crystal3034546 Joined on 09-22-2008 Arizona Posts 13

  Re: Introducing Chunkier Foods... Reply Contact You should do what you think is best for your child. If he is not ready you should wait until he is ready to eat on his own. Like the book about breastfeeding said the word spoiling should not be in a mother's vocabulary. And if he gags on chunky foods I wouldn't give him hot dogs unless it is those one from gerber that can be smashed with your fingers to make them small for your baby that's what I did for my daughter when she was just starting to eat chunkier foods-I would buy a jar of those hot dogs from gerbers and smash them (actually I think they are called beef sticks or something like that) so she can eat them without me worring that she is going to gag or choke on them. They say you really shouldn't give kids under one hot dogs anyways because hot dogs are one of the foods that kids under one can choke on. And pasta you can cut up to small pieces so he won't gag on it. But again you should do what you think is best for your child and if you are not ready to introduce or if he is not ready for them than don't give him those kind of food give him the ones he likes and just try to give them as he gets older just to see if he will want them and able to eat those kind of foods eventually.

• 01-09-2009 9:51 AM

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  meagan900 Joined on 11-09-2007 Posts 1

  Re: Introducing Chunkier Foods... Reply Contact I think my daughter is somewhat like this too....she is very sensitive to new textures and foods, and if she is not ready for something or even if it is just new she will AT LEAST gag if not vomit. I've had people tell me that if she can't learn to do this and that by age 1 then she'll be in occupational therapy, but I try to dismiss those things. Babies are all individual and when she is ready she'll do it. She has done so without fail to this point (she is almost 8 months). She is crawling very well on hands and knees and is mostly able to pick things up with her pincer grip, but even this does not have much of an effect on her willingness to feed herself. She does however love to feed herself teething biscuits and half bananas. I just watch her with the banana to make sure no big pieces get bitten off and choked on. She does not seem to want to feed herself small items. If you are concerned of course ask his dr, but he sounds fine to me.