Scared about new foods....

[CantWaitToTTC]

My lil' man will be 7 months old next Saturday. I started weaning him at 4 months old - eats puree brilliantly. I bought a whole bunch of Stage 2 jars today and different rice cakes, biscuits and rusks ready but am to scared/nervous to give him anything other then purees!

I tried him on toast twice, he mostly played with it in his hands, then sucked it and choked on some (I scrapped it out of his mouth). I just have so many questions about this next stage -

How do you give cheese - is it cheddar and is it cut into cubes, strips or slices?
Will he react to fruit/veg. pieces the same as he did with toast? And if so, will he really choke or just start to chew and swallow?
How much does your 7 month old eat/ate? He has 4 milks (between 24 and 29 ozs a day), porridge or fruit puree for breakfast, whole jar for lunch and either a half jar of puree and a yoghurt or just a whole jar for dinner.
Can he really eat what we eat? My husband cooks every night but it has rice/pasta and herbs (like paprika or cumin,etc). I don't know if this is too much flavours for a baby.

I hate feeling like I'm doing it wrong. I started making him fresh purees but I was working from home since he was 4 weeks old and am now back at office (working from home 2 days) and I didn't have time.

Someone please help!!!!

 

[Sugababe82]

x

 

[special_kala]

We BLW so no purees so at 7 months River was eating everything we were (no honey though)

Cheese i would cut into strips or grate.

Was he definitly choking rather then gagginh? Choking is where they make no noise whereas gagging is loud. If its gagging its not dangerous and best to just let them clear it on their own, they will learn quicker that way

 

[CantWaitToTTC]

It must have been gagging. So i just let him cough it out. I will take the leap and give him 'actual' food.

Thanks ladies!!