Worried about introducing lumps / finger foods etc!

[debralouise]

I have a huuuge fear of introducing lumpy foods or anything Grace could potentially choke on really!

I know she should be having finger foods now and some sort of lumpy food but I'm terrified of her choking!

I think that if I gave her some toast / carrot sticks to chew on she would ram the lot straight in!! Am I being over protective you think? Or is she unlikely to choke?

xx xx

 

[jenstar]

My baby doesn't choke on finger foods, he would suck the food more than take bites off it so maybe your baby will do the same.

 

[taperjeangirl]

I was scared of this too, but they will be fine!

I have started Daisy on a Hipp Organic carrot and apple pot, it has tiny pieces of apple in it and she coped fine.

She has also had a rusk to chew on, they dissolve so quickly in babys mouth that there it little chance of choking.
She has had a slice of Apple to chew on and some melon, she sooked them more than anything!

Next i am going to buy the tiny baby pasta and sauces and try her with them.

 

[Vickie]

Babies have a pretty good gag reflux that helps prevent choking. Hannah did gag a few times on foods as we introduced new textures but she's never choked and she's gotten really good at eating all sorts of foods now.

 

[KarenLV]

babies have excellent gag reflexes.dont worry.

 

[Tilly]

Oh god, this brings back memories.. I was Mrs. Paranoid when we started giving Bethanie finger foods. I would actually wait until my boyfriend got in from work at lunchtime before giving her anything. She had a little choke on a biscotti once when she was around 7 months and that really freaked me out for ages.

Try your best not to worry about it, start with small chunks of foods if it makes you feel better - it always did with me, or soft foods like melon or pear. I stayed away from apple for a while.

Good luck

 

[Hevz]

For some bizarre reason they choke and gag on lumpy foods when introduced after purees but seem to happily munch on toast and biscuits.....

 

[reallytinyamy]

chloe still doesnt have finger foods or lumps. what she has had she proper choked on- shes not ready for it yet- luckily she did it at baby group once and the support worker agreed that shes not ready

 

[isil]

Alasdair refused to have lumpy food a few weeks ago, now he gobbles it up. He is a finger food baby (much prefers it to being spoon fed) so maybe he isn't a good barometer but he is absoltely fine with everything we've tried. The organix carrot sticks are really good at properly dissolve.