Finger foods/BLW

[TORino]

After the disaster with the breakfast rice thing I have started Tilly with little finger foods every now and again at dinner time.

She has had boiled carrots/sweet potato /parsnips/swede in little baton shapes so she can pick them up herself.

Now, I am keen to do it this way to aid her grasping/reaching and movement of her right arm which was damaged at birth.

BUT.

She keeps gagging/choking and coughing and spluttering on everything she attempts to swallow. It's testing my nerve tbh. It frightens the life out of me.

I know true choking she wouldn't be coughing etc but is there anything I should do to avoid it? Without puréeing etc as I want her to use her hands and practice gripping things

Is this par for the course when giving food in this manner?

Is she too young maybe? The HV advised that I give her soft things to chew on and as she is entering the 24th week I didn't think it was a significant problem.

Any advice?

 

[BevG]

its just cos its new hun, she will stop it soon. melon slices are good and mush up easily and toast is always a good blw starter food

 

[Mrs N]

I would try stuff that dissolves easier tbh, we normally have toast with something spread on it such as avocado, rasberries or cream cheese so they get used to feeding themselves and can suck and chew bits as they want.
xxx

 

[knopk@]

Try with something softer ie banana, avocado etc. Organix carrot sticks were very good as they melt in their mouth.
She needs to learn to swallow, they all go through occasional coughing and spluttering. I had to sit on.my hands couple of times. Didnt phase him one bit

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[TORino]

Sorry I should have said, she still chokes on banana and soft things too. Will keep trying with those though, thanks!

I am impressed with how it has brought on her grip and and movement of her arm though.

 

[BevG]

like this morning i let alyssa try my cornflakes and it got stuck and she threw up, no biggy to her and laundry to me but i was at the ready to go fishing, cornflakes are a bit harder than her normal foods so its understandable.

 

[knopk@]

Sorry I should have said, she still chokes on banana and soft things too. Will keep trying with those though, thanks!

I am impressed with how it has brought on her grip and and movement of her arm though.

Its great,.A was far ahead of purely TW babies in terms of hand/arm.control. And its much easier now i can plonk him and he feeds himself so i can have food too

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[BevG]

oh and i think toast and rusks are by far the easiest things to start with as they go soft and mushy when drooled on but dont break into small chunks as easily as bananas

 

[My1stBaby]

I'm going through this now tor, the Organix Carrot puffs are great he's picked it up so fast! Xxx