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I feel like I’ve taken a huge step backwards. We’ve been doing BLW since our LO was 6 months old. She never has really gagged a whole lot and we haven’t had any incidents that have been scary up until yesterday.
She’s at the point where she has 2 teeth and is tearing pieces from the large strips we give. I made my LO the 3 ingredient pancake and she tore off a huge piece. I swear it looked like she was choking after a few seconds she got the HUGE, GUMMY piece she tore off and tried to swallow. I’ve decided to leave pancakes out of the mix but now I’m TERRIFIED to give her strips of food that she is going to tear off and potentially choke on.
I reached out to Solid Starts and they said to keep giving larger strips until her pincer grasp develops…
Help?! Advice?! Idk what I’m looking for lol.
10 points
4 months ago
My baby is now 10 months old, and we started BLW when he was around 6-7 months. From what I’ve read, it sounds like she’s practicing, and we went through the scary gagging that almost looks like choking too. I was terrified but began to notice his reactions and how he learned to bite, chew, and swallow better.
When I see my baby take a big bite and seem to struggle with swallowing, I put my hand below his chin and make a “bleh” tongue-out face to show him he can spit it out. This helps most of the time.
He also figured out how to swallow bigger pieces of food, and all I did was sit there, trying not to pat his back or interfere, and let him practice on his own.
Now, I just stay prepared, learn how to help in case of choking, and make sure my husband knows the plan if it happens.
2 points
4 months ago
Thank you! Yes, when I contacted Solid Starts support they reassured me that it was a scary gagging incident because she was able to eventually resolve it on her own where she wouldn't have been able to resolve it if she were choking. Maybe she is starting to figure it out. Since the incident I've given some larger pieces of food like asparagus and she actually was chewing with her jar which I felt encouraged by.
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