9 month old gags on everything but purees

DD is 9 months...she gags on everything except purees that are completely smooth.

She'll self feed whatever I give her, but then as soon as it is in her mouth, she gags until she throws up.

I've tried:

puffs
Baby mum mums
small pieces of chicken
Purees with very small chunks
Pastina
fruit

What else can I give her to help her learn how to gum food or do I give up and try again in a month?

Thank you for your help!

Re: 9 month old gags on everything but purees

She's still young, I wouldn't worry about it Just keep reintroducing it

Re: 9 month old gags on everything but purees

Everything you wrote is EXACTLY my DS. He's 8.5 months old and gags on anything other than his pureed babfood. I couldn't have written it better myself.

BTW... I have many posts about him and his "texture" issues. The Ped just said he's not ready and has a problem with textures. SHe said to wait a bit on going to Stage 3 food or any puffs.

I try to give him puffs and he will gum it for a bit with a face like... not sure if I like this whole chewing thing.

Then if he swallows it or goes too close to the back of his mouth he makes the "I can't breathe" face and gags. Then he'll throw up a bit. I've had to quicky pick him up out of the highchair many times. It scares the cr*p out of me.
My Ped said don't be surprised if he's a late talker too b/c sometimes it has to do with the muscles in his mouth. I'm not sure about that with Mason b/c he is a big babbler. We'll see.

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Re: 9 month old gags on everything but purees

This is us too! DS is 8 months old and gags on puffs, cheerios and etc... I keep trying to give it to him but he does gag. I guess he just isn't ready yet.

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Re: 9 month old gags on everything but purees

We had this problem because we introduced food a little too late.

I would start by making the purees thicker, adding smaller lumps in it. Tiny things like Cheerios (even broken up).

Don't give it up - I think it will make it worse if you don't nip it now.

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Re: 9 month old gags on everything but purees

ds gags on some level 3 purees at 9 months...

the puffs i have had better luck with the ones that look like cheese puffs and i break them into half. gotta watch that they only put one piece in at a time.


purees i have had better luck with the level 3 fruits. horrible time with the level 3 rice ones.

eta... ds also liked these cookies which are made for 1 year olds. i hold it he gums it up scraping it, when it gets softer he then bites off a little piece.

Message edited 2/17/2010 8:24:49 PM.

Re: 9 month old gags on everything but purees

Posted by nrthshgrl

We had this problem because we introduced food a little too late.

I would start by making the purees thicker, adding smaller lumps in it. Tiny things like Cheerios (even broken up).

Don't give it up - I think it will make it worse if you don't nip it now.

Re: 9 month old gags on everything but purees

I've been through it all too! DS is almost a year old and up until 2 weeks ago, he threw up on everything that had texture... He would spit out puffs if he didn't gag on them. Come to find out he inherited my taste buds and likes salty and sweet stuff, not the plain stuff I was giving him! Ritz and saltines were the first thing he started to like.. now, in these past 2 weeks, he's a new baby!