5 Tips to Avoid This Frightening Habit When Starting Solids

Introducing solids to your baby is an exciting milestone, but it also comes with a new set of challenges. One of the most frightening is gagging.

Many parents see their child gagging and worry they're choking. But gagging is actually a perfectly normal reflex, particularly when feeding solids to a young child. Among other reasons, this happens because their gag reflex is much further forward in their mouth than an adult's, and they aren't capable of manipulating food in their mouth like an adult can.

Gagging can become a problem when it's so frequent that it becomes difficult go actually get your child to swallow any food. Usually when this happens it's because of one of a few common mistakes that often cause gagging. Once you figure out the cause, these are quite easy to adjust for to fix the problem.

In this video I'll walk you through 5 common reasons why children gag on solid foods and how to avoid this behavior as much as possible.

I hope you find this one helpful!

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00:00 - 01:14 : It's All About What You Put On The Spoon
01:15 - 01:58 : The Temperature Of The Food Matters
01:59 - 04:06 : Mouthing Is Important
04:07 - 04:32 : They Need To Get Messy
04:33 - 05:50 : This One Can Make Mealtimes So Much Easier!

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[xSonea]

Thank you for this video. My daughter is nearly 4 months old, we will do a mix of BLW and traditional purees.
Lots of live from Germany.

[fraupoppy]

Thanks for this informative video. Made me feel a Lot better about offering relatively cool food, aß I noticed our girl would take it better. Now I know why!
I would be so interested in a video about how to transition from spoon feeding to self feeding. Any tips?

[rachellipker]

Do you have videos on how to transition babies from purées to finger foods? That’s what we are struggling with right now. Our baby seems to want to put a whole fistful of finger foods in his mouth so I don’t trust him with it. He also still gags on purées sometimes. He is 10 months (9 months adjusted).

[mmps]

Thanks Emma!!! This happened yesterday with oats and I was so confused 😅

[artishalsouq]

Tips given and pointing on mistakes in this video was really very helpful for me... thanks a lotttt 👍🏻

[decline]

When I start to feel great, like we were prepared and mastered a skill, another milestone is always around the corner

[yevgeniyaostapenko]

Thank u for videos.
Would you please make a video about baby's food at 7, 8, 9, 10...months.
What berries or fruits and vegetables better to give and which better to avoid and start yo give later.
And how much baby should (5 tsp or?)
Or maybe you already have such videos, give me link, please.
I tried to find, but couldn't.
Thank you

[patriciaumez-kenneth]

Exactly what I needed at the moment! ❤ Tnx a'bunch Emma

[graczznumerempierwszym]

Amazing video, as always! Do you suggest any specific highchair?

[ssenyonjogodfrey]

Hey dear thnks alot
Much love from 🇺🇬

[Irony]

Thank you for this video!
What do you think about the spoons with the anti-choking barrier? I started mashrd foods with my 5 month old a few weeks ago and since he started to grab the spoon out of my hands from the first minute on I started to fill the spoon a little and give it to him. With a "normal" baby spoon he promptly shoved it way to far in and gagged a lot so I chose the one with the barrier. In my opinion this works but I'm not sure if I'm doing the right thing?

[veronicastandiford]

My son is about to turn 9 months this coming week, and I've had such a hard time getting him used to solids, my main question is, he only has his two front bottom teeth in. Is it safe to give him the soft sticks foods, like the ones you mentioned in the video? Or does he need to have more teeth come in beforehand? I'm always so worried about his choking on foods😭 Thank you for making these videos!!

[janelschorr]

I was literally Googling this today! Thanks for the informative video as usual. With mouthing objects - my 7 month old jabbed herself hard in the mouth with the spoon the other day so I took it away from her again. Must I just try navigate that better?? I hate seeing her get hurt 😢 And want to do some self feeding but also worried about choking hazards... Any extra feedback is appreciated 🙏

[mclark]

Great video!! Love the series. Going on 2 weeks and my 7 month old only wants teething crackers! How can I help him readily take food? He watches us eat all the time, yet always moves away from "food" on a spoon. He only wants to play with the cut pieces we provide

[SupriyaBhasin]

Hello,
Thank you for these lovely videos. I have one question with reference to my baby (14 months). He loves to throw his food off the high chair especially if he knows the dogs are around. How can change this habit. He is not a picky eater yet but it is becoming difficult to train him to self eat when he keeps throwing the food on the floor.

[ГолубьЖора-фм]

You’re adorable ❤️ your videos every time so informative and helpful for me to understand my baby.thank you, Emma!

[DarkWidget]

I'm so glad I don't have to worry about making mistakes, being a father and all 💪💪

[poojaramani]

Mam my son is in phase of not accepting any food except Peas n milk. Which food I should try for him to accept. He also does not accept fruit . What to do ? Please guide .

[aafiyakhanam]

My 1.6 year infant still gagging with food ., what to do..., always ended up in spitting or vomitting and cleaning.

[kfrommirrorland]

What to do with a baby that wants to constantly stand up in the high chair if there is the foot support that you mentioned? I mean he is bobbing up and down nonstop.