my 11 month baby will not eat anything but #2 foods, we try to give her other foods and she just gags help me?

Question

she has 6 teeth altogether. 2 on the bottom and four on top. she will not eat any other foods besides the #2 foods from the store. any ideas on wht come be causing this and what can i do to help her?

Answer 1

My son was the same way. In fact, he wasn't able to eat table food up until a month ago, and he's 15 months. Some babies take longer, so I wouldn't push the chunky foods quite yet. It doesn't sound like she's ready and as long as she's gaining weight at a steady pace everything should be fine.

Answer 2

My girl was doing the same thing up until last week (she turns 1yr old on Saturday)... it was actually quite funny besides getting her food all over the floor as she would gag and cough up her 'chunky' food. Now I'm letting her eat her peas, green beens, etc whole and she loves it! She decided when she was ready, and I dont know if there is much you can do to speed up the process. Just keep offering other types of food, and when she has decided its the right moment she'll stop pretending to gag on it! Oh yes, I should add my girl has had 8 teeth since she was 9mths, so it isnt an issue with teeth. It's a new texture and she just needs to get used to it.

Answer 3

I agree...she isn't ready, so don't push. My daughter was the same way.

It could be that youur baby just doesn't like the "chunky" texture of either 3rds or table foods. Try something that is easy to chew or swallow such as yogurt (some groceries stores have Yo Baby which has whole milk in it...there's a soy kind too), sugar-free jello, sugar-free pudding, mashed potatoes, noodles (my daughter loved mac and cheese at this age), peas, corn, oatmeal, Rice Krispies cereal, Cheerios, mashed up fruit.....little stuff. The smaller the texture, the better.

Answer 4

I don't think there is anything wrong with feeding your baby stage 2 foods at 11 months. My son ate some of the thicker meals up until he was 18 months! (he had table foods too, but the stages from the store were good when we went visiting.) If you want to try and get more food into the diet, maybe you could try one of those food choppers and almost puree the food, but not quite. Potato is always good, not much to gag on there, try pushing the food to the side of her mouth and mimic chewing with her. We naturally chew on the sides of our mouths, if your daughter only has her front teeth, thats good for biting, but not much help for learning to chew....sounds like you are doing good, I hope she will continue to grow healthy!

Answer 5

I agree that you should not worry too much. You will have a one year doc appointment -- so no worries until then! :)

Until then, keep offerring her other food. Let her sit in her high chair as long as she is happy with soft foods on her tray. Please don't give her things like syrup, you don't need to bribe her with straight sugar at this age!

Your daughter might be like mine. Even at that age, she had attitude! Try giving her some space and letting her think it is her idea to eat, not yours.

One last thing to ask your doctor about -- occupational therapy. I have a friend who had to take her 18 month old because he was diagnosed with a "sensitive mouth" and did not like to eat many many foods. His main problem though was a failure to gain weight. And -- he definitely grew out of it!

Answer 6

Did you breastfeed?
When my baby was first born he wouldn't latch onto my breast. It turned out he had a tight jaw/tongue, and my nipple would gag him. I had to stay in the hospital for two days and had the physical therapist come in and massage my sons mouth, gums, jaw, etc... She said it was a good thing that I was trying to breastfeed because if they hadn't found out that he had this he most likely would of had troubles eating food when he was older. So maybe that is what your daughter has.??? It is easier to take care of when they are youger, but hang in there and good luck. Also maybe check with her doctor and see what they have to say

Answer 7

keep trying her with different varieties of foods until she is ready she will let you know, HM gagging as she gets choked or gagging when she trys new foods? a friend of mine has a daughter that has gag reflux, she can only eat certain kinds of foods because the other foods make her gag so she told the pediatrician and that is what it was, was gag reflux.

Answer 8

The gag reflex in babies is alot stronger than in adults, choosing food that is coated in a more solid substance like mashed potato is usually more benificial than having the foods floating in a runny liquid like gravy, because the first thing your baby will do is suck the liquids away and be left with lumps in her/his mouth...the only choice is to swallow or spit....and if baby tries to swallow but the lumpy bits are a little uneven sized, a little to firm to chew or a little rough in texture the chances are that she/he will gag on it to bring it up rather than swallow it are higher.

Rule of thumb at my house, I cook my babys food till it is soft enough to squish on the roof of my mouth with my tounge without chewing it...this way I know my baby will be able to chew it with her gums...

Hope this helps

Answer 9

like the 1st answer, i accept as true with chatting with the ped. If he's desperate on formulation, there is diploma 2 formulation for after 365 days. Dont push him to consume something yet in simple terms shop attempting stuff. If its getting costly to purchase the jars or applications of toddler meals, make investments in the toddler meals makers for him to make small parts at a time. on condition that hes 11 months, its achievable that he's teething for greater of the harder greater painful teeth and in simple terms doesnt want something harder then the disolvable puffs. If hebisnt even desirous to purpose puread diploma one meals, then it quite is the spoon. The hardness of a spoon won't be to his liking if he's teething too. He could additionally in simple terms in comparison to chunks. I on no account did while i became a toddler and that i nevertheless dont like chunks in my meals. in case you havent already tried oatmeal or toddler cereal, attempt that now. mixture it in a bowl with formulation to the consistancy of diploma one meals and see if he will. Take that. desire I helped slightly.

Answer 10

My daughter just turned 1 and she is finally gettig used to solid foods (adult foods). I started out with fruit flavored cheerio's soaked in her formula and she ate those pretty well. We just moved on from there. It's normal- my nephew didn't eat adult food until he was almost 2.