feeding 10 month old?

Question

My 10 month old loves 6 month old baby jar foods, but when i give him 8 month old baby jar foods he hates it! and starts to gag. I figure its because its chunkier, but now he will eat other foods like cheesies, potatoes, or things that i'm eating.

Answer 1

Stage 3 baby food sucks (i'm sorry, but it does).......the smooth texture with the chunks thrown in confuses baby. That is why he is gagging. ....the chunks surprise him. Just go straight to soft table foods. He will know to chew (mash with gums) those.

Answer 2

I'm not sure what the question here is, but: my cousin is 10 months old and i babysit her a lot, so i know a bit. He probably has a few teeth already, right? Try giving him dry cereal. Also, give him banana's or celery to chew on. He probably is just not used to the other baby food yet. It's not a bad thing that he's eating the baby food that's for younger infants. If you are really concerned, just talk to his doctor.

Answer 3

he probably doesn't hate it. he probably is not use to eating the thicker foods yet. I have an 11 month old daughter that gags on gerber 3rds. You can't really compare babies. they mature at different ages so just because the food is for a certain age doesn't mean anything is wrong. as long as he is eating something and getting enough milk, he is fine. just be patient.

Answer 4

I wouldn't worry about it, it could be he just doesn't like the texture of the 8 month old food. Different people have different tastes and when raising twins (one set is 7 years old and the other is 19 months) I found that they had different likes and dislikes from the start! :D As long as he's getting what he needs for nutrition, make it easier on yourself and feed him what he likes! :D

Answer 5

I have been told (by other moms, my baby is 9 mos) to skip the chunkier baby food and go straight to table food. Apparently the chunky baby food is NASTY! I have started my daughter on table food or the Gerber Graduates foods and she is doing great. You may want to try them. Good luck! :)

Answer 6

I'm sure that's fine though, He just likes the taste better. As long as he's eating enough and moving on to things like potatoes or whatever you're eating, I don't see a problem with it.

Congrats on the little one. They're wonderful!

Answer 7

How would you do if someone spooned chunky soup into your mouth while you were blindfolded? Probably not so good. Self-feeding is much safer than spoon feeding just feed your son table food, whatever you are eating just be sure it is limited in salt and sugar (which is good for everyone really).

My son has been eating table food since he was 6 months. He never chokes (on food anyway)

http://www.borstvoeding.com/voedselintroductie/vast_voedsel/rapley_guidelines.html
Won't he choke?
Many parents worry about babies choking. However, there is good reason to believe that babies are at less risk of choking if they are in control of what goes into their mouth than if they are spoon fed. This is because babies are not capable of intentionally moving food to the back of their throats until after they have learnt to chew. And they do not develop the ability to chew until after they have developed the ability to reach out and grab things. Thus, a very young baby cannot easily put himself at risk because he cannot get the food into his mouth in the first place. On the other hand, the action used to suck food off a spoon tends to take the food straight to the back of the mouth, causing the baby to gag. This means that spoon feeding has its own potential to lead to choking – and makes the giving of lumpy food with a spoon especially dangerous.

It appears that a babies general development keeps pace with the development of his ability to manage food in his mouth, and to digest it. A baby who is struggling to get food into his mouth is probably not quite ready to eat it. It is important to resist the temptation to 'help' the baby in these circumstances since his own developmental abilities are what ensure that the transition to solid feeding takes place at the right pace for him. This process is also what keeps him safe from choking on small pieces of food, since, if he is not yet able to pick up small objects using his finger and thumb, he will not be able to get, for example, a pea or a raisin into his mouth. Once he is able to do this, he will have developed the necessary oral skills to deal with it. Putting food into a babies mouth for him overrides this natural protection and increases the risk of choking.

Tipping a baby backwards or lying him down to feed him solid food is dangerous. A baby who is handling food should always be supported in an upright position. In this way, food which he is not yet able to swallow, or does not wish to swallow, will fall forward out of his mouth, not backwards into his throat.

Adopting a baby-led approach doesn't mean abandoning all the common sense rules of safety. While it is very unlikely that a young baby would succeed in picking up a peanut, for example, accidents can and will happen on rare occasions – however the baby is fed. Rules of safety which apply in other play situations should therefore be adhered to when eating is in progress.

Answer 8

If he is getting enough to eat with eating with you, then let him do that. He had probably figured out that your food tastes better.

Answer 9

many babies do not like those chunky ones, I dont know why. I wouldnt worry about it and keep giving him the 6mos ones. I wouldnt give him very much table food at this age though, espeically those cheesies!