Feeding 7 month old baby "table foods??"

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Avocado, baked sweet potatoes and bananas are wonderful foods to give him.

Very cooked pasta, eggs, smashed veggies, cheese, mashed potatoes, all in small peices, and make sure they are soft. My rule of thumb is if you can mash it in your own mouth without using teeth it's safe for baby.

No, I think it's too early yet. Can you take whatever you guys are eating, and grind it up? Maybe grind it to a thicker consistency than his jar baby food? Although I don't know... both my kids had a strong aversion to textures so we couldn't do table food until about 10-11 months or so.

My son was the same way. We probably started giving him a few table foods around that age. Anything that doesn't require really any chewing is okay. Actually you can just mash up regular fruits and veggies and try to feed him those. Baby food DOES taste like crap. LOL I don't blame the kids for not liking it.

If you are concerned about it, start with things he already eats, but just in soft chunk form, like small pcs of cooked pear, green beans, sw potato. Once you feel comfortable, then go ahead and move onto other things; puffs, toast, or anything soft that you would be able to eat without chewing. Don't worry too much about gagging- that is different than choking and it is part of learning how to move food around the mouth and when to swallow it. Just start with itty bitty pcs and you will be able to advance at his pace. Have fun- its going to get messier for a while!!

as long as you give him small bites of foods that can be mashed or swollowed easliy then itshould be safe. peas, potatoes, soft veggies, bananas and such foods

My son was eating mashed potatos and oatmeal. green beans over cooked carrots. The only baby food he would not eat was the green beans but there was no harm in feeding him a few things that DH and I ate such as the things I listed. Although I wouldnt start giving him everything that you eat.

My son grabbed my piece of bread - just plain bread - when he was around seven or eight months old and started chowing down. A few days later, he was poking his fingers in my spaghetti sauce and licking that off his fingers.

As far as the choking, some are just more prone to choking that others. My son never ever choked once as an infant and I fed him soft table food from 8 months on. My daughter gags on something at least once a week and I've fed her the same way as her brother. Really, you watch your child and alter your strategy based on how they handle things. My son could get big-ish chunks of soft food and eat them just fine. Because my daughter is more prone to gagging/choking, I give her MUCH smaller pieces of food.

My son started self feeding at 7 months. They have a gag reflex - it protects them against choking. just remember, gagging is good. =) Feeding infants purees actually trains away the gag reflex - not a good thing, and where a lot of choking problems come into play. As long as you're not feeding a baby hard chunks of food like apples or nuts, the gag reflex should protect them.

Hold off of wheat. Soft cooked fruits, veggies, potatoes rice puffs, etc...