With the gagging I read gill Rapley's book and she explained a babies gag reflex is nowhere near as far as back as ours it's on their tongue so they will start gagging very early on as a reflex to expel food which may cause a problem. That made me feels heaps better. Dd has only been going for about 2 weeks and she is gagging less and less. What I've found is if dd gags on something she doesn't gag on it the next time she tries it. She is picking up how to move things around in her mouth super fast. Last night she had beef stroganoff with us and munched on a couple of pieces of casserole beef and didn't even gag on it at all. She stuck a whole strawberry in her mouth yesterday, moved it around, figured that wasn't going to work and spat it back out. I think it helps that she's my 3rd, I'm so more relaxed. Interestingly she has so far gagged much less than my boys ever did who started on purees


Little miss today 2 weeks after starting bls ate a whole piece of watermelon. Actually ate it and swallowed it. I was so proud.