Pureed Food Unneccesary

[Phteven]

hehe I can come out of the closet now and admit to never giving Imran any pureed food. I've always felt a bit guilty because for Yasin I cooked up veges and mushed them in with organic rice cereal and boiled, filtered water but poor old Imran's first solids were bits of mashed up veges off my plate and chicken drumstick bones and cutlet bones. The funny thing is that Yasin is a bit of a fussy, picky eater but Imran gobbles up anything although I've been putting it down to ages and stages and I'm just witing for the day that Imran starts turning his nose up at anything a bit unusual.

[Ginger]

so....this sounds like something that really interests me...
but i'm wondering...how do you ensure that they don't choke?? and what exactly is meant by the term 'finger food'? cos to me it means mini spring rolls lol

[Michelle71]

My little person is nearly 10 months and for lunch today he had ............
wedge of red capsicum
carrot stick (steamed to soft)
zucchini circle (steamed to soft)
asparagus spear (steamed to soft)
raw broccoli
raw cauliflower
corn on the cob

He has a great protective gag reflex which makes it look like he is choking but he is just returning the too big / chunky piece to the mouth for *processing* again. It is messier (and we still do some spoon feeding - particularly when out) but moving more to letting him feed himself and decide what, and how much, he wants to eat.