Pixie: we are trying the same sort of thing as you, a bit of both, its my instinct to panic and wip her out the chair and hold her up by her ankles (lol) but i fight it...i didnt want to scare her off, especially as she looks right in to my eyes when she is gagging, eyes watering, cheeks going pink, but after a few seconds she is fine and sucking on the piece she just gagged on! Meantime, my heart is going a thousand miles an hour and ive broken out into a cold sweet!! like the others said , if its not enjoyable for both..dont worry about not doing it!!!

She grabs the spoon and guides it to her mouth most the time and is eating lots of mushed foods, not pured just lumpy mush., i havent tried bread yet, just some steamed veggie sticks and avo and banana, which she couldnt get hold of, and was like a comedy sketch watching her trying to keep the banana in her hands, in the end i mushed it and she gobbled it up!lol I imagine within month or so she will be eating just finger food.

Good luck