I just cut the apple up - into quarters and then halved those it that makes sense. DD was eating apple like that from about 8 mths, I think (also without teeth). By about 18 mths she was eating a whole apple raw (much easier than even doing the cutting!). I've seen plenty of other toddlers who've done BLS eating whole raw apples even younger.
The only thing my DD ever choked on doing BLS was a stringy piece of mandarin at 18 mths. She gagged, coughed it back up, looked at it and then popped it right back in! I think if you've been giving her normal food, rather than purees, she will have learnt how to handle the different textures and manage her food better without choking. I heard all of these choking hazards well after my DD had eaten all of them perfectly fine!
I've given DS raw apple before, I just cut it into really thin slices (no more than 2 mm thick) and let him pick them up and go for it. When it's that thin they're able to break it down in their mouths really easily. And, like the others have said I find DS spits stuff out if it is too big or hard for him to break down to swallow. But I do know what you mean about the lack of soft fruits now, my DS loves bananna, but that seems to be all I give him at the moment. I have bought a madarine for him, I'm thinking if I get the pips out before I give him a bit it might work well for him.
Her first tooth is just starting to come up so she doesn't have anything really apart from her gums! Have to go and get some fruit & veg today so will get some apples to try.
I stew them til they are just soft so he cvan pick them up but less 'hard'... apple is one of the biggest choking risks so i am more happy this way...
with mandarins - at first i used to take off the inside skin and pith as well as the seeds...less stringy
same with oranges
other fruits that work aside from stone fruits:
kiwi ( quite acidic so may play a bit of havoc with poos)
banana
blueberries
raspberries
oranges
pears
i also used mroe tinned fruit in winter - peaches, apricots, plums, pears - even lychees, mango etc
Okay, sorry, I just wanted to ask what BLS stands for.
DD gets lots of fruit in chunks and she does well with them all. Apple is her fav though. I give her wedges, skin on and she eats some, plays with some and I have never had a problem with her choking yet, she is good at coughing up any that gets stuck.
DD has raw apple in slices or wedges and I have been giving her this for ages, probably close to when she started solids properly (7 or 8 months). We haven't had an issue! The only thing my DD has gotten a tiny bit distressed over was bread sticking to the roof of her mouth one time but she quickly sorted that out herself.
My DD does have a lot of teeth but I have noticed she uses her back gum a lot of the time anyway.
I give Eva apple wedges without the skin. She handles it fine, she has choked a couple of times but she seems to be able to bring the piece up and resume eating. I also give her small wedges of orange with the white bit cut off and skin on, she handles this ok too.
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