BLW/getting food stuck to roof of his mouth!!

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I never had this problem with my daughter but my son(almost 8 months) who I have been BLW since he was 6months doesn't seem to be taking well to the finger foods at all. He chews toast/omelette/veg etc and then 7/10 times you think he has swallowed it but when you go to look he has it stuck to the roof of his mouth. Sometimes it distresses him and other times he seems to be happy to let it stay there till you retrieve it which is normally when you go to give him a breastfeed and discover it there. I tried giving him water to drink after a meal to wash it down but that didn't work.

Whenever I hand him a spoon and give him mushier foods ie shepherds pie/thick soup/stews/mash/porridge he loves the food and eats loads but he doesn't do so well with more solid foods.

I am starting to think I should just spoon feed him for now. It is so disheartening as my daughter was a text book BLW baby and I never had to mash anything or spoon it in but my son seems much lazier and seems to prefer it when I help him get the spoon to his mouth and give him mush

Has anybody else had this problem? I do wonder if he has a bit of tongue tie as he never sticks his tongue out of his mouth but surely he would have problems with breastfeeding?

Anyone got any ideas?

Not a lot of experience here, I'm afraid, but this does tend to happen with my 7.5 m.o. BLW DS when it comes to things like fruit/veg skins and chicken. I offer water in a doidy cup and usually the piece of food washes out into the cup if it's big. If I give him water in a sippy cup it only washes the food down if it's a small piece.

thanks Angeldog, I think I am just going to carry on handing him spoons of mush and offering finger foods. I'm sure he'll eventually learn how to chew and swallow. At the moment he reminds me of a large hamster

When I was young I used to save bacon in my cheek so I could chew it later. Not as young as your DS, though!

haha, that reminds me of Mr twit (roald dahl) who used to get bits of food stuck in his beard and then eat them later

please don't let my ds turn out like Mr Twit!