Hi there,
I am a bit worried about my dd, as I feel she isn't progressing with food very much. If I give her yogurt or purees she is fine, but anything which requires chewing makes her gag and sometimes actually vomit especially if I try and continue. I began weaning her at 5 months and she loved puréed stuff from a spoon right away but has always refused or struggled with finger foods. I offer her at least one opportunity a day to try and pick up a bit of fruit, biscuit or rice cake or veg every day and she won't. If I hold it to her mouth, she may take a bite but unless it almost instantly dissolves she gags and if this doesn't resolve things immediately she will vomit.
I have to be really careful with consistency... And she ends up with lots of veg or mash or stuff through the blender and she can't cope with any pouches or jars for 10 months, she got stuck at 7 months food!
I did breast feed her, but was never easy, always wriggling and writhing and making heavy weather of it it because she couldn't / wouldn't take a bottle I had to continue. She had only really just mastered drinking properly from a tippy cup so have been worried about dehydration a lot too. Thank god or yoghurt!
Right at te beginning a health visitor mentioned she could have tongue tie but said if she was feeding ok then she would be ok. And She seemed to get enough. Thing is I am now wondering whether to ask about the tongue tie thing again now, or whether I am jut hoping for an easy solution. Any ideas?
Thanks