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9 month old gags and throws up lumps, is fine with smooth purees

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autumnlights12 · 05/09/2012 16:47

am I the only one having this problem? She's my third baby and the other two were eating lumpy food at this stage. I weaned her at 6 months and she enjoys solids, but only if they're very smooth with no lumps or texture at all to them. I've tried lots of different tastes and textures, but she will try a few mouthfuls (not really using her teeth,and she has 6 of them!)and then gag and/or throw it all up. She's just been sick after 2 mouthfuls of very slightly lumpy mashed banana. She drinks loads of milk and will eat very smooth purees and fromage frais type things happily without gagging. I shouldn't be asking this as a third time Mother, but is it normal? She's a very healthy size, if anything quite chunky for her age.
Thanks

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Iggly · 05/09/2012 21:04

Can you give her stuff and let her bite off the lumps herself? So she gets used to it - I think lumpy food is harder because she'll go to swallow it and not realise there's a lump until it hits the back of her mouth.

With mine, I got them used to lumps that way. So gave things like pieces of banana, chips, very soft veg etc (basically finger food), they'd bite off a lump and move it around their mouths and learn how to chew it.

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