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When did your baby start actively chewing and swallowing?

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Icantgetnosleep000 · 21/08/2018 13:11

My 9.5 month old DS puts everything happily in his mouth. Purées, lumps, spoon fed, finger food/BLW. People marvel at his excellent appetite. Lots goes in as I see the evidence in his nappies, his poos are soft/solid, but I wonder if this is also because I combine soft spoon fed foods with every meal. They're lumpy but easy to swallow, so this ensures he is taking something onboard.

I give him little rice cakes and can hear him crunching, he moves food between his cheeks etc. So no apparent problems with tongue/muscles.

But basically, 90% of finger foods will come back out after being worked on in his mouth for a while. He will just stick his tongue out and out it falls! All soft and gooey!

I really just want him to consume a boiled or scrambled egg, rather than finding half of it in bib and on floor afterwards! As an aside it makes eating out a little more tricky.

Anyone else have a similar experience? I'm not worried per se, just curious! I'm assuming he'll get there in his own time (trying to ignore awful food waste in meantime) Right?!!

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JiltedJohnsJulie · 21/08/2018 18:39

Can’t be of much help but I’m with him on the rice cakes. My DC wouldn’t even chew them, just handed them back with a “now can I have something with sone flavour?” look on their faces Smile

Tryingno1 · 21/08/2018 21:12

Exact same here! Into mouth sloshed about spat out. Picks up again and puts it back into mouth and this goes on and on and on. Some reason he swallows toast but everything else comes out!

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