Hello ladies, my 10.5 DD has only really started putting food in her mouth a day before her 9 month "birthday". As long as something is relatively firm she'll shove it in her mouth but anything softer like fruit, mash, spaghetti or cupcake gets squashed and she makes A A A sound. It sound like a mobility scooter reversing 
She won't accept the spoon and it's really hard to plan my meals now. I end up feeding her meatballs, bread because she doesn't mind things spread on bread (banana, peanut butter, avocado, Ella's kitchen pouch) and sticks (cucumber, sweet potato) all the time.
If you had an issue like that, did it last very long? Did your children make weird noises like that?