My little boy is 8 months old and I started weaning him when he was 6 months. We started with BLW but he was gagging and vomiting on everything (I know it can be normal but this was upsetting him), We decided to go down the traditional weaning route of purées and building it up slowly. He gagged on smooth purées to begin with and was vomiting but we stuck with it. At 7 months I moved to textured purées and more finger foods. He has ellas kitchen puffs and carrot puffs , broccoli and has also tried pancakes. The problem is, he still gags a lot. If he has anything textured on his tongue, he will just pause, move his tongue around a bit and start to cry or gag. It's like he doesn't like the texture. He does fine with yoghurts and smoother stuff. He self feeds , I load the spoon because he refuses to be spoon fed, or he just scoops it up with his hands (it gets very messy). Just unsure where to go from here because he's just gagging on lumps continuously.
He also chokes a lot on water (every meal) and ends in a coughing fit. He's fine afterwards.
He does have interest in food but it's very hit and miss. I offer 2 meals a day currently, sometimes 3 and always a snack. I eat at the same time.
For background- He's EBF and feeds every 4 hours, history of silent reflux and tongue tie. He had it cut at 5 weeks old. He still has a shallow latch and brings up a lot of wind.
Any advice moving forward?