I'm frightened my baby will choke

slatera · #1 (**permalink**) 23-09-10, 20:39

Hi I'm a new mum I have a 6 month old and have been weaning for about a month. People tell me to give him toast soldiers and mashed food now but I'm so worried he'll choke. HELP

rachaelmae · #2 (**permalink**) 23-09-10, 20:53

Why dont you try softer food first rather than toast? banana/soft fruit/cooked pasta/cooked veg/mash potato, those organics crisps/biscuit things melt in the mouth.
You can also get a net bag thing (baby feeder?) in tescos so you can put food in and baby can chew it without choking.

They need to learn to chew and swallow, expect gagging which is normal. If your worried maybe do a Basic life support/first aid course?

Its normal to worry my eldest was awful for trying to swallow massive mouthfuls and I hated it!

Goodluckx

iwantone · #3 (**permalink**) 24-09-10, 00:27

I agree with what RM has said. I wasn't particularly fearful of my lo choking but every time my mum was around she was terrible and it started to rub off on me. Just take things slowly and see how he does with mashed foods first maybe. x

cathyg · #4 (**permalink**) 24-09-10, 21:35

my lo used to gag/choke all the time on anything like toast,bread etc. i avoided it to be honest for as long as possible. i did buy the "baby safe feeder" & that helped him to eat harder foods, like pieces of apple, cooked carrots etc, but eventually he got to eat toast (he was almost 1). it is very scarey & a few times i had to slap him on the back to removed wedged/gagged on food. i know mums who are on their fourth child that still panic & worry about choking, so don't fee alone. I would just say start slow with soft finger nail sized pieces of food & see how you get on. good luck xx

yummumamanda · #5 (**permalink**) 10-12-10, 04:04

As part of the infant diet, processed baby foods provide balance and variety with a carefully controlled and consistent nutrient content.
Yes, as long as it is correctly prepared from carefully selected foods. Good clean work areas are very important to prevent accidental contamination. Home prepared baby food should be steamed then thoroughly mashed with a fork or a food processor. Parents need to be cautious of feeding foods that cannot be mashed by the gums as these present a choking hazard.

isabellasmum · #6 (**permalink**) 10-12-10, 11:52

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Originally Posted by yummumamanda

As part of the infant diet, processed baby foods provide balance and variety with a carefully controlled and consistent nutrient content.
Yes, as long as it is correctly prepared from carefully selected foods. Good clean work areas are very important to prevent accidental contamination. Home prepared baby food should be steamed then thoroughly mashed with a fork or a food processor. Parents need to be cautious of feeding foods that cannot be mashed by the gums as these present a choking hazard.

I find your posts very interesting Amanda

ladybug · #7 (**permalink**) 11-12-10, 20:32

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Originally Posted by isabellasmum

I find your posts very interesting Amanda

Ditto that.

Not very fecking supportive. What's your message - buy jars? Wrong site love.

isabellasmum · #8 (**permalink**) 12-12-10, 23:05

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Originally Posted by ladybug

Ditto that.

Not very fecking supportive. What's your message - buy jars? Wrong site love.

Amanda's 'insights' seem to be a straight copy and paste from this which favours processed baby crap and highlights the risks of making your own food for your kids. Honestly.

hiann · #9 (**permalink**) 13-12-10, 00:19

Ooooh, wonder what "Amanda" would think then of my style of weaning Cara... baby led weaning.... I love it! I realise now how cautious I was with Rhys: even now theres textures he cant handle!

She learnt to chew before she learnt how to swallow real food and so can manage most food and has choked once or twice but giving her some water in an open glass stops it as the food floats out of her mouth into the water. Then she continued eating... Have only had to take her out of her chair once to "hit" her back to stop her gagging.

Tonight's tea was fishpie which she "tipped" out of her bowl and onto the tray of her highchair and then self-fed it using her fingers (her hair stinks of salmon...) followed by WHOLE blackberries and raspberries and some stolen choc eclair of the cream cake variety nicked from me...

At a party yesterday she polished off a peanut butter sandwich, two cocktail sauasges, a mini sausage roll, abt 4 cocktail sticks full of grapes and cheese cubes and a bit of birthday cake and then proceeded to drink her milk...

lucyelder · #10 (**permalink**) 25-01-11, 10:26

Hi, my 7 month old has finger food for his tea. He mostly plays with it and consumes very little, certainly not to fill him up but he is developing his hand eye coordination and his desire to feed himself which is sort of the point in offering finger food. He won't eat toast as it is too rough on his gums but we have bread and butter sandwiches cut into fingers, banana halfs, dryed fruit, steamed carrot and broccoli and little organic rice cakes which he particularly likes as he can hold them really well and he sucks them to death! As for the choaking you just have to sit with them while they try to eat. I make myself a cuppa and have a satsuma (which I share with him) I also have some puree to feed him with while he has fun! I let him have the spoon somtimes too. It is a slow process and he still has days when he wants to be fed but hey, he won't soon enough so I enjoy it while I can! It is scary though so you aren't on your own but what helped me was having a short basic first aid course which some Heath visitors run as it teaches you the correct way to help a choaking baby. Good luck and remember to have fun with food xxxxx