Learning to chew
By this age, your baby should have gained some teeth and graduated to a high chair. It’s important to introduce coarser textures in order to encourage your baby to chew.
Your baby will gradually be eating more solids so that eventually solid food becomes the main part of the meal.
Variety is important so try introducing lots of different flavours and textures during this stage.
Try to give some food mashed, some grated, some diced and some whole. It is surprising what a few teeth and strong gums can get through.
wrote on 12 Sep, 2012.
My son is 13 months old and he'll accept lumps in his food without gagging and throwing up. But when I put some finger foods on his tray if he puts them in his mouth, he moves them around and then spits them out. He clearly wants the food as I give him what he points to on my plate but he doesn't swallow it, just moves it around his mouth until he seems to realise it's not getting softer like his bread does. So what I need to know is how do I teach him to chew as I think this is the problem or is it something that will just correct itself as he gets older?
wrote on 27 Jun, 2012.
by what age?