The gagging thing

I know that gagging and choking can be the scariest thing for some people when giving their LO's finger foods. It can be a bit scary but isn't a BLW issue as such - it will happen whenever children first experience lumps etc, even if they have had purees first, as it is a learning thing.
Anyway....JJ hardly ever gags anymore - can't remember the last time he did till now and it is usually when he is getting tired. Well I caught it on camera and it shows really well how babies usually naturally deal with gagging themselves. Choking is different as they really can't get the food back up and need help. But gagging is part of the learning process. It can be hard not to panic at first but I soon found JJ was able to deal with it without any fuss. I usually thought I would count to ten before intervening to give him the chance to deal with it and so as not to scare him. I never got past three or four.
Anyway - I thought I'd post the video - might help someone. He does a really cute little shiver afterwards.

Lentil burgers

JJ had his usual for breakfast but wasn't really interested.

Lunch wasn't too bad - I made some lentil burgers for him which were nice and he quite liked them but he managed to trap his foot in his high chair when wriggling about and this put him off his lunch! He also had some turkey from our stir fry last night (enjoyed this) and some pear. He gagged a bit on the pear - I think because was a bit overtired and it was after the foot incident at the end of the meal. I actually got it on video - its pretty minor really but I know a lot of people worry about gagging so I will put it in a separate post so people can see how babies can easily deal with it themselves most of the time. See the video of him putting too much in his mouth!

For tea I defrosted some fish patties but over cooked them when I was heating them up and they were very dry because of it and he quite understandably threw them on the floor! So he ended up having some philly on toast, yogurt and fruit.