I am too lazy to go look for the food thread from a few days ago.

I cut up some apples today (at DHs request) and Maya choked 3xs and it scared the crud out of me. So I am not doing that anymore. I cut them up really really small too. She eats most things really well, so hasn't choked in a while. She eats cheerios, why are apples so hard for her to eat?

Can she have kiwis? They are softer, so I think she would chew them fine. I am trying to find more things to give her that she can feed herself. She seems to really enjoy that, and I think its good for her to chew (since she has so many teeth coming in right now). Am I wrong?

I bought some wheat elbow macaroni and gave her that and peas at lunch, and she scarfed them down (with the apples, which I later took away since I was tired of having to grab her and smack her back every 2-3 minutes. My heart couldn't take it anymore).

So anyway, what are some other ideas (for a momma worried about choking!) TIA! Sorry for doing a repeat post about this.

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It would take all of us longer to retype our responses! It was just halfway down on page 2.

Food ideas

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Terran likes to do it himself also! If I give him a jar of baby food, he tries to eat it as finger food in between me giving him bites!!

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Mira likes D'jounu pears. They are super soft. I dont do smaller pieces because i feel that that makes it more of a risk, but ill cut her a slice with no skin. She sucks on it and knaws on it. I cant find a soft apple yet.

How about avacados. Squash pieces and boil them. Sweet potato sticks. Blueberries cut in half. I like ditalini size pasta tossed with butter and dill. French cut string beans.

I cant think of anything else right now, but thats a start.

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Thanks Shellby!!

Avocados...I keep thinking about those, since I read they were good for babies since they need the fat. But I keep forgetting to buy some. Well, I fed her kiwi for her snack...and she LOVED it! Ate it up faster than I could count. She wouldn't even touch her cheerios until all the kiwi was gone. So that's good. Although, the kiwi was 2/$1...kinda pricey for "snack." She got half a kiwi.

I have been looking up steaming apples...anyone do that? Not sure how that would work.

While I was reading the other post I noticed that Randi, you said bananas are a "gagging food." I never knew that. ?? That's the first thing I fed Maya after puffs since they were so soft and I was not afraid of her choking. Isn't that funny. She loves "nanners."

Also, she does love french style green beans, but I tend to give the canned kind. I know thats not good. But I forget. She doesn't get it much at all, only if we had it for dinner. Same with peas and corn.

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