Does your little one gag/vomit with foods that are too textured?

My Noah has been my challenge with table type foods. Last night we had turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, veggie, etc.

I knew he would not eat the turkey as a finger food like Jacob would so, I put some in the mini processor and ground it into a hamburger texture. He was eating it fine mixed in with the potato and gravy. But, there must of been a piece slightly bigger than the texture or it hit the back of his throat wrong and he gagged and threw up. Of course, DH is totally grossed out and refuses to eat the rest of his dinner.

This is not the first time Noah has had this gagging/vomit issue with highly textured type foods. With some finger foods I have to put them into the "side" of his mouth so he will begin to gum/chew it.

Has anyone else ever had a problem with one twin gagging/vomiting foods that are textured? What did you do to help them overcome it?

Thanks,
Melony

 

We had that problem for a while with one of our twins, right around the time she turned 1. She especially had problems with the Stage 3 babyfoods - I think the mix of textures was the problem. Unfortunately I don't have any suggestions for helping to over come the problem. About that time she started refusing to let us feed her at all and we went to all finger foods. She eventually learned to spit out things she chokes on before she throws up. One thing that helped was to distract her when she started to to choke; then she could calm down enough to keep from throwing up.

 

Macy will usually try new foods, and eats most of them. McKenna is the picky one. I've noticed it seems to be more the texture of things that bothers her too. She immediately spits it out if it is something she doesn't like the feel of on her tongue.
One of my older dd was the same way. She still doesn't like most fruits because of the texture, and she is 9.

My only advice is to keep trying and hopefully he will get used to it. I try to just give her stuff right now I know she will eat. Like if she doesn't like meat, I give her cottage cheese or yogurt for protein. Then once in a while I try the disliked textured food again, just being prepared she will most likely spit it out.

good luck. you are not alone.

 

My 4 -year-old did that. The biggest thing that helped us get over it was that we just kept trying. Maybe not with the same food in the same meal, but we just kept introducing more and more textures to her, and eventually it was less of a problem. We don't have that problem anymore, but we do have the problem of her making herself gag if she doesn't like or want to eat a food I've made. That's more purposeful, and I feel she can control that a bit more, so that's harder to deal with, but the earlier problem did go away. Good luck!

 

Your post brought back memories of my Aiden doing the exact same thing. I had such a hard time feeding him when he was your boys age. He would gag and throw up at the slightest bit of texure in foods. The good news is that he got TONS better by about 18months and by the end of his 2nd yr was eating anything and everything. Audrey never gave me a problem, just him. Good Luck and know it does get better.

 

I have a gagger! My twins are now 2 yrs old (boys). Baby "b" has always been the gagger. When he was an infant he was tough to feed and remains the same. Hes a good eater but every once in a while he will barf at the highchair. And he does not just barf he screams and gets upset. Then the other twin gets really upset so I'm left with two screaming babies and a barf mess. When they were transitioning to solids I totally skipped the level 3 food. I found it easier to make my own similar to what your doing. He sort seem to grow out of it and got used to chunky food. Although now he is still gagger. Every once in a while somehting will feel funny or get caught in his throat and look out he will barf. probably not much help but I bet he'll get better. Maybe he just has a strong gag reflex some people barf at the drop of a hat. Probably not what you want to hear.
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My Noah has been my challenge with table type foods. Last night we had turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, veggie, etc.

I knew he would not eat the turkey as a finger food like Jacob would so, I put some in the mini processor and ground it into a hamburger texture. He was eating it fine mixed in with the potato and gravy. But, there must of been a piece slightly bigger than the texture or it hit the back of his throat wrong and he gagged and threw up. Of course, DH is totally grossed out and refuses to eat the rest of his dinner.

This is not the first time Noah has had this gagging/vomit issue with highly textured type foods. With some finger foods I have to put them into the "side" of his mouth so he will begin to gum/chew it.

Has anyone else ever had a problem with one twin gagging/vomiting foods that are textured? What did you do to help them overcome it?

Thanks,
Melony