Bite Sized Pieces

Over the last month MiniMe has become more and more confident in feeding herself and ripping, tearing, gumming and chewing.  I'm sure she is still trying to swallow pieces of food that are too big and I think that she has been gagging more now than she did at the beginning.  She is obviously more comfortable and confident and is actually shoving as much as possible into her mouth as she can (like a whole  half of a crumpet) and then whinging and whining that it is too much...without figuring out that she could just open that little mouth and spit it out.

She has also been getting better at picking up smaller pieces and bits of food and getting them into her mouth.  No sign of the pincer grip yet though, she has just figured out how to open her fist in front of her mouth and shove her food into it.  

I've started cutting her food into smaller, bitesized pieces for her.  I am trying to contiue to offer some longer pieces of fruit and veg along side the cut up pieces to give her the option.  It is early days but there has been less gagging over the past few days. 

We are now 2 months into eating solids and MiniMe is certainly doing well.  There are some foods that she still aviods...broccoli and carrots, and some things she just can't cope with...pasta, but in general she is keen to try anything we put in front of her.  

This week we are going to try some cheesy brocolli bites to see if she can be fooled into eating it, as well as some tuna cakes.  We continue to combination feed foods spoonfed along with a selection of finger foods.  It is working well for us, and her.