Jumping in here... DD2 is 6 mos and while I would much prefer her to do purees (DD1 was all about purees and I'm just one that hates change...

), it seems as though she doesn't care what I prefer and would much rather do BLW. So here I am.

We started solids a few wks ago - right after she turned 5 mos, but I will readily admit that it's been more half-hearted than anything. I usually get one meal in per day, although not necessarily the same meal (i.e., not always breakfast or lunch)... and she hasn't really taken to it. At least not the purees. We've done pears, avocado, banana, sweet potato, rice cereal and carrots. At first I thought it was just that she had a strong tongue thrust reflex still, but now I think it's more taste/texture than anything else.. because she sits and chews and swallows toast just fine!

We had stroganoff tonight - and since she was having none of the pureed carrots I offered her - I gave her a tube of rigatoni, which she enjoyed chewing on... and then I decided to get clever and stuff a tube with the carrots.. and she sucked it all down! So that's how she finished her carrots..
But anyways - I digress. Have some questions about BLW - and that is, mainly, do you just become accustomed to the gagging? She's scared me a couple times with banana and avocado... got chunks that were too big in, and then had to cough them out.. turned red, eyes streaming, that kind of thing.. Is that just par for the course with BLW and they just get better at it??
Also - is there a sticky or thread here about good foods to start doing BLW with? With purees, you sort of have that stock list of fruits, yellow veggies, green veggies, etc... Is there a comparable list with BLW? Things to start that are either easy to chew/swallow, yet easy to hold?
TIA!
