My DS had a really sensitive gag reflex...made for many a frustrating meal for Mommy (not so much for him
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I actually had to work up to more solid food from pureed by just gradually making the food less pureed/smashed up. I'm remembering a meal I'd give him with carrot chunks in it...at first, I mashed the carrots until very smooth, then I mashed them less and less until he was able to handle chewing and swallowing the bite-size pieces without gagging. It took a while (like a couple of months).
And to take pressure off of yourself--I was given this advice on here--focus on just one meal a day to start amping up the texture. Then, as that meal falls into place, expand
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It saved my sanity.
As for him actually touching the food whose textures he doesn't like, will he still eat them, or does he refuse flat out?