Gagging at new textures

[Sarahboh]

Ella is 7 months old, on three solid meals a day though they are pureed meals. I tried mashing some avocado this morning to give to her with breast milk to make it creamier and she gagged and threw up She is very good with eating her pureed foods (except around teething time), she gobbles them up. I have tried mashed banana (gags but eats it), as well as prunes/pears from a jar that was thicker, gags a lot to point of almost throwing up. Should I be worried that she is not transitioning to lumpier foods better as I know her foods cannot be pureed forever. Is this normal when trying lumpier foods and will she eventually adjust? Here routine is good and I will list it to give an idea how much she is eating at each feeding.

7:30am wake and 6-7 ounces formula
9:00am 1.5 tbsp combined oatmeal and rice cereal, 1/2 jar of veggies and/or fruit, 1-2 ounces formula mixed in cereal
10am-11:40am nap
12pm 5-7 ounces
12:30 give rest of formula (up to 7 ounces total if didn't finish before)
1:00pm 1/2-3/4 jar of veggies
2:30-4:00pm nap
4:00 6-7 ounces formula
5:30 2.5 tbsp rice and oatmeal cereal, 1 jar veggies, 2 ounces formula mixed in cereal
6:30 bath, massage
6:50 6-7 ounces formula
7:00 bed, sleep until 7:30 am no nightwakings

[Marisa's Mom]

No need to rush into "lumpier" foods. She will eventually adjust, don't rush her. Don't worry, she will not be stuck on pureed foods forever. She needs to get used to the new pureed jar food texture, I assume you're giving her #1 jars? Keep doing this until you see she is comfortable with it, it'll look like she has inhaled the stuff, LOL. Then give #2 jars a try. Take it slow, and take your cue from her reaction.

DD was like that when she first started solids. She had to get used to the "watery" consistency first. One day we tried giving her a #2 jar of peas, which still looked pretty "watery" to us, but she gagged, clearly she wasn't ready to handle that consistency. So we backed off for a while. When she seemed to swallow the #1 stuff as easily as water, we tried #2 jars again and she managed it a whole lot better.

[*Natasha*]

My DD has been on solids since 4months and i only recently introduced her to lumpier food and still on occasion gag on them and spit them out. Don't worry to much about it yet just keep trying her and just make the consistancy a little lumpier each time.

[Sarahboh]

Thank you for both of your responses, it relieves my mind