Hi All: I was wondering if you all could help me with my 12mo. old. He seems to not be able to eat anything chunkier than the pureed baby foods.
He was started on the baby food at 6 mo. and does great with them (when he is hungry...right now though it seems like he doesn't want any meals...he has just started getting really fussy about eating ANYTHING at all---I hope this is just a stage where he is not growing right now)...but...i digress....
I can't seem to get anything down in him that isn't pureed. I have tried arrowroot cookies where he choked and I had to give him back blows and turn him over to dislodge it, I have tried bits of ground beef, noodles, and even today I tried scrambled eggs...every single time he starts to choke and then vomits up his whole meal.
I am at the point where I am so scared to give him anything that isn't pureed. I don't dare even try the things that other people say they are giving their 10 to12 mo. olds...like toast, bread, rice, bananas, etc...although he has been able to take cream of chicken soup but then the chicken pieces that are larger, I usually cut up to very very small size.

Can anyone help me...is this normal?
Should I be worried?
Or...is it just a developmental thing and he is NOT ready for more chunkier foods yet...
He never did learn how to crawl and is just standing up now with assistance.--although I don't think that has any bearing on his eating problems.
Oh..and he often gags with juice in those sippy cups and then coughs...like it has gone down the wrong way or something. again, I don't know if this has any relation to his swallowing problems.

Any feedback would be appreciated.
Thanks. Sue.