Choking - What to feed?

my baby is nearly 8 months old and chokes quite a bit. he cant go near toast, or banana (unless really mashed), grated cheese and everything else plunket reckons babies should be able to eat from 7 months. his dinner is still really mashed up with small lumps in it, but 2nite he somehow even managed to choke on that. not the normal choke then smack on the back type choking, but he couldnt get it up, turned purple choking. he was purple for ages and i finally managed to get him to hack it up my tipping him dam near upside down face to the ground and absolutely whacking him on the back. im bloody surprised he isnt hurt from it to be honest. but the food he has was hardly lumpy at all! i dont know what to do with him or what to feed him,

he has weetbix mushed with warm water for bfast and at the moment mashed banana with yogurt mixed in for lunch. i really dont wanna resort to jar food as i have made his food from scrach since he started solids but i dont know what to feed him anymore, he just cant seem eat it.

do i need to get him checked out since he cant eat normal food or do i just get jar food stage 2 for a while?

please help, i cant cope with him turning purple again, its horrible and i dont want him living off sweet stuff like fruits for every meal which puree easily

Mon I would be inclined to take him to the GP... Could there be an obstruction? Jake was referred to a paed due to his gagging as they thought he might have webbing across his throat and the paed said unless he turns blue its not of concern. So based on that I would be taking him in.

Jake would gag on lumpy food and milk/food coming back up but he didnt choke to that extent. He went through a phase where jar food was all he would eat (to my dismay).

I do think you should. Choking and turning blue is something to be investigated. Rather you check it out and it be nothing than leave it and it be something!

Doctor for sure. At least then you know where you stand! And I'm a BLW fan too, Hollie point blank stopped eating any food so with advice from people on here I gave it a go and now she eats anything and everything thats put in front of her with no issues

Best of luck!

yea, im not against the BLW stuff but unfortunitely he chokes even when he feeds himself. and its not cough up type choke it is more a 'i need to intervene right now' kind of choke. if it was more of a gag type thing that would be a different story but it seems to get itself lodged in the fair and square. mack doesnt have a choice but to eat what we do, we dont belive in special foods for babies and stuff and i hate the thought of letting him near anything in a packet (no offence anyone) if he wont eat what he is given he goes without, i know thats probably mean but im not having a fussy baby who only eats kiddy food like fish fingers and stuff (once again no offence) i just wish i didnt have to have a heart attack everytime either me or him puts food in his mouth waiting to see if he is going to breathe or not

sorry just re-read your post, I think getting it checked would be a good idea - our DD never went blue, once was kinda really choking but it didn't take much force to get the food up.
Better to put your mind at ease and get him checked

Further to what flissty said it did occur to me that as the food is coming back up and you are putting more food in the two are meeting iygwim....

let us know how you get on hun.

Id get definitely get him checked out too, and Id stay away from that BLW if he is choking on even slightly lumpy food.

Thats true deb

if its definitley choking and turning blue every time and not just gagging then take him to the doc.