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solid vetter1999 posted: I'm looking for some advice or someone
to tell me that it's all going to be fine. I have a 21 month old
that quite literally hasn't eaten a bite of solid food yet
except for toast and Gerber Graduate puffs. We've tried
repeatedly for months and months to get him to feed himself
anything that isn't pureed. Also, he does seem to have a low gag
threshold, and will gag or vomit at times if food to too thick.
He will spoon feed himself some foods he likes, but only pureed.
We've tried eggs, cheeses, veggies, Cheerio's, chicken, noodles,
bananas, apples and a host of other items, all of which he
promptly sweeps off his tray onto the floor.  He's even gotten
more difficult to feed pureed foods to, often refusing by
shaking his head for 5 minutes without stop. Most of his
calories come from the whole milk he's