https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 11 Apr 2026 09:00:24 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ever-had-any-choking-incidents#post-1048280 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 01:18:38 +0000 cranberryapple 1048280@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: I choked on a grape just a few years ago, and I'll say it was the closest I'd ever been to dying...or so I thought! Now, it makes me sooooooo afraid to give LO grapes at all!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ever-had-any-choking-incidents#post-1048193 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 22:52:07 +0000 wheres_c 1048193@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: oh my gosh! I will never eat pizza huts stuffed crust for that reason!!!! No Heimlich here though...</p> <p>@PrincessBaby: really, still no sign of teeth?? B only has too but I know @dillonlion 's LO has like, 5.</p> <p>@littlecasita1122: yes! Why do they think they need to shove all ten pieces in at once?!</p> <p>@HLK208: that is scary! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ever-had-any-choking-incidents#post-1048145 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 22:15:13 +0000 Springtime 1048145@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Glad he's okay! We've had some gagging moments but no choking! That's so scary! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ever-had-any-choking-incidents#post-1048141 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 22:13:50 +0000 immabeetoo 1048141@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Glad he is ok! So far he's only had one or two mild incidents. DH still gets nervous every once in a while but we both know gagging is good because he's figuring out how to move food in his mouth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ever-had-any-choking-incidents#post-1048090 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 21:39:48 +0000 mrsjyw 1048090@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've had a few times. Mostly when he would take multiple bites of food. Once dh bent hin over n hit his back. Once it was close ebough that I scraprd it out w my fingers. We still do a mix of putee finger food n blw. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ever-had-any-choking-incidents#post-1048018 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 20:56:44 +0000 Ree723 1048018@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No serious choking incidents but she does gag a bit as she likes to shove handfuls of food in her mouth at a time. I read somewhere that gagging for up to ten seconds is ok, after that, you want to take some steps to help, and for some reason, that reassured me. I don't think I would ever let it go on for ten seconds before acting, but it has made me more relaxed. Now when she starts gagging, instead of tensing up and patting her back, I just calmly tell her to get it up and sure enough, she does.</p> <p>Choking is one of my biggest fears though and the main reason we waited until LO was 10 months before starting finger foods. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ever-had-any-choking-incidents#post-1047964 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 20:29:01 +0000 HLK208 1047964@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So scary!!</p> <p>B accidentally ate a pistachio when he was 2 and full on choked - it was terrifying. My mom, who is an ER nurse, couldn't get it out. After what seemed like a life time, he threw up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ever-had-any-choking-incidents#post-1047959 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 20:26:49 +0000 littlecasita1122 1047959@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Couple of gagging moments that each ended up with him throwing up. He thinks it's fun to shove 10 pieces of food into his mouth at the same time since I cut everything so small. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ever-had-any-choking-incidents#post-1047951 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 20:23:00 +0000 Smurfette 1047951@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Glad he is ok.</p> <p>This scares me so bad. I am so afraid that I will freak out and not remember what I learned in CPR class. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ever-had-any-choking-incidents#post-1047946 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 20:20:48 +0000 MamaMoose 1047946@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm terrified of choking. I just gave her finger foods for the first time ever tonight (sweet potato puffs and avocado slices). I was a wreck the whole time. If she has a choke incident I will likely feed her purées until her 2 year molars come in!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ever-had-any-choking-incidents#post-1047927 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 20:13:02 +0000 PrincessBaby 1047927@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So glad he's ok!!! I admit to being over protective about food...This is partially bc LO has zero teeth. So her menu is not very elaborate, therefore we've had no choking incidents. She is totally ready to feed herself, and gets mad at me when I don't let her, but I look at her big gummy smile and I dont want to risk it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ever-had-any-choking-incidents#post-1047916 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 20:06:58 +0000 MrsScallop 1047916@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh, yes! I have fished avocado out of her and a giant piece of sweet potato fry she shoved in her mouth and didn't really chew. The avocado was at 6.5 months and made me hold off on finger foods for a while, and the sweet potato was just this evening. It is so scary! I am glad B is ok!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ever-had-any-choking-incidents#post-1047822 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 19:32:28 +0000 travelgirl1 1047822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swurlygurl: Exactly! I tried to explain that if she's coughing it's a good thing, it means she can deal with it on her own. People freaking out around her means she's more likely to choke because she'll panic if they do. Grrr. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ever-had-any-choking-incidents#post-1047300 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 16:05:38 +0000 swurlygurl 1047300@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: That happened to my sister too! I think she was 7 or 8. My mom had to reach in her mouth and pull the stringy cheese out... ugh. It still gives me chills to think about</p> <p>@travelgirl1: Seriously... I can *see* the SOFT peach mush on the back of her tongue... give her a second to figure it out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ever-had-any-choking-incidents#post-1047291 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 16:03:42 +0000 Anagram 1047291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Heh. I know you were asking about LOs, but I had a serious choking accident with the stringy cheese on pizza when I was about 12 (half the cheese was down my throat, the other half in my mouth, and I couldn't get it out either way). My dad had to give me the heimlich in a crowded restaurant. I really thought I was going to die.</p> <p>I was traumatized enough to not eat pizza or mozzarella cheese sticks for many, many years. Till college, I think. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ever-had-any-choking-incidents#post-1047263 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 15:58:04 +0000 travelgirl1 1047263@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swurlygurl: When we visited family England earlier this month they could not deal with BLW, every time she gagged someone stood up to whack her on the back, it drove me crazy and made me quite nervous, actually. Luckily DH is very supportive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ever-had-any-choking-incidents#post-1047236 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 15:52:00 +0000 swurlygurl 1047236@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@wheres_c: I hope to move back to it soon. It was impossible with no support! Maybe once she learns how to swallow better, and maybe gets some more teeth DH might be a little more on board </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ever-had-any-choking-incidents#post-1047232 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 15:51:24 +0000 wheres_c 1047232@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rubies: super scary! B is 9mo. I think at that age they think they can eat, want to try everything, but just haven't mastered all the skills....plus dont have many teeth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ever-had-any-choking-incidents#post-1047227 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 15:49:55 +0000 wheres_c 1047227@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swurlygurl: I quit BLW initially for that reason, but after 3 months of purées, we've moved to finger foods. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ever-had-any-choking-incidents#post-1047224 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 15:48:05 +0000 MsMini 1047224@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nothing yet, I so attribute it to BLW, because he learned his limitations (though gagging in the beginning). S handles food so well at now a 16 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ever-had-any-choking-incidents#post-1047177 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 15:37:37 +0000 swurlygurl 1047177@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nothing yet. We had some minor gagging when we started BLW, which ended in us having to quit because I got NO support from DH and in-laws for that reason. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ever-had-any-choking-incidents#post-1047170 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 15:34:39 +0000 lemondrop 1047170@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>omg, so glad he's ok! we had a minor incident when C first started solids, but knock on wood it only happened once! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ever-had-any-choking-incidents#post-1047169 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 15:33:33 +0000 Rubies 1047169@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When DD was about 9-10 months old, she choked on a two pieces of nectarine and I probably aged 20 years in the 30 seconds that it happened. I had to put her upside down and whack her so hard and one piece flew out. There was another piece right at the back of her throat that every time she cried/breathed it went back further so I stuck my finger in her mouth and fished it out but my nail cut open the roof of her mouth. Just typing all that gives me the chills...That was the worst day of my life. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ever-had-any-choking-incidents#post-1047159 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 15:31:43 +0000 heffalump 1047159@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So scary! I've had some gagging but no actual choking. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ever-had-any-choking-incidents#post-1047154 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 15:29:19 +0000 wheres_c 1047154@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO just choked on a piece of pirates booty. I think he actually shoved several pieces in his mouth at once.<br /> It was scary but I wasnt *too* worried because they dissolve fairly quickly.<br /> I put him over my knee, hit him on the back and scooped out the offender with my fingers, after which B vomited all over my hands.</p> <p>What were your scariest choking incidents and how did you handle them? </p>