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I was TERRIFIED of choking with Wagon Jr. !! Cut his food into tiny little pieces until he was like 2 years old... never let him have raw veggies or anything like that until he was well past 3. Still terrified.

LMW on the other hand.... we've let her have so much and she's only choked once, and that time was on a mini pretzel!! She will fill her entire mouth with big pieces of fruit and just munch a couple of times and everything's gone.

I don't think it's an irrational fear, choking is horrible! But even though I'm anxious about it, I'm comforted every time my baby gags a little or spits some food out like he's supposed to! I do have a baby CPR page bookmarked ok my phone, though, and want to take a class just in case.

G hasn't choked but has gagged a few times, and it is scary! I've been giving her orange slices, banana, and things like toast fingers, and I think it was the orange slices that gave her trouble. So far though her gag reflex has worked flawlessly and she just spits it right back up. I still watch her like a hawk but I think like anything, it's just time and experience that will make us less super paranoid

Good luck! Plus, he's got all those awesome teeth to chew stuff up!!

Lil B choked once (when he shoved a huge piece of broccoli DH gave him in his mouth) luckily DH is CPR certified- and got it out. He eats almost all the same food we do- so there a times when he gags a bit (if he doenst chew well enough) but as he has gotten older- not as much- I think it has taught him how to chew/ swallow better!