WEANING SPECIAL
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Weaning GAGGING Your baby may gag when you introduce solid foods. This is because they’re learning to regulate the amount of food they can chew and swallow at one time. If your baby is gagging, this is what may happen:
WHAT TO DO IF MY BABY IS CHOKING
• Your baby’s eyes may water • They might push their tongue forward (or out of their mouth) • To bring the food forward in their mouth —they might make a retching movement, or they may vomit
CHOKING Choking can happen with hard foods, bones and small round foods that can easily get stuck in the throat. Remember, you should:
If you think your child is choking and cannot breathe properly:
• Cut small round foods, like grapes and cherry tomatoes, into small pieces, peel the skin off fruit, vegetables and sausages (though remember that sausages can be high in salt).
• Shout for help.
• Remove hard pips or stones from fruit, remove bones from meat or fish.
• Support their chest and chin with one hand and with the heel of your hand - give five sharp blows between the shoulder blades.
• Avoid hard foods like raw carrot, apple, whole nuts and peanuts.
If this doesn’t dislodge the object Call 999
• Never give them raw jelly cubes, they can get stuck in the throat.
First aid courses available from: www.bumpsandbashes.com
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• Get them out of the high chair.
