Petrified of introducing solids

Join the BLW group on Facebook - some really helpful stuff and first meal ideas on there. Gagging is completely normal whereas choking is obviously different. 30oz is still ok - this is my baby on a good day and she’s not on solid as yet!

You could start with purées and work yourself up to BLW. The how to wean your baby book is good for slowly transitioning

Just give him purées, he cannot choke on those.

Agree with the advice above and a couple of other tips that have helped me.

With choking there's a "rule" - if they're loud and red, let them go ahead (I.e. They're gagging/clearing it themselves and you don't need to intervene), if they're quiet and blue they need you (this is when they're actually choking and need assistance).

I try and remind myself how rare choking actually is and that the risk of choking with finger foods isn't any higher than purees (if the finger foods are served correctly - I use Solid Starts for this).

Finally, I refreshed on infant first aid so if the worst does happen and he chokes I know what to do.

the risk of BLW (if done by the guidance) is the same as purees. Babies can choke on them, as well as water and milk!

Just to offer a different perspective - I’m also terrified of choking (in life in general and not necessarily just related to the baby). For the first few weeks of weaning, I kept reminding myself about how rare choking is and kept calm while she was gagging. I also kept reminding myself before mealtimes of how to do the baby heimlich and made sure to prepare food safely, create a distraction-free environment, etc. Well in spite of all of that, she did choke! And honestly I was deeply traumatised for like a week and put her on to purées. Then she managed to choke on one of those and I kind of just accepted I couldn’t control it. All I can do is learn from it and take some comfort in the fact that I know I can do back slaps, etc if needed. I just thought it was worth sharing my experience (even though it’s a bit of a negative one) because what affected me more than anything was that everything I read was about how rare choking is so I felt like a rubbish mum when my LO did choke!