Pouch food at 14 months

I am currently giving my 14 month old 2 x organic pouches per day.

He will eat weetbix and yoghurt for breakfast.

Lunch is a savoury pouch then sliced avocado and fruit.

Dinner is a savoury pouch, pita bread and hummus or equivalent and then a yoghurt.

Am I bad mum for using pouches at this age? About 3 months ago he started gagging on food so I switched to pouches and he seemed way happier. I try occasionally to give him a bite of what I'm having but he just throws it on the floor. He has 16 teeth so not sure if it's the constant teething making his mouth sore which is why he prefers the ease of a pouch.

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I don't think your a bad mum at all but if it was me I'd personally be trying to move away from them.

You could always mash up what you're having initially.

As Natalie said, you're not a bad mum, you're feeding your kid! If it's pouches/mashed food the preference now I'd buy a steamer to put in the microwave and that way you can make your own mash in 10 min. I usually put potatoes, carrots, broccoli, butternut squash, celery and tbh anything i can find and put in on max for 10 min. After that I process it and it's done. (Mine's only 9mo)

Go with the pace of your baby. My son was on purée foods until nearly 2 as he choked and gagged on chunkier foods and could only tolerate purée foods. Even now at 2 and a half he still does gag and choke on normal foods.
You can try moving away from pouches with foods like mashed potatoes, soup, veg, pasta etc but always go by your babies preference and tolerance

Gagging is a natural reflex, he’ll learn to chew and swallow food eventually if you let him.

Your not a bad mum at all but they definitely should be eating more solid foods it helps their speech development and also facial development as they get older due to their muscles being used

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For reference, he is 7 months old. An example meal of his is this morning for breakfast, he had 1 Weetabix and a whole small banana. He only left 1 or 2 mouthfuls. Is this okay? Or is this too much for his age?
I was sort of going by if he wants it, let him have it, but is that right? He's not being sick or crying of tummy pains or anything?